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Internet Time Alliance Predictions for 2013

Jay Cross

Further, we’ll see more examples of the notion of a ‘performance ecosystem’ of resources aligned around individual needs and responsibilities, instead of organized around the providing silos. Others will try to cram courses onto phones, and continue to miss the bigger picture, increasing their irrelevance.

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Work environment redesign

Jay Cross

" "Furthermore, with the increasing pace of technological innovation, it is difficult to predict what specific skills people will need in the future. For example, the skills that graduates acquire during four years of college have an expected shelf life of only five years.5"

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Your character strengths

Jay Cross

Examples of strength-based practices embedded in PPT include the forgiveness letter , using one’s signature strengths to offer the gift of time , and the one door closes, another door opens strategy to boost the strength of hope.

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Reflections from May trip to Italy, UK, and Netherlands

Jay Cross

Rather, I wrote about the culture of the predictable (the subject of schooling) and the culture of the complex (the reality of our world.) Professors can and do teach the predictable. Chefs are my favorite example of organic communities of practice. These are not the two cultures of science and humanities described by C.P.

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How to Replace Top-down Training with Collaborative Learning (2)

Jay Cross

As an example, they encourage college students with an interest in banking to participate in bank training and perhaps work at the bank during summer break to see if they enjoy it. Hierarchies work well when the future is predictable and things aren’t prone to change. Pre-employees and alumni.

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The key to understanding what’s going on

Jay Cross

Support for social networks : Friendster is a recent example, but to some degree Amazon.com (for books and music, and probably doilies and leaf blowers) and Edmunds.com (for auto enthusiasts) are popular examples within this category. Jay’s first eLearning Talk. Then, as now, I was fascinated by the acceleration of time.

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

Internet Time Alliance Predictions for 2013 JAY CROSS | MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013. Internet Time Alliance Predictions for 2013 JANE HART | MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013. ITA Predictions 2013. The Principals of the Internet Time Alliance decided to take a collective look ahead to the new year, and share our predictions.