Allow Myself to Introduce...Myself.

benlower — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:42:56 GMT

So Lonn's prior post really put the pressure on:

How does one live up to that? Fun and Interesting? Wow. I'll do my best.

Who Am I?

I was a software developer (VB, ASP, C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server) for about five years. I then went back to school and graduated from the University of Washington last June. During the summer of 2006, I had the privilege of doing an internship on the Courseware team at Microsoft Learning (MSL). I returned to MSL in July of 2007.

What Would You Say Ya Do Here?

I am the Product Manager for the Courseware Library (CWLib). The CWLib is the manifestation of the work I did during my internship. As an intern I was asked to propose a solution that would enable us to take advantage of all the content that exists in the world (internally at Microsoft and externally as well) on Microsoft's products and technologies.

Why Blog?

I've always had mixed feelings about blogs. To me they've always seemed part self-promotion and part information. My goals for this blog are:

Share information - I want to share about MSL's Courseware business, our vision, new features, thinking, etc.
Create a forum to connect in meaningful ways - I'm hoping that over time, this blog will enable us to connect with our Partners, MCTs, and students. This won't be the only way in which we connect, but I think this can provide a forum that offers different value than email, mailers, conference calls, or presentations.
Gather feedback - We have some ideas about where we want to take our business but we can't do it without feedback.

Cheers

Ben

New Blog: Microsoft Learning - Education , Innovation and Inspiration

Lonn — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:23:00 GMT

Welcome to Microsoft Learning’s, “Education, Innovation and Inspiration” Blog. We hope that this site will serve as a virtual home for our team’s thoughts and observations on topics related to the technology training industry.

Our team is focused on curriculum and product planning for Microsoft’s instructor led training (ILT). We hope to provide you with a glimpse into our thought process and how we approach developing our course curriculums and evolve our learning products. We'd also like to bring your attention to interesting articles on innovative technologies and training topics or solicit feedback on ideas we’re mulling around. The upcoming Windows Server Codename: Longhorn course curriculum, Official Microsoft Learning Products (OMLP), Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC), Microsoft Official Distance Learning (MODL) and Microsoft Learning Official Courseware Library (MSLCL) are all things that we work diligently on.

As each team member posts for the first time, we’ll ask them to provide a quick introduction on themselves and hopefully you'll have a chance to get to know more about us and vice versa.

Thanks for dropping by and please feel free to drop us a comment from time to time.

Cheers,

Instructor Led Training
Business & Product Strategy Team
Microsoft Learning

Education, Innovation and Inspiration : Team

Allow Myself to Introduce...Myself.

New Blog: Microsoft Learning - Education , Innovation and Inspiration