Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

" But he's looking for a job right now and wants to point himself in a good direction. I have exceptional talent at training and communicating across disciplines and I’m trying to get back into the job market. Any ideas about where some “sweet spots” are, niches that are growing, companies that are doing especially well now?

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HTML Social Media Big Question Brain 100

Tony Karrer

MAY 4, 2010

A lot of people miss that we are being tasked to do so many different kinds of things and are doing them infrequently so we basically are not very good at it.

Performance Support 113

Performance Support Support Performance Cognitive 113

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 25, 2010

The Business Case for Social Learning - Daretoshare , April 13, 2009 Job losses, combined with cutbacks in workforce development investments, mean that many companies are less able to serve customers, make sales or generate innovations than they were just a few months ago. Understand the job. People had vocations, not jobs.

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Blended Learning Sales Case Study Diversity Training 173

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2009

So, here's a bit of a compilation of some of the things I've been talking about in my blog which points to some of the major trends in learning. Strategy You need to think about systems quite different: LMS and Social Learning You have to prepare workers for web 2.0

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Trends Blended Learning Social Networks eLearning 2.0 121

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

I often felt during the conference that I was not doing a good job of taking advantage of the expertise that was often in the room. A masterful job by George. Online learning has arrived” @GillianP That session flew by and was a great use of the power in the room. Great stuff.

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LearnTrends Elluminate Write Blog Conference 100

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Beth tells us: I'm thinking of "topics" as anything that an organization's people would want to learn about for their jobs. I'm not limiting that to the "traditional means" training topics, but I do limit that to things that are job-related, which is why I think the tail has a limit.

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Long Tail Blended Learning Learning 2.0 Blended 100

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Julliette White tells us - "The degree of informality of learning is the degree to which you haven't been told what to do.” But let's take the job aid as an example. Prior to the creation of the job aid, the way people learned how to do the job was having someone else show them. We've certainly made it less informal.

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Informal Learning Informal Performance Support eLearning 2.0 100

Tony Karrer

APRIL 25, 2007

If so, does that mean that they are somehow not the people who are already "too busy" at their jobs? related tools and sites be perceived as not spending enough time at their "real” jobs? article came out -- that busy knowledge workers wouldn't have time for the new technologies. It's something I've somewhat wondered about.

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Wiki Web Enterprise 2.0 Tools 100

Tony Karrer

MAY 6, 2010

It’s become quite clear that Apple (Steve Jobs) is going to block putting Flash on these platforms. Earlier this year I questioned why there was Still No Flash on the iPhone and iPad. Today the big news is Scribd Switches to HTML5; Adobe To Make Tools for HTML5.

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Flash Flash to HTML5 Conversion Social Networks Flash Player 157

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 2, 2012

Those aspects existed before and it does a good job of finding great content. These are compared to averages for the source and also looks at who is providing the signal, how often they signal things, how often they signal for that particular source, etc. You can read a bit more about these aspects in eLearning Learning Launches New Features.

Personal 151

Personal Personalization Social Networks eLearning 151

Tony Karrer

APRIL 6, 2009

Low Cost LMS Crowdsourcing in the Small Aggregation Types Corporate Training Workplace Productivity Video-Based eLearning Authoring Tools Workplace Learning Professionals Next Job - Management Consultant Twitter Conference Ideas Long Live eLearning Technology. Browse eLearning Content

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Low Cost eLearning Consultant eLearning Conferences Twitter 102

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 16, 2009

This is a work in progress, but she's done a pretty good job explaining what it is and why she's doing this in her post: How Do You Browse By Category Blog Content from NpTech Bloggers?

Portal 100

Portal Technology Community Tagging 100

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

I actually left Technorati for Google because Google appeared to be doing a better job. I can't tell if this is something that is intentional, but it's been happening for a while. Time to evaluate my options? Any suggestions on what to use for this? Learning Trends 2008 - Online - Free [link]

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Search Google Blogging Problem 100

Tony Karrer

JULY 27, 2009

Fragmentation of jobs, increasing concept work, and constant change all put a premium on learning. I think this will be an interesting discussion and I welcome your participation. Models for Learning in a New World This is a very interesting time to be a learning professional.

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Free Performance Support eLearning Strategy Trends 111

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

How about asking select new hires to keep an inside the firewall blog as they begin their jobs at your company? Just wanted to through an idea at everyone that came up during several discussions today at DevLearn.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Social Network Network Blogging 100

Tony Karrer

JUNE 2, 2009

Benefited from the barriers + work around discussion Tony did a great job of providing an overview of various tools available. Here's a few of the evaluation comments from a recent one: Awesome!! Enjoyed being able to see live examples. Excellent thorough, relevant & engaging! Outstanding!!!

Services 100

Services Social Networks Case Study eLearning Guild 100

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

As part of an interview for a new job, he got into a discussion with his potential new employer of their policy was around blogging. I saw a post by Dan Roddy - Do you have a blogging policy? Their response was; if it helps you and you don't give away any secrets, and don't do it in company time, then that would be okay.

Blogging 100

Blogging Companies Policies Social Media 100

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

addresses informal, on-the-job. Recognize they are not doing as a good a job as they could, but generally roughly okay. We have: Will Thalheimer, Work Learning Research Kevin Oakes, I4CP Claire Schooley, Forrester Chris Howard, Bersin Kevin Martin, Aberdeen Biggest trend is Learning 2.0 eLearning 2.0 It's relatively new. Collaborative.

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Research Learning 2.0 Metrics eLearning 100

Tony Karrer

APRIL 21, 2009

And I must say that these are pretty good - it would be a shame if you missed them. Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals.

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Enterprise 2.0 Audacity Augmented Reality Screencast 100

Tony Karrer

JUNE 17, 2010

I'm very happy to have Garin involved because I've known him for years and he's always done a good job of helping to build the larger eLearning community through conferences that you probably already know about: eLearning DevCon Bring Your Own Laptop Garin was really excited to support this broad community of bloggers.

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Rapid Intake Google Buzz eLearning iPad 100

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

If it looks like it's going to help me get my job done or do a better job, I'll adopt it. Facilitating Adoption of Web 2.0 Tools Emergence or Big System Web 2.0 Innovation is happening first in the consumer space and then flows to corporate world. This wave of change is going to happen by personal and group adoption.

Enterprise 100

Enterprise Web Firewalls Enterprise 2.0 100

Tony Karrer

MARCH 5, 2007

He does a great job of breaking down topics into smaller pieces. Ray Sims has been doing great stuff on his blog. A recent example - Content Search: Use Cases - which explores some of the different ways we search for things and helps us think about when Google might be a good answer and when it's likely not.

Search 100

Search Content Google Job 100

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

Assuming you are talking about an upgrade as interface change then any training and support starts and ends with roles/jobs and tasks. Note: office hours need to be held based on job/role in the organization. I generally shoot to make any course as short as possible. See How Long Should an eLearning Course Be?

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Upgrade Performance Support Software Support 100

Tony Karrer

JULY 30, 2007

His relatable examples, from consumer products (jeans, TVs, salad dressings) to lifestyle choices (where to live, what job to take, whom and when to marry), underscore this central point: Too many choices undermine happiness.

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Job Examples Productivity Product 100

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 5, 2008

So, what about these other terms: EPSS (Electronic Performance Support Systems) This term is still used quite a bit, but most often it refers to online job aids or a modified front-end to software systems. While I highly respect Gloria Gery's work, I think she did us a disservice by continually pointing to Turbo Tax as THE example of EPSS.

Virtual Classroom 112

Virtual Classroom Courseware Performance Support Search 112

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 4, 2007

11% said they did NO evaluation 26% said they did Level 1 smile sheets 48% said they measured Level 2 learning 15% said they measured Level 3 on-the-job performance 0% said they measured Level 4 business results (or ROI) His discussion further points out that doing Level 2 assessment immediately at the end of training (i.e., Among them.

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Assessment Metrics Develop Survey 100

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 4, 2006

Because if you don't we'll think you're lame and don't know how to do your job. Because your job depends on it. "If If for no other reason than your job is changing, and you might want to be engaged in the process of what your new job will include." Stephen Downes) 7. Rovy Bronson) 2. Nancy White) 1.

Blogging 127

Blogging Social Networks Write Blog Wiki 127

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 4, 2006

Providing job aids was one example that Michael McGinnis cited. The first time a person learned how to do that task/job it was likely through someone showing them how to do it. Once they put it in a job aid - it feels more formal on the spectrum. So maybe it's not a paradox, maybe its a spectrum.

Informal 100

Informal Performance Support Learning Objects Informal Learning 100

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 4, 2007

There's an internal version of MySpace, which provides not only title and contact info but also personal profiles, job histories, interests, and videos. We're going to use social bookmarking to allow us to take the pulse of the organization," says Jim Grubb, who built the website (and whose day job is putting together John Chambers' demos).

Enterprise 2.0 100

Enterprise 2.0 Enterprise Case Study Wiki 100

Tony Karrer

JULY 18, 2006

It's interesting how Harold has broken up the world, and, frankly, I'm not sure how universal this is, but I think it helps. Performance Interventions ** Learning Interventions Instructional Interventions (e.g., Training) Non-Instructional Interventions (e.g., Performance Interventions ** Learning Interventions Instructional Interventions (e.g.,

Informal Learning 100

Informal Learning Wiki KM Informal 100

Tony Karrer

JUNE 2, 2008

Providing learners with more on-the-job performance support does not eliminate the need for training and there are cases where training is preferred When in learning mode - people want minimal information. Integrating information closer to the work flow and work interface can improve performance.

ASTD 100

ASTD Performance Support Search Google 100

Tony Karrer

MAY 27, 2008

And, by the way, I believe that Donald Clark does a remarkable job of providing links to interesting articles. In 2008, said Dr Nielsen, only 25% of people travel via a homepage. The rest search and get straight there. I don't think any of this is much of a surprise. I would put him up with Stephen Downes in terms of a valuable aggregator.

Search 100

Search Design Site Web 100

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Job aids / quick reference - about 30% of you are going to be asked to make sure your content is viewable on an iPhone. But the reality was more than that as I explored in posts like Business of Learning and Models for Learning Questions. Did I mention the move towards virtual classroom?)

Predictions 183

Predictions Virtual Classroom Wiki eLearning 2.0 183

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 17, 2007

million new computer and IT related job opening between 2002 and 2012 Based on my personal experience in hiring people in Los Angeles and based on the complaints of my fellow members of the Los Angeles CTO Forum, this already has real impact on us. Some facts he cites: In September 2006, IT employment stood at 3,667,100 up 4.2% Estimated 1.5

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Off-shore Develop Design Forum 100

Tony Karrer

JUNE 22, 2011

Quora is a Q&A site nicely integrated with Facebook that has done a good job providing a means to ask questions and get answers. It can be tried for free at Talkwheel.com. Each Quora answer is rated by users until the most popular answer is found.

Asynchronous 157

Asynchronous Emergent Conversation Social Networks 157

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

she tells us: Oh and my little meeting about my job role and what path this LMS will lead me down. It will be fun to keep reading about it, probably much better than having to be Tracy during the process. In her latest post: What's Happening With My New LMS?!?! NOTHING!!!!

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LMS Learning Management System System eLearningGuild 119

Tony Karrer

JUNE 6, 2007

If I were to return to a corporate training job I would blog and get others blogging. Take a look at what Janet Clarey had to say after her first 100 days - Debriefing myself.a noob's experience after 100-ish days of blogging : There is a palpable difference between reading/lurking and writing that I had not fully anticipated.

Blogging 100

Blogging eLearning 2.0 Big Question Write Blog 100