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Top 10 tools that empower learners to develop themselves

Learning Pool

One main reason for the shift to learner-centric learning and development is the unprecedented access to information that modern learners have. And if the answer you want isn’t returned in the list of search results, you can use social media apps to ask someone else for what you need. Information seeking: Twitter and Blogs.

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More on cultural differences and ICT

The Learning Circuits

They can hardly "Google" to find the answer to a question because receiving a Google results page takes 10 minutes - an average Google "full search" typically takes 90 minutes. This will change over the next 18 months due to telecomm policy in India, and it will be interesting to see how information-seeking changes!)

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The 21st Century Curator

ID Reflections

As Clay Shirky said here : Curation comes up when search stopsworking…[and] when people realize that it isn't just about information seeking,it's also about synchronizing a community. More on the specific skills we need to develop to beeffective curators in my next post.

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Why Content Curation Should be in Your Skillset

Jay Cross

It can save millions, reduce frustration, and boost the velocity of information in your organization. You expect the curator of an art gallery to know the collection and to: search out the best items. I set up a Google Search for daily news on the topic. and put in search terms and authorities to listen to.

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GE TV: An Coppens on Engaging the Brain with Gamification

Growth Engineering

The more you can build on old information and make new connections, the better it will stick. And it will also encourage information-seeking, to go further and look for more information. In our brains we always want to search for meaning and context. ‘Oh, I didn’t know I could use that there.

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