"What are we saying to each other?"
That was a single line, spoken by the sound engineer at the end of Close Encounters of a Third Kind, as he played chords and a friendly alien spaceship played music back.
The role was played by a young sound engineer who was spotted by Steven Spielberg and given the on-screen role to be the interface between these two worlds. That man, Phillip Dodds, was still young and inventing, as he passed this Saturday morning.
Phillip Dodds was the Chief Architect of SCORM and the force behind sharable and reusable content. He was deeply involved in the evolution of interactive multimedia and expanding the possibilities for learning via technology.
If you use a Learning Management System, author an interactive learning module or talk about the future of Web 2.0, take a moment to thank a man who you probably never met. Phillip's work was KEY and CRITICAL to the exciting world of learning, knowledge management and collaboration that we take for granted.
Philip's dreams were to create a global set of standards and specifications that would allow content to be searchable, reusable and expandable.
Philip, we thank you for all that you have done and we'll keep asking that question: "What are we saying to each other?"
With respect and sadness,
Elliott Masie
P.S. wikipedia referecnce at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Dodds
Also see: Phil Dodds Background
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