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Less is more: A different approach to L&D in a world awash with information

Performance Learning Productivity

Charles Jennings argues that the adage 'access to knowledge is power' is more fitting in today's information-swamped world. Information overload is more serious than ever." Social data Social data is information produced by anyone. Some originators may be acknowledged experts. It simply isn't true in today's world.

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2015 Top Tools for Learning

Performance Learning Productivity

My list of top tools for learning in 2015 : Google Search : ‘Professor Google’ is he is known in my house. Like the brains of many professors, the information you’re looking for is usually in there somewhere, but sometimes difficult to pin down. We can barely imagine life without Google Search.

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Why is Learning So Complicated?

Learning Rebels

Forced hoop jumping, forced course taking, and forced SME information overload. People now can find information when they want to find it. Now is the time to help people connect to the information they need. So now I am about to hear… “Easy is all great, but what if they get the wrong information?”

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Learning Professionals Leaders

Tony Karrer

Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : Today, active involvement in informal learning, particularly through web-based communities, is key to remaining professional and creative in a field. How do I scan, collect keywords, and rescan to crystallize ideas and information? Information Creation tools : Exps: Youtube, SlideShare, Flickr.

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17 Awesome Resources on Micro Learning

Learnnovators

THE GREAT FINDS: According to Wikipedia, micro learning deals with relatively small learning units and short-term learning activities. This approach aligns with research that proves we learn better when engaged in short, focused sessions, than hour-long sessions that cause information overload. Look forward to hearing from you….

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Learning Professionals Leaders

Clark Quinn

Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : Today, active involvement in informal learning, particularly through web-based communities, is key to remaining professional and creative in a field. How do I scan, collect keywords, and rescan to crystallize ideas and information? Information Creation tools : Exps: Youtube, SlideShare, Flickr.

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Is Content Curation the Future of Instructional Design?

Litmos

Since it mainly displays a timeline of interest via search term data, we find terms either growing or dying and what point in time it has occurred. Here is a small part of the wikipedia entry for Library Science : “The digital age has transformed how information is accessed and retrieved. Are you overwhelmed by the internet?