Mike Taylor

JULY 26, 2019

Pop on over for JD’s updated take on why your employees aren’t sharing their knowledge. How to Practice as a Knowledge Worker. Tyler Cowen ( @tylercowen ) breaks down how to practice as a knowledge worker and suggests you write and read every day, have regular interactions with smart people, and try to crack cultural codes.

Technology 49

Technology Design Knowledge Worker Conference 49

Vitalyst

JUNE 2, 2020

As knowledge workers, you have been at the heart of this unprecedented remote work experiment. Changes coming later this year include the ability to open apps in a separate window and customizable templates. You are learning first-hand what it means to be resilient, resourceful, disciplined, and diligent.

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Microsoft SharePoint Knowledge Worker Mac 59

CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This hybrid work environment is an open door of opportunity for implementing workflow learning and development practices that enable learning while working. Right now, this door is wide open, and learning leaders need to step through it and bring their teams with them. Work stoppage costs for knowledge workers tend to be much higher.

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Performance Support Performance Solution Blended Learning 41

Matrix

AUGUST 27, 2020

Many knowledge workers now perform their jobs remotely, while governments and individual business organizations look for ways to keep the world going. Invest in learning and be open to change. Let’s look back at the last couple of months. It’s not easy to find your way in a deep forest. However, there are things you can do.

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Business Predictions Culture Knowledge Worker 96

Jane Hart

JUNE 14, 2012

Social technologies now play a big part in everything we do, and it is quite clear that many knowledge workers use a variety of social tools and networks not only to help them get work done, but also to learn efficiently while on the job. Threaded discussions. Notifications. Group spaces. File sharing areas. Content co-creation tools.

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Technology Social Learning Technologies Jive 220

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JUNE 15, 2011

Blogging has some so-called 'affordances': Many to many communication Reflection in practice Open and interactive Because of these affordances blogs may enhance participation in ICT4D policy and practice, creating an organising vision. She interviewed 7 professional ICT4D bloggers (used interviews to identify those) and analysed their blogs.

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Knowledge Blogging Knowledge Worker Policies 160

Tony Karrer

APRIL 26, 2011

If you are reading this, you are a knowledge worker. Consider the content (knowledge, information, learning) you personally need to get your job done. And when you consider the trends for most concept workers (knowledge workers), we clearly are heading towards faster moving content aimed at smaller audiences.

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Knowledge Worker Agile Instructional Design eLearning Strategy 134

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Given this context, I have tried to explain what #wol entails for those like me who might be trying to spread the approach, believe in the fundamental philosophy of transparency and open work, and wish to empower everyone with a simple yet powerful learning tool for self-driven learning.

Diversity Training 172

Diversity Training Cognitive Blended Learning Network 172

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Millions of knowledge workers and their managers have been told they are responsible for their own learning but have no more idea what to do than the dog who got on the bus (Now WTF do I do?). ”. “ Bring things out in the open. ”. I find myself shouting that the “Emperor has no clothes.”

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Knowledge Worker Informal Learning ROI Score 100

Training Industry

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Open Badges started as a collaborative project between MacArthur Foundation, HASTAC and Mozilla and has continued to grow through an open, collaborative approach. The world we live and work in drives the need for knowledge workers and an innovation economy.

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Digital Blackboard Standards Knowledge Worker 78

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Adler's recent article - Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 The average knowledge worker has access to an increasingly large set of information resources and corporate learning is an ever smaller part of this set. How do we foster knowledge worker skills? John Seely Brown and Richard P.

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Long Tail Attention Corporate Learning Corporate eLearning 111

Learningtogo

AUGUST 26, 2021

1950: With his famous opening line, “I propose the question, ‘Can machines think?’” digital assistants for enterprise knowledge workers. McCulloch and Walter Pitts suggest that building a network of artificial neurons could create a machine that could think, using the neurons’ on-or-off firing system (later binary code).

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Cognitive IBM Simulations Brain 165

CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2019

subsequent data opens endless doors for learning leaders to continuously improve learning’s impact. with higher-skilled, knowledgeable workers. AI-enabled learner experiences: Tools like learner experience platforms and content curation platforms. work and immediately apply the necessary new skills.

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Micro-Learning Corporate Learning Knowledge Worker CLO 62

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Thomas Davenport classifies Knowledge Work Types in Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances And Results from Knowledge Workers using a variety of classifications. Within that he then defined the following types of knowledge workers: Transaction Worker - Routine, individual, ex. call center.

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Knowledge Work Knowledge Cognitive Knowledge Worker 131

Litmos

MARCH 4, 2021

It’s been a full year since Zoom became a tool most knowledge workers use daily. This is particularly relevant for trainers because ILT is on the rise. You’ve heard the horror stories of bizarre, unwanted, uninvited guests, so be cautious; you never know who might try to log into a session.

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TOPYX LMS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

These eye-opening facts indicate that the typical gamer isn’t a Millennial individual; he or she is a Gen Xer (a young one, but a GenXer, nonetheless). If game-based learning would elevate your organization’s learning culture and help employees become better, more skilled and knowledgeable workers, it may be a good training tool.

Liability 100

Liability Sexual Harassment Training Harassment Training Corporate eLearning 100

OpenSesame

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Skills have a major bearing on workforce productivity – especially in developed economies where the majority of employees are knowledge workers. It also resonates with what most of us knowledge workers feel – that there’s never enough time for anything, let alone optional training with its long-term (i.e.

Roles 52

Roles Productivity Product Blended Learning 52

Capytech

APRIL 24, 2023

As a result, workers need to be prepared to adapt to new roles or learn new skills to stay relevant in their fields. Being adaptable means being open-minded, flexible, and willing to learn. With the ability to adapt, workers can embrace change, learn new skills, and stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing work environment.

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Skills Digital Write Blog Liability 40

Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Mathemagenic " PhD conclusions in a thousand words: blogging practices of knowledge workers Web 2.0 Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0: Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0: Applications in Learning Rethinking Learning Styles Understanding E-Learning 2.0

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Social Networks Blended Learning Authoring Tools PLE 139

Disprz

JUNE 18, 2021

If you look at the blue-collar workforce 90% of learning happens on the mobile phone and the data that we have seen with respect to a knowledge worker is 50-50. Plus you will also notice that they will use a lot of MOOC which is nothing but Massively Open Online Courses like edX, Udemy, and Coursera.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Metrics Performance Support Suite 52

ID Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Given this context, I have tried to explain what #wol entails for those like me who might be trying to spread the approach, believe in the fundamental philosophy of transparency and open work, and wish to empower everyone with a simple yet powerful learning tool for self-driven learning.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Cognitive PKM Network 100

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Using that technique, I will open up a piece of software or google a term with no real objective just a need to "learn more about" a particular term, item or piece of software. It would be great for the worker to learn to write more efficient reports but learning to do so is not a work product. One way is what I call "wandering."

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Compliance Training Knowledge Worker Big Question Write Blog 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

If you have scientists and engineers working across geographic boundaries in isolation and knowledge of what they are doing within the organization is limited, consider having them establish blogs to share their insights and ideas. Most knowledge workers, when hard at work, don't care what others are doing. Lessons Learned.

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Social Media Big Question ASTD Wiki 145

Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Of course, if it were me, I would absolutely open up access to LinkedIn. Corporations have not woke up to the need for knowledge workers to reach out for expertise. If I was CEO of these corporations, I'd make sure my HR/recruiting folks and my Biz Dev folks had access. Why shoot yourself in the foot? Great question.

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Web Corporate eLearning Social Networks eLearningGuild 140

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 18, 2010

It puts forward lots of suggestions for how knowledge workers can leverage technology to make themselves more effective. I actually think this is some of the most valuable stuff on my blog, and I believe that most knowledge workers are not really taking advantage of this at the level they should.

Predictions 200

Predictions Diversity Training SharePoint Authoring Tools 200

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Somehow, to me, this seemed to be the opening up of a severe fault line in the project. And analysis also shows that most knowledge workers are likely to turn to their neighbor to discuss a problem than consult a database. However, I could neither quantify it nor rationalize it.

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Network Analysis Collaboration Social Networks 128

Mike Taylor

AUGUST 28, 2020

Sanjay Sarma, head of Open Learning at MIT and Luke Yoquinto,a science writer who covers learning and education, share practical insights on how to optimize your learning including: Three simple tactics that drastically improve how we learn, Why you want the learning process to be difficult, and How to get into the optimal mental state for learning.

Virtual Classroom 52

Virtual Classroom Technology Design PKM 52

CLO Magazine

MAY 3, 2017

User content and knowledge: Workers want to watch or read what their peers say about almost every topic. I open an app to see how other buyers have rated the offering, and I want to be able to drill down to look at greater details, such as menus or dress code.

Diversity Training 65

Diversity Training Masie Support Knowledge Worker 65

Jane Hart

MARCH 1, 2013

But it’s also worth noting that to be a successful knowledge artisan will take a lot more than just being a good employee. The future is connected, messy, loose and open , Harold Jarche, 25 February 2013. “So, we now have a new era emerging: The era of the knowledgeable networker. This pretty well sums up the situation.”

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Resources Yahoo Diversity Training Toolkit 199

Litmos

JUNE 4, 2020

That means it’s been 12 weeks since the Coronavirus pandemic sent most knowledge workers home to work remotely. For some, things are starting to get tense.

Learner 64

Learner Micro-Learning Training Train 64

Clark Quinn

JUNE 23, 2008

I think Mark missed the bigger barriers of Changing Knowledge Worker Attitudes and the work literacy gap. I agree with Mark that there are fairly sizable organizational culture aspects to enterprise adoption of enterprise 2.0 / web 2.0 / eLearning 2.0. And I think it's easy to underestimate that impact. answers is bad advice.

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Enterprise 2.0 Authoring Tools Wiki Metrics 100

Tony Karrer

JUNE 23, 2008

I think Mark missed the bigger barriers of Changing Knowledge Worker Attitudes and the work literacy gap. I agree with Mark that there are fairly sizable organizational culture aspects to enterprise adoption of enterprise 2.0 / web 2.0 / eLearning 2.0. And I think it's easy to underestimate that impact. answers is bad advice.

Enterprise 2.0 100

Enterprise 2.0 Authoring Tools Wiki Metrics 100

OpenSesame

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Skills have a major bearing on workforce productivity – especially in developed economies where the majority of employees are knowledge workers. It also resonates with what most of us knowledge workers feel – that there’s never enough time for anything, let alone optional training with its long-term (i.e.

Productivity 40

Productivity Product Blended Learning Roles 40

Instilled

JULY 2, 2019

A constant state of connection has grown increasingly common, especially for knowledge workers. But when it comes to the workplace, high-speed internet and sophisticated, social technologies have opened up new avenues for delivering learning and engaging learners across the enterprise.

Learning Technologies 40

Learning Technologies Technology Learner Communities of Practice 40

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Open Educational Resources Matures 4. open up exciting opportunities for people to access relevant information where and when they require it. Corollary => Open Source Video Technologies I'm dealing right now with delivery of video on mobile devices. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 The Future is Mobile 3.

Predictions 198

Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training Authoring Tools 198

Litmos

MARCH 23, 2020

But as you take your breaks remember this: researchers find that if a knowledge worker is interrupted at work, it takes 10 to 20 times the duration of the interruption for them to recover and get back to their previous task. That’s a perk of working from home. You can take breaks whenever you need to and no one will side-eye you.

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Effectiveness Tips SAP News 98

SweetRush

JUNE 26, 2023

Discovering New Ways of Being The latest in what can feel like an endless parade of new terms about the workplace is The Great Betrayal , according to Fast Company, which reports that “amid 120,000 tech layoffs , 62% of knowledge workers say they don’t feel secure committing to one employer anymore.”

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