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Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis

Tony Karrer

Adler's recent article - Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 talks about the implications of the Long Tail on Education. The article is definitely worth a read, and it got me to finally write about what I see as a crisis in corporate learning.

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Learning Power Laws

Tony Karrer

The The Long Tail which tells us moving from providing best selling products to a wider spectrum of offerings gives an opportunity for larger, potentially more lucrative market overall, if you can service it cost effectively. Subscribe to the Best of eLearning Learning for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.

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Top 9 Posts You May Have Missed

Tony Karrer

A long, lost blog post that needs to be revisited. Hip learning trend during the past that was way over hyped. How I find blog topics #3 Data Driven I firmly believe and have seen how this approach to performance improvement really does move the needle. . #5 7 - Second Life Learning Videos I still like these videos.

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Trends in Learning

Tony Karrer

Someone was just asking me about the big trends in learning and the implications of those trends on corporate learning and development. I initially said - "Look at my blog," but when I looked, I realized it might be a bit harder than I thought to pull out the central themes. Corporate Policies on Web 2.0

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Skimming and Learning Design

Tony Karrer

One of the common themes on my blog is the world we live in with availability of trillions of web pages, millions of people, and thousands of tools, has meant a significant and continuous change in our work literacy. It also has an impact on Learning Design and Learning Organizations … more on this below. Read the Whole Thing ?

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2008 2009

Tony Karrer

My blog is really the hub of my thinking and activity, so by going back through posts for the 2008, it gives me a pretty good perspective on what's been happening inside my head during 2008. To do my review, I first looked at what I was writing about and what people were reading on my blog in 2008.

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Scope of Learning Responsibility

The Learning Circuits

One was a Chief Learning Officer panel discussion where it seemed that supporting informal learning or communities of practice was not something they were considering. All of this makes me wonder: Do educational institutions and corporate learning & development departments have responsibility for supporting Long Tail Learning?