"Is this your first ATD? Is this your first ATD?" Why, yes, it was and what a ride! As one of the lucky Rusticians to attend the ATD International Conference and Expo this year, I felt like Marty McFly stepping out of the DeLorean into…
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If you’d asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I can honestly say it wouldn’t have been “an eLearning standards expert.” And I’m pretty sure no else has either (although if you do, check out our open positions). While many of…
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As a huge weather nerd, I always* find the changing of the seasons to be an exciting time. Meteorological fall started this weekend, and after a brutally hot summer in parts of the United States -- including Nashville where the Rustici Software office is --…
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If you’ve hit the conference scene, watched a webinar or opened a newsletter, it should come as no surprise that AI was the hottest topic at the ATD International Conference and Expo this year. In fact, 10% of the session titles contained AI, and that…
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We’re often asked a lot of questions at Rustici ranging from “what is SCORM” to very technical Engine integrations questions. One I was a little surprised to hear being asked in our “office hallways” (aka Slack messages) and beyond is “What is a package?” Turns…
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I’ve worked in the learning standards space for a long while now, and over the last 12 years I’ve often been asked “What even is a learning standard?” and “What makes up a learning standard?” Let’s face it, if you’re asking those questions you’re probably…
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We thought that there were only so many human beings who wake up early on a Tuesday morning excited to hear a talk about eLearning interoperability standards. Boy, were we wrong! We were shocked to see how many people joined Chris Tompkins and Brian Miller…
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One of my favorite things about working at Rustici? There are a lot, but one has to be hanging out and chatting with other eLearning standards nerds. So whenever I have the chance to present to the xAPI Cohort, I jump at it. You’re my…
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Two weeks ago, having barely digested our Thanksgiving meals, Chris Tompkins, Brian Miller, and I attended I/ITSEC 2023 in Orlando. If you are not familiar, I/ITSEC stands for Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference and caters largely to the US Department of Defense, federal contractors,…
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As a knowledge worker in 2023, I’m always looking for ways to improve processes to become more efficient in my day-to-day work and personal life. As I sit here today, the day before my vacation, contemplating how to start my annual “Let’s celebrate our customers…
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Twenty-five sessions. Eight guest speakers. Three days. Three tracks. One hot chicken challenge. Just about two months ago, Rustici kicked off our biggest event yet: Rustici: The Gathering. Or, as we’ve come to call it, RTG because we definitely needed more acronyms around here. Spearheaded…
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As we begin to come out of the pandemic, with lots of fingers and toes crossed, I’m finding I have an incessant itch to get back out into the world and travel again. It’s one of the things, next to family and food, that I…
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