full disclosure - As some of you may know, I joined Thomson NETg in January to run one of their strategic business units called Collaboration (essentially what was KnowledgeNet whom they acquired in late 2004).

Very exciting (at least to me) but what I need is your feedback on a tool that Thomson NETg developed which I think is a hidden gem. By answering 25 online questions it builds a high-level personalized learning profile (for overall learning not just eLearning). I took it and found it to be very useful plus there is little marketing or promotional BS.

A sample question is:

When you get to work on Monday morning, you discover that, over the weekend, a new phone system was installed in your company. The first thing you need to do is to set up your voice mail for the first time. All employees have been given a short manual about the new system.What do you think you would do?

I would read the manual, then attempt to set up my voice mail.

I would start setting up my voice mail and never refer to the manual.

I would start setting up my voice mail and refer to the manual only if necessary.

I would ask someone else for help before attempting to set up my voice mail.

Knowing that many of you are experts in this field I would really appreciate it if you could look at it and post your feedback in the comments below. Is this useful or just cleverly cloaked marketing?

http://learningprofile.netglearning.com

There is also a good document that goes into the educational theory behind the tool but is more self-promotional:

http://www.netg.com/pdf/NETg\_WhitePaper\_Profiling\_the\_Adult\_Learner.pdf

Thanks,

Ben

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