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Introducing LearningBuddy - Your Personal Learning Appliance...

In my July column of Chief Learning Officer magazine I think about the potential of a Leapster-like device for adults...

So let’s wave our magic wands and pretend that we all had a personal, learning appliance. It would be an adult Leapster-like device—let’s call it LearningBuddy.

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20,000 LeapPads to Aid Afghan Women

I must admit I was a bit sheepish about my above column and thinking my dreams were getting ahead of me. And then two months later it is announced that LeapFrog and US Gov developed a special version of the LeapPad for Afghan women!

"We are excited to work with HHS to bring our LeapPad technology to a whole new audience," LeapFrog CEO Tom Kalinske said... The book presents more than 350 items of recorded information concerning 19 personal health subjects. Basic health information covered includes diet, childhood immunization, pregnancy, breastfeeding, sanitation and water boiling, treating injuries and burns, and preventing disease. The books convey everyday household situations, as well as information specific to child and reproductive health.

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e-Learning at Amazon.com?
New "Play and Learn" Feature

As I was buying a new Sonicare Elite electric toothbrush yesterday I stumbled on a mini e-learning feature on Amazon.com. Fairly simple but probably sign of things to come. I couldn't really find other examples of this at Amazon but I'm sure they're out there.

Call for Entries (Again)!
Flash "Commercials" that Promote e-Learning

Last month I asked you to send over any Flash-based teasers, or commercials designed to promote your e-learning initiative. I received about a dozen examples thus far, but want more. If you've seen something good out there ask the producer to send it my way. E-mail me the file or link at kkruse@e-learningguru.com.

Whitepaper: Governing the Learning Organization

From my friend Grant Ricketts at Saba...

Improving productivity and operational performance across the organization requires managing such elements at a higher level, that is, creating the mechanisms and protocols for systematic planning and decision-making about learning on an enterprise-wide basis. It's called the "governance challenge.

Click here for white paper (registration required).

The e-learning dashboard now includes links to 16 different e-learning blogs, daily press releases and a calendar of events.Click here and then tell all your friends about it.

-- Kevin

Kevin Kruse is the e-learning columnist for CLO, Chief Learning Officer magazine, author of Technology-based Training (Jossey-Bass), and President of AXIOM Professional Health Learning. He can be reached at kkruse@e-learningguru.com.