ID Reflections

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2010 in Retrospect: Top Few Blogs and Books

ID Reflections

This is a quick recap and a list of the posts, articles, and books that have shaped my thinking, provided me with insights and supported or challenged my assumptions. Rendering knowledge from Cognitive Edge 14. But I have promised myself that this year I will turn more ideas into actions and will not let procrastination rule.

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SMART Goals in a SMAC World

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Defining or envisioning one or more desired outcome, getting everyone involved, and enabling collaboration among groups of cognitively diverse and skilled individuals may be the route to get work done in this era. I do not have the answer but I have attempted to provide some alternatives to goal setting in this post.

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Learned Vs. Learners - Revised

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I have recently been reading Building Expertise: Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement. Can we always depend on the experts to provide the best solution? The basis of Crowdsourcing operate on the principle of bringing together diverse sets of individuals to provide their perspectives on a problem, topic or task.

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Learning Resources from Informal Learning (Jay Cross): Part 1

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I am re-reading Informal Learning by Jay Cross and was going through the resource links he has provided. Apart from the book, which is a must read for anyone interested in the field of learning, the resource links are gold mines of knowledge, information and insights. I am putting some of my favorite sites from the list here for reference.

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21st Century Workplace Challenges

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If not, the cognitive differences between then may be little more than disconnected silos of ideas and thoughts. By diversity, I mean cognitive differences. Passion: Our internal engines provide the fuel that spurs us to action. For diverse groups to function in practice, the people in them must get along.

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MOOCs in Workplace Learning - Part 3: Launching a MOOC

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With organizations thinking of MOOCs as a scalable and cheaper way of providing training and professional development opportunities to the workers, it is important to keep in mind a few considerations before launching a MOOC. Cognitive Presence : This aspect of the role is going to shift among everyone.

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Context is King: Excerpts from posts and articles - Part I

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marcjrosenberg on #lsmag [link] #lrnchat The excerpts: We need context to understand complex issues and this can be provided by those we are connected to. The tweet: It’s not about the tweets; it’s about the context. The reach and depth of our connections become critical in helping us make sense of our environment and to solve problems. ~

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