Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

When I’m researching a specific topic, I turn to other sources to pinpoint what I’m looking for: Searches on Google, Wikipedia, TED talks, YouTube and the knowledge of friends. I use Google to search my own work.). Journals, again online and on paper, a vital tool for reflection. The next phase is processing what I’ve found.

Social Networks 55

Social Networks Jive Diversity Training Social Network 55

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

It’s also a dynamite research tool; you can search articles by topic, author, and/or timeframe. In a buzz session at DevLearn this year, I described how Working Smarter Daily uses social signals to choose and display a fresh selection of relevant articles every morning. What’s Under the Hood.

Authoring Tools 46

Authoring Tools Social Networks Content Xyleme 46

Jay Cross

AUGUST 27, 2010

The current search for new educational funnels must be reversed into the search for their institutional inverse: educational webs which heighten the opportunity for each one to transform each moment of his living into one of learning, sharing, and caring.

Attitudes 50

Attitudes Alternatives Learning Objects Wikipedia 50

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

This presentation is both a case study and “how to” session including a look at tools and procedures necessary to develop an internal wiki, lessons learned, and tips for creating an effective, efficient, and inexpensive knowledge management solution. Search is certainly being affected by the increasingly social nature of online activities.

KM 38

KM Social Networks Authoring Tools Case Study 38

Jay Cross

AUGUST 28, 2012

As other companies realize the potential of learning as a marketing tool, we’re going to see a lot more programs like this. Informal chats with colleagues ranked #1, followed by Internet search, and trial and error. He comes across as authentic, the type of guy you’d enjoy talking to at a bar. Co-learning builds trust.

Collaborative Learning 61

Collaborative Learning Collaboration Compliance Training Social Networks 61

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Clicking on a topic or tool brings up the most popular articles on it. Use the search to see what this crowd has said about a topic. This is both a smart aggregator for what’s hot in working smarter and also a research tool. Play around with the site. Example: Andy McAfee. Example: collaboration. Example: sharepoint.

Xyleme 65

Xyleme Social Networks Theory Firewalls 65

Jay Cross

AUGUST 14, 2008

I had to grab something from Facebook, which is not on my list of frequent destinations, and came upon a new blog from the team at Brandon Hall which turned me on to a nifty little image generator … …which I posted to my Research Page , where I store tools and links I expect to return to.

Brandon Hall 36

Brandon Hall Social Networks Facebook Flash 36

Jay Cross

JULY 3, 2008

For example, we’d walk through the Informal Learning blog to look at an RSS feed, an internal search engine, scanning the 100 most recent posts, a Creative Commons license, and so on. I began showing things like my research tools page , which has always been public but was hidden in plain sight.

Wiki 36

Wiki Scanning Internet RSS 36

Jay Cross

JANUARY 11, 2009

As people use various different web sites to blog, update their status, post their location, or photos, sites and tools have emerged to aggregate these various actions into a continuous eclectic stream of activities. Tumblr operates similarly although it does a better job displaying photos and is a bit more spartan.

Streaming 36

Streaming Activities MySpace Friendfeed 36

Jay Cross

JULY 31, 2012

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012: 6th Annual Survey JANE HART | MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012. Musing on Google’s Power Searching Course and marketing JAY CROSS | FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2012. MORE >> 109 Tweets. Free book on business & learning JAY CROSS | FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012.

Google Docs 51

Google Docs Doc Social Networks PKM 51

Jay Cross

JULY 6, 2009

Rapid Prototyping Tools - Adaptive Path , March 24, 2009. Top 10 Tools for a Free Online Education [Lifehacker Top 10] - Lifehacker , March 28, 2009. 25 Tools: A Toolbox for Learning Professionals 2009 , May 19, 2009. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 – May Update , May 24, 2009. - OReilly Radar , May 28, 2009.

Social Networks 43

Social Networks Google Wave Social Network Analysis Twitter 43

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 24, 2008

My search for the term for getting people doing stuff that makes a difference was hitting a wall because people are enmeshed in complex, adaptive networks. Commitment. Conformity. Responsibilities. Strategies. Logistical. Material needs. On their own. Teamwork isn’t on the matrix. We’re all in this together.

Behavior 36

Behavior Performance Support Policies Engineering 36

Jay Cross

JANUARY 22, 2009

The thought leaders in the activity streams space are thinking about standards for interoperability, how people can grant access to their feeds selectively, stream searching, de-duping, and security concerns. Tools for Social Capitalists links technologies to learning needs. Last week, Google, Facebook, Nokia, Yahoo!,

Social Networks 36

Social Networks Streaming Wiki Social Media 36

Jay Cross

APRIL 29, 2015

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. Every day I would sift through a hundred or more items suggested by my social networks or the search engines.

Social Networks 36

Social Networks PKM Authoring Tools Content 36

Jay Cross

MARCH 2, 2012

Successful social businesses insure that software and tools are available for such things as bookmarking reference information, collaborating on tasks, searching organizational content, recording knowledge for peer learning, reinforcing key concepts, locating experts, accessing outside information, and connecting with customers and partners.

Social Networks 61

Social Networks Social Business Wiki 61

Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

How do I search for information?”. The tools of the social web are in constant flux. Choose the tool/application based on the types of relations/relationships you want to foster and build, not on the features of the tool. Where do I post my profile? Networks are the glue that connects us. No one works alone.

Social Networks 79

Social Networks Social Network Network Social 79

Jay Cross

APRIL 25, 2008

collaboration tools are irresistible to end users: They’re easy to set up and use and can be accessed from anywhere. These apps often include productivity enhancers such as search and tagging. Possible solution: Get the knock-off versions of web tools provided by IBM, EMC, BEA, and Microsoft.

Wiki 36

Wiki Jive Software Bea PBwiki 36

Jay Cross

JANUARY 21, 2010

They have expunged words, names and phrases from search engine results. By relying on mobile phones, mapping applications, and other new tools, we can empower citizens and leverage our traditional diplomacy. Some countries have erected electronic barriers that prevent their people from accessing portions of the world’s networks.

Internet 41

Internet Virtual World Network Privacy 41

Jay Cross

AUGUST 24, 2013

It’s used in our house as a sort of look-up device, more ‘search, see and watch’ than ‘write, create and work’. Take the 10 Tools Challenge JANE HART | TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2013. Take the 10 Tools Challenge in 2013 JANE HART’S PICK OF THE DAY | TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2013. NO I’m writing this on that netbook.

Doc 36

Doc Social Networks Write Blog PKM 36

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 17, 2011

2011 Top 100 Tools List and Presentation finalised - Jane Hart , November 14, 2011. The Pull of Narrative – In Search of Persistent Context - John Hagel , May 23, 2011. My Top 10 Tools for Learning 2011 , September 5, 2011. Learning Tools Directory 2011 , February 7, 2011. - Doc Searls , January 12, 2011.

Social Networks 61

Social Networks Authoring Tools Doc Social Media 61

Jay Cross

JUNE 20, 2011

Instead of success stories stories about how that exploration and search happened and what wisdom was gained. Now it is made of calls to action, performance support, exercises, and tools. The optimal manager book would not offer recipes but rather ways to explore and discover relevant ones and how to adapt them to your personal needs.

Wiki 52

Wiki Exercise eBook Sun 52

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Why do synchronous web tools suck? Power Searching with Google JAY CROSS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012. When I survey the landscape of educational tools, I come to the following conclusion: Elgg is the most important tool, currently available, in shaping the future of learning. Instructure: we know. Any thoughts. PLENK 2010.

Predictions 92

Predictions Internet Open OER 92

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2009

ROI, the tool we once used to evaluate projects in stable times, clearly is not up to the task. Information flows are carried by links, alerts, RSS feeds, search engines, aggregation and filtering of content. • Intangibles travel via networks, and networks are the infrastructure for doing business in the future.

ROI 66

ROI Social Networks Network Authoring Tools 66

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 23, 2008

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and I admit to being a klutz with a dozen different online presentation platforms, another dozen discussion systems, and more than sixty online apps for drawing, mapping, searching, and sharing. Once I was a whiz with an excellent drawing tool; now I am a scribbler on six different drawing tools.

Wiki 36

Wiki Pipes Friendfeed Torrent 36

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2011

Information repository, archives, search engine. Social Learning Tools 120. An online workscape is a network tuned for learning and collaboration. A typical workscape features these components: Participant profiles, expertise locators. Information flows, feeds, subscriptions. Forums for written discussion by topics or by teams.

Compliance Training 64

Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64

Jay Cross

APRIL 16, 2013

A single, simple, all-in-one interface, like that provided by Google for search. This is a key dynamic that helps explain the power of apprenticeship and the attendant tools of mentoring and peer coaching. Give me a way to find out how our company does things, not just generic lessons. Knowing depends on engagement in practice.

Informal Learning 98

Informal Learning Informal Blended Learning Authoring Tools 98