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eLearning Predictions Further Thoughts

Tony Karrer

I ran into a post about Using Twitter at Work. I expected it to be about how to use twitter as a knowledge worker. That should be a bit of a “wow”. Instead it was about hacking work. I just read a great post by Dan Pontefract - SharePoint 2010: The New Employee Gateway? Google Wave as a Mashup?

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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

In reality this has been part of mainstream working practice for many knowledge workers since the 1990s. Moreover, by using curation tools such as Twitter, Yammer, Skype and other texting tools, as well as Facebook, social/informal learning is progressing at a pace.

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43 Great eLearning Posts and 5 Hot Topics Including Google Buzz and iPad

eLearning Learning Posts

E-Learning along the curve: adapting to knowledge workers learning needs - The E-Learning Curve , February 18, 2010 Formally-structured approaches to learning are best deployed to novices in the relevant discipline or skill area. Not every Twitter message posted by the people you follow will be relevant to you. Hot Topics.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

For services outside the firewall, blockage continues to be an issue driven by such barriers as organizational culture, bandwidth limitations, security issues, IT resistance, and lack of resources. information/knowledge workers. Twitter in Education , Clif Mims. To create a place for informal learning. supportive culture.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Knowledge workers learn more than twice as much from experience as from bosses and coaches, and the training department accounts for less half of that. Workers are disgruntled. Instead, managers should inspire workers, set expectations, and get out of the way. How workers connect to colleagues and knowledge.