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Quotes and excerpts on the need for Learning 2.0 from the Best of T+D: 2007-2009

ID Reflections

Excerpts from the Best of T+D | 2007 - 2009 Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : As knowledge workers, we are like actors--only as good as our last performance. Professionals are anyone who does work that cannot be standardized easily and who continuously welcomes challenges at the cutting edge of his or her expertise.

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LearnTrends: Microlearning

Experiencing eLearning

Current context since 2002. Specifically focusing on OTJ skills & knowledge. From a 2008 microlearning conference “There is a need and pressure to learn continually due to rapid change in society and the economy…Knowledge gaps are widening.&#. Hug & Friesen, 2009. not knowledge workers.

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Ten years after

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

In the Age of Networks, customers can vanish and knowledge workers cross the chasm in the blink of an eye. Half of a high-school grads lack the fundamental skills required of an entry-level knowledge worker. Workers are learners, and learners are workers. Today, all knowledge workers are free agents.