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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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Long Tail Learning - Size and Shape

Tony Karrer

Beth Griese - posted a response Is Learning 2.0 a long tail? to my post Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis. Beth tells us: I'm thinking of "topics" as anything that an organization's people would want to learn about for their jobs.

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Online Communication, Learning, Long Tail, & Change

Big Dog, Little Dog

Conceptual - where I understood the concept of RSS feeds but couldn't/didn't use them, Applied - where I could use RSS feeds but it didn' t transform me/change my practice, Transformative - where the use of RSS feeds has actually changed the way I do things. Social Networking Meets Corporate Learning - CLO.

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Learning Power Laws

Tony Karrer

Moving from change as the exception to change as the norm. We first think, wow this will really change things. This is a common theme in my posts: Long Tail Learning - Size and Shape and Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis. Business flux. and Adoption of Web 2.0

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Write for Skimming

Tony Karrer

Change the text to fit what you are trying to say. So while you may be a reader, likely a lot of the people you are writing for are skimmers. Skimmers' will pick up that text first and then may read the rest of the words around it. Don't make everything bold or it will make nothing jump out. What do you do to try to write for skimming?

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Top 9 Posts You May Have Missed

Tony Karrer

1 Social Learning Models and LMS and Social Learning I've changed the title of the first post to make it more enticing. 6 - Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis Newspapers are failing by the day. 7 - Second Life Learning Videos I still like these videos.

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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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