OK, people, you all know how the song goes, so sing along with me using the familiar tune…
On the first day of Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa), my true love (or my boss, or my training director, or my company) gave to me:
Some virtual reality.
(A game-changer, just like the last game-changer.)
On the second day of… (you know the words):
Two Second Life logins
(Well, that certainly transformed the field.)
And some virtual
reality.
On the third day of…
Three Google Glasses
(Jumped the shark on nerdiness.)
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.
On the fourth day of…
Four LMSs
(When your first three just aren’t good enough.)
Three Google Glasses
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.
On the fifth day of…
Five authoring tools
(Making it easier to create bad content as well as good.)
Four LMSs
Three Google Glasses
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.
On the sixth day of…
Six slide decks
missing
(How will they learn without PowerPoint?)
Five authoring tools
Four LMSs
Three Google Glasses
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.
On the seventh day of…
Seven websites
breaking
(You mean they actually have to be monitored?)
Six slide decks
missing
Five authoring tools
Four LMSs
Three Google Glasses
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.
On the eighth day of…
Eight SMEs hiding
(What’s not to like about working with instructional designers?)
Seven websites
breakingSix slide decks
missing
Five authoring tools
Four LMSs
Three Google Glasses
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.
On the ninth day of…
Nine budgets
shrinking
(And I thought training was important; silly me.)
Eight SMEs hiding
Seven websites
breaking
Six slide decks
missing
Five authoring tools
Four LMSs
Three Google Glasses
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.
On the tenth day of…
Ten networks
crashing
(What? You didn’t tell me we had to work with IT!)
Nine budgets
shrinking
Eight SMEs hiding
Seven websites
breaking
Six slide decks
missing
Five authoring tools
Four LMSs
Three Google Glasses
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.
On the eleventh day of…
Eleven courses
boring
(Hey, as long as they show up.)
Ten networks
crashing
Nine budgets
shrinking
Eight SMEs hiding
Seven websites
breaking
Six slide decks
missing
Five authoring tools
Four LMSs
Three Google Glasses
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.
On the twelfth day of…
Twelve training
centers closing
(In the age of tech, who needs classroom training anyway?)
Eleven courses boring
Ten networks
crashing
Nine budgets
shrinking
Eight SMEs hiding
Seven websites
breaking
Six slide decks
missing
Five authoring tools
Four LMSs
Three Google Glasses
Two Second Life logins
And some virtual
reality.