Tony Karrer

JUNE 17, 2009

This is somewhat last minute notice, but Learn Trends will be having a free online discussion tomorrow on the topic of: Social and Network Learning Social learning and social networks continue to grow in prominence in corporations, organizations, and universities. The impact of networks, however, remains somewhat misunderstood.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 13, 2009

You need information radar that continuously scans for new, quality information that you should be aware of. Information Addiction Let me start this topic with a word of caution. When you find new nuggets of information, you get a chemical reaction in your brain much like an opium hit. Be careful about feeding your habit.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 26, 2009

I've always been a big believer in the value and power of informal learning. Over the past few years, I've written quite a few posts about informal learning. is one part of systematizing support for informal learning. The person I most associate with informal learning is Jay Cross. In many ways, eLearning 2.0

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 16, 2009

eLearning Technology , June 3, 2009 Student Guide: Introduction to ‘Wikis’ in Blackboard - Don't Waste Your Time , June 12, 2009 Discovering Instructional Design 11: The Kemp Model - The E-Learning Curve , June 10, 2009 I Say Instructional Designer, You Say Tomah-toe - Learning Visions , June 9, 2009 Attribution in a Web 2.0

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 8, 2008

relates closely to the concepts Learning 2.0 , eLearning Tools , Corporate eLearning , Personal Learning , and Enterprise 2.0 ; the Tools Odeo , CollectiveX , Bea Pages , Apache Roller , and Dogear ; and the Companies NexLearn , Awareness Networks , Element K , and Mzinga. As an example, I can see that eLearning 2.0

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Tony Karrer

JULY 9, 2009

Too Much Information) (found via Stephen Downes ). Information Overload and Learning.” Jonah Lehrer suggests the danger of too much information is “it can actually interfere with understanding.” And I think that we need to recognize that it's more than the "Too Much Information" aspect of the issue.

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Tony Karrer

MAY 5, 2009

. - Business Casual , April 25, 2009 Fantastic File Converter - eLearning Acupuncture , April 24, 2009 Call for eLearning Demonstrations - eLearning Technology , May 1, 2009 When should you use Informal Learning? 4) Social Networks (23) Adoption (8) eLearning Technology. 4) Social Networks (23) Adoption (8) eLearning Technology.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

The more one you participate in blogs, discussions groups and other social networking tools, the more information there is about you in the world for anyone to access. Going to intelius hints at information that's readily available. I'm curious if anyone does believe that blogging, social networking, etc. If no, why not?

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 2, 2009

All the information below was obtained from Internet sources and announcements in educational journals. If possible, please do not remove the contact information when you re-distribute the list as that is how I receive updates and corrections. Multimedia Computing and Networking (MMCN) , 16 th annual, San Jose, California, USA.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 11, 2006

This forms a big network of people linked first through content and eventually directly (in person or via social networking). Nancy raises the question of the fact that traditional online communities were bounded by the tool and the new big network is not contained within the tool. Who are the people in my network?

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

My article in Training + Development Magazine was just published - Learning and Networking with a Blog. No confidential information should ever be put in a blog post. Most bloggers find that it is rather easy to turn specific questions or issues on a project into generic discussions that contain no confidential information.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 22, 2011

However, I've struggled with the problem of destinations vs. social networks and the spread of conversation (see Forums vs. Social Networks ). The answers are then used to provide valuable information to Quora users and the rest of the web. I also looked at Making Intranet Discussion Groups Effective. eLearning Technology.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 11, 2009

Interesting post found via the Communities and Networks Connection - The Future of Collaborative Networks by Aaron Fulkerson, CEO of MindTouch. When you make this information fabric easy to edit between groups of individuals in a dynamic, secure, governed and real-time manner, it creates a Collaborative Network.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

If possible, please do not remove the contact information when you re-distribute the list as that is how I receive updates and corrections. link] December 4-7, 2010 Technology Information Education Services (TIES) Educational Technology Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. If you publish the list on the web, please note its source.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Facebook is a pretty simple application with fairly standard social network functionality. But because of critical mass, a general ethos of open conversations between friends, filtering of notifications, and control of friendships, it works well as a means of communications within your social network. and Multiple Social Networks ).

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 30, 2010

One of the questions that always comes up is: How do I find more information to help me get started? The answer is that this information is a bit hard to come by. There’s a lot out there, but it’s often hard to find information that helps you get start. Last week I had a presentation around using Social Media and Web 2.0

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

But what really caught my eye was the statement: For information-seekers using their favorite search engine, quality is simple to define. Maybe it's old scars in how peer review processes often work (political, old-boy network). The real point is that even within a distributed, fast review model of Web 2.0,

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Online Sessions / Conferences / Discussions => Now Visible Networking I’ve seen during 2009 a real growth in the ability to spark up interesting discussions as online sessions. It came during a presentation when I said: It's a much better use of my time to use LinkedIn to spark a conversation than it is to go to networking events.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 24, 2011

And they currently manage all of this using what I’ve seen at a lot of companies: network drives, naming conventions, some SharePoint. Here are some specifics of what this reader is going for: We need to figure out a way to get information from other departments to make sure we have the most current information available.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Introducing The Conversation Prism eLearning Trends 2007 and 2008 TechCrunch White Label Social Networking Platforms Chart How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations LinkedIn Tips and Tweaks: Do More with your LinkedIn Account Introduction to Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and RSS Corporate Policies on Web 2.0

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Tony Karrer

JULY 22, 2009

That there is a ‘best’ way to manage knowledge an information? Studies of Personal Information Management say that what works is often highly personal. Great dialog between Harold Jarche and Stephen Downes around Harold's PKM process … Stephen Downes wrote in response: … what does the concept of a ‘method’ here imply?

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Tony Karrer

JULY 21, 2010

I presented the discussion forum as a solution to this problem, in that it would reduce the number of emails they receive because the information would not be in their in-box, and more importantly would allow discussion between the all the members (one to many) rather than one to one or one to a few.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 19, 2009

CGI: Bringing the internet inside for informal learning & transformation Case examples of informal learning in corporations. Measuring the results of informal learning Personal learning environments: you show me yours, I'll show you mine and more. eLearning Technology. Browse eLearning Content

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Tony Karrer

MAY 6, 2009

The focus of the post is really about the design of informal / social learning experiences and my belief that they need to have context for what I call Directed Learners. Still in my learning goals post I said: "Unlike formal learning, informal learning is generally not going to ensure that specific knowledge will be transferred.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

I primarily used the eLearning Learning and Communities and Networks sites and used Conference , Online Facilitation of Conferences , Online Interaction in Conferences , Moderating Online Interaction , and others. Conference Networking Tools - Do They Work? You can find some of the recordings here. What Exactly IS a Conference?

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 21, 2009

In the comments there … Maria H tells us - I think there is time and purpose for all types of information transfer (for lack of a better phrase) and helping people learn when to use the right one is our challenge. There was certainly no clear answer and some suggestion that we should be aggressive about reaching out to many of your networks.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Knowledge Work Framework Tilde Effect Concept Worker Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning Tool Set 2009 Search Better Memory Network Learning Information Radar Remote Collaboration Common eLearning 2.0 Review the post - Information Radar - and use the information there to set up your radar and start a new blog.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 8, 2009

She used online tools such as forums, listservs, and a “virtual office” to support learning in the late 1990s, and has added tools such as blogs, wikis and social networks. For More Information Contact: Dr. Tony Karrer akarrer@techempower.com Browse eLearning Content at www.elearninglearning.com. Michele blogs at The Bamboo Project.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 19, 2009

Serving Clients In terms of serving clients, I covered parts of Tool Set , specifically Work Skills Keeping Up , Better Memory , Information Radar , Processing Pages with Links , Networks and Learning Communities , Collaborate , and Twitter as Personal Work and Learning Tool. Live networking is incredibly inefficient.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 17, 2009

I had just finished posting about Networks and Topic Hubs when I saw the announcements around the launch of MyAllTop ( 1 , 2 , 3 ). This is a similar, but limited, form of what we are doing around sites like eLearning Learning , Mobile Learning , Informal Learning Flow , Communities and Networks Connection.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Maybe reading blog posts about the topic is okay :) Tool Set 2009 Work Skills Keeping Up Top-Down Strategy Better Memory Information Radar Processing Pages with Links Networks and Learning Communities Collaborate Twitter as Personal Work and Learning Tool Search Browser Short Cuts Work Literacy Workshop eLearning Technology.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 26, 2007

In other words, in a world with Wikipedia, blogs, social networking, etc. - So, I am very glad that George pointed me back here, because this gets into exactly what I was hoping for from him. While Henry focuses primarily on students, the question is really important to all of us. And help build these skills in others?

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 11, 2009

eLearning Technology was nominated in two categories: Best eLearning / Corporate Education Blog 2009 Best Resource Sharing Blog 2009 LearnTrends was nominated for: Best Educational Use of Audio Best Educational Use of a Social Networking Service I also appreciated that several people nominated eLearning Learning for various categories.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 13, 2010

- Kapp Notes , January 20, 2009 Wiki activities 5 stage model , April 7, 2008 Control and Community: A Case Study of Enterprise Wiki Usage , May 4, 2009 Really Cool "3-Minute e-Learning" on Social Networking - Wiki, Social Networking, Social Bookmarking, RSS , October 10, 2007 Wiki working , June 19, 2009 Wiki: Intro to Emerging Tech , July (..)

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 20, 2007

If you've not seen this, there's a Facebook application by Worklight called Workbook that represents an overlay to turn Facebook into an Enterprise Social Network application. This is something I've been expecting for a while based on some conversations with large organizations who planned to use Facebook as their social network.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The second half of the prediction “self directed learning” got less attention during the year than I anticipated, but it was there and certainly was a big part of the discussion around social and informal learning. There will also be growth in discussions and social networks for collaborative learning. As such, eLearning 2.0

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 27, 2009

I've said many times that probably the biggest changes for concept workers over the past few years is the incredible access to information and more importantly the incredible access to people. The common threads here are: People Networks To me, the biggest work literacy gap is in this area. I'm reaching out to a network to get help.

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