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Augmented Reality for Learning

Tony Karrer

I’m not and I gave him the standard advice about looking through LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers , LinkedIn for Finding Expertise , and Searching for Expertise - LinkedIn Answers. My next suggestion was to use eLearning Learning to search. He did that, but didn’t find particular people.

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Conversation Learning

Clark Quinn

To me, this is a critical part of The New Skills for knowledge workers. And what I often cite as the biggest change in knowledge work skills over the past 20 years is the change in access to people. Sure, the amount of existing content out there grows exponentially (a trillion web pages indexed by Google in 2008).

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Develop Work Skills

Tony Karrer

Others can hit Google up and find things you never could. There are also several studies of knowledge worker practices that suggest that a lot of what is effective is quite personal. If you are really good at searching on Google, then you may not leverage your network even when it's very much called for.

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The Role of Training in the Wider Productivity Puzzle

OpenSesame

Skills have a major bearing on workforce productivity – especially in developed economies where the majority of employees are knowledge workers. Plenty of studies confirm this view and suggest that the modern worker spends less than half an hour a week on learning and development. more-than-a-month-away) benefits.

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Work Skills Keeping Up?

Tony Karrer

When were you taught: how to take take notes on a laptop during a meeting, how to filter a flood of new content, how to reach out via networks to find expertise, how to leverage the wisdom of crowds? Tilde Effect What epitomizes the situation for me is the Google ~ operator. I only use it in about 2-3% of my searches.

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The Role of Training in the Wider Productivity Puzzle

OpenSesame

Skills have a major bearing on workforce productivity – especially in developed economies where the majority of employees are knowledge workers. Plenty of studies confirm this view and suggest that the modern worker spends less than half an hour a week on learning and development. more-than-a-month-away) benefits. .

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Networks and Communities

Tony Karrer

Limits of Search In Value from Social Media , I looked at a scenario where I'm evaluating a particular solution for my company / organization. Through Google, I find a lot of information. These are common questions when only search is used. I'm coming to believe this is the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap.