eLearning Weekly

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Day 1 of DevLearn 2008 kicked off today with a great keynote from Tim O’Reilly ( @TimOReilly ), where he walked us through the Web 2.0 Things have changed drastically in the world of information systems. Our brains are wired to seek out more information, but a barrage of information can ultimately reduce our IQ.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

open up exciting opportunities for people to access relevant information where and when they require it. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Strategy" Fails Corollary: if you have SharePoint installed, you will be using SharePoint a lot more this year. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The second half of the prediction “self directed learning” got less attention during the year than I anticipated, but it was there and certainly was a big part of the discussion around social and informal learning. has fallen a bit out of favor and instead we are discussing these as social and informal learning. Grade: ???? #9

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 18, 2010

Also, before you read these, you might want to go back and look at predictions in the past and how well I did on those predictions: Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 , 12 eLearning Predictions for 2009. It puts forward lots of suggestions for how knowledge workers can leverage technology to make themselves more effective.

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Learning with e's

MAY 29, 2013

Many of our digital tribal activities are performed on an informal basis. The tension between formal and informal learning sometimes can be reduced to such prosaic choices such as this. Many tribes ''embrace the status quo and drown out any tribe member who dares to question authority and the accepted order'' (Godin, 2008, p 4).

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Jay Cross

MAY 2, 2015

informal learning. Thought leader and chief proponent of informal learning. Book (2008). Millions of knowledge workers and their bosses can prosper by adopting modern practices for working smarter and remembering things. First to use term eLearning on the web. Chief cheerleader for concept. CEO, eLearning Forum.

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Learnnovators

JULY 20, 2015

Its research is used by Governments to inform economic policy; by universities and education establishments; by journalists; by investors evaluating new opportunities and by other research organisations. In reality this has been part of mainstream working practice for many knowledge workers since the 1990s.

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Actually from December 1, 2008 to November 30, 2009. ZaidLearn , December 11, 2008. Learning for the 21st Century - Informal Learning , December 17, 2008. LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers - eLearning Technology , July 6, 2009. Collaboration Tools - eLearning Technology , December 2, 2008.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 1, 2007

What strikes me about this whole DIY/informal learning/death of ISD conversation is that what were really talking about are those so-called motivated knowledge workers. These are guys who will take informal learning by the horns and run with it. Thursday, March 01, 2007 This job aint dead yet. Its ok Dan. And they do.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 20, 2008

If you attended college and used a card catalog and microfiche reader, then you very likely were basically taught how to operate when it was hard to find information. If you were assigned a paper and could choose among some specific topics, you often chose the topic based on what you could find information on. and the list goes on.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 2, 2008

To me, this is a critical part of The New Skills for knowledge workers. And what I often cite as the biggest change in knowledge work skills over the past 20 years is the change in access to people. Sure, the amount of existing content out there grows exponentially (a trillion web pages indexed by Google in 2008).

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Instead it means learning dictionaries where information can easily be looked up and retrieved. Coach: In general, how do you compare the effect and impact of informal learning in the workplace versus formal, structured eLearning? So by shear volume, informal learning is the most powerful tool for learning in organizations.

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Janet Clarey

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Ground it in this: to address the changing nature in the way we all handle information (create it, retrieve it, interact with it), the way we communicate information, and the way we, as humans, interact with each other.). My arguments primarily revolve around the knowledge worker - those who work with information.

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Jay Cross

JULY 10, 2008

Knowledge workers have replaced factory workers. Shareholders owned the factories, but workers own their minds. Information spreading through network connections empowers workers to make decisions and take responsibility for them. Ideas and relationships are more valuable than tangible assets.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

The Connected Worker 21st century knowledge worker/learner "Im only as good as my network." We now have an abundance of information. I feel like I just downloaded a whole lot of great information! You can do anything you want. Shift is not to do what youre supposed to do. Do it when you want. Gender differences?

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

From 2002 until the end of 2008, Charles was the Chief Learning Officer for Reuters and Thomson Reuters where he had responsibility for developing the global learning and performance strategy and leading the learning organisation for the firm’s 55,000 workforce. So we are seeing increasing interest in social and informal learning.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

From 2002 until the end of 2008, Charles was the Chief Learning Officer for Reuters and Thomson Reuters where he had responsibility for developing the global learning and performance strategy and leading the learning organisation for the firm’s 55,000 workforce. So we are seeing increasing interest in social and informal learning.

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eLearning Learning Posts

MARCH 3, 2010

Formalizing informal learning? Learnlets , February 16, 2010 The Entreprise Collaborative has a new question , asking whether we can formalize informal learning. New Technology Supporting Informal Learning - elearnspace , February 19, 2010 Want to get a good sense of emerging technologies available for learning and training?

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Microlearning – the learning that results from “micro” content published in short form and limited by the software and devices used to view it – offers alternatives to traditional development methods for workers who deal with web-based information as part of their job. Specifically focusing on OTJ skills & knowledge.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

I'm coming to believe this is the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap. What I've been saying in recent presentations is that going to Google and searching for information as your primary mechanism leaves you open to criticism. Learning Trends 2008 - Online - Free [link] There's a beauty in this!

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Janet Clarey

APRIL 2, 2009

Goals pretty evenly spread among rapid e-learning (consumption and development), reduce costs, support informal learning, improve productivity. Information from Microsoft SMB insight report (increase SaaS, investment in tech). Provide a way to filter information. To create a place for informal learning. Action Plan.

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2008

I’m closing the chapter on 2008 and gearing up for 2009 and beyond. Keynoted Learning Technologies 2008 in London. I announced the Informal Learning 2.0 Knowledge workers have replaced factory workers. Shareholders owned the factories, but workers own their minds. Everyone has a voice.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 17, 2010

Published April 2008. If workers produced one widget an hour, paying by the hour was equivalent to paying by the widget. For the knowledge worker, time on the job often is unrelated to output. Effectiveness – Jay Cross. Time Is All We Have. N etworks arise when isolated entities link to one another.

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