ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

Work —complex knowledge work requires solitude as well as collaboration. Working from home offers me plenty of solitude but not the intellectual stimulation and those over-the-shoulder conversations so crucial to serendipity, ambient awareness, and informal learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Official description: Microlearning: Beyond Learning Objects and Just-in-time Performance Support. The need and pressure to learn continually, coupled with limited time available to learn, make new digital media viable for professional development. Pathway to community; you have to be embedded in the community to help.

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Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2009

The pressure is constantly on to meet quarter-to-quarter revenue and earnings targets that in turn accentuate the need to take decisions that support achieving those targets. The impacts of collaboration-based knowledge work are accelerating. It’s the one qualitative factor all networks depend upon.”. Ford Motor Co.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

Here are some things one might add to any training director’s job description: • Supporting the informal learning process. Creating useful, peer-rated FAQs and knowledge bases. Supplementing self-directed learning with mentors and experts. Helping workers learn how to improve their learning skills.

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