Flash For Learning

I’ve been struggling for weeks to present a comprehensive strategy that makes sense to both a wide audience at work (and me)… and it’s not easy. It’s probably the first time in my career as a knowledge worker that I can’t just offer up a comprehensive solution off the top of my head, mostly because there are a lot of moving parts — too many for me to articulate without capturing them all in some way.

So, in a fit of not-quite-desparation, I downloaded http://www.mindjet.com/usMindJet, which is the same mind mapping software demonstrated at Learning 2006. And within an hour of using it, I have produced the beginnings of a pretty comprehensive map of what’s been on my mind about strategy.

Techonology-based Learning Strategy Mind Map

The software couldn’t be easier or more intuitive to use. I would encourage everyone to give it a try, especially if you’re at the planning or mapping stages of capturing content for a project. I think this tool (or something like it) could be used very effectively for couching all the random bits of information from Subject Matter Experts in context so that as you design learning content, you’d have a guide to how any one piece of it fits together.