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The Tale of Two Cultures

Jay Cross

Snow wrote an essay describing the “two cultures, whose thesis was that ‘the intellectual life of the whole of western society’ was split into two cultures — namely the sciences and the humanities — and that this was a major hindrance to solving the world’s problems. Wikipedia). Intuitive knowledge.

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The Tale of Two Cultures

Jay Cross

Snow wrote an essay describing the “two cultures, whose thesis was that ‘the intellectual life of the whole of western society’ was split into two cultures — namely the sciences and the humanities — and that this was a major hindrance to solving the world’s problems. Wikipedia). Intuitive knowledge .

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ASTD Follow-Up

Tony Karrer

Learning from Our Kids In my keynote, I mentioned a Fourth Grade Wikipedia Update. Work Literacy eLearning 2.0 Fourth Grader Wikipedia Update New Work and New Work Skills Work Skills Keeping Up? Can you discuss the cultural implications of these changes? Scenarios Preparing Workers for Web 2.0

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Needed Skills for New Media

Tony Karrer

Henry was great at introducing the concepts of participatory culture - but he didn't really get into the implications of what this meant for all of us. In other words, in a world with Wikipedia, blogs, social networking, etc. - While Henry focuses primarily on students, the question is really important to all of us.

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Agile instructional design

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Old-style training enraged many managers because it was separate from work. Why isn’t Sally at work today? It needn’t be this way, particularly since knowledge work and learning are nearly indistinguishable. Most corporate learning today can take place simultaneously with work. Because she’s in training.

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Working Smarter eFieldbook $12

Jay Cross

Working smarter is the key to sustainability and continuous improvement. Knowledge work and learning to work smarter are becoming indistinguishable. The accelerating rate of change in business forces everyone in every organization to make a choice: learn while you work or become obsolete. Culture 139.

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2008 in retrospect

Jay Cross

Learnscapes : where informal learning and knowledge work converge. Keynoted Self-Organised Learning in the Interactive Web , Learning Culture at a Turning Point in Salzburg. Give workers the resources and challenge them to do what’s required. Time is all we have (CLO mag). Also, What is cloud computing?