In New Work and New Work Skills , I discuss the fact that most of us have not participated in formal learning since college on foundational knowledge work skills - especially metacognitive skills. Our last formal learning used card catalogs, microfiche readers, Xerox machines, libraries, etc. Most of us have strong skills in some areas and are much weaker in others simply due to the fact that we acquire our skills in completely ad hoc ways. When were you taught: how to take take notes on a laptop during a meeting, how to filter a flood of new content, how to reach out via networks to find expertise, how to leverage the wisdom of crowds? Tilde Effect What epitomizes the situation for me is the Google ~ operator.

really was all about new work skills - skills we should be learning. Actually, it's also about the fact that there's not really new work as much as there is new work skills. Work Skills Changing Most of us who used to use these things know somewhat know that they really aren't in use anymore. My recent Survey - Do You Know What These Are? More on this below.

I sent him a reply and asked for his thoughts on my post New Work . That said, I think there is a tendency to lean on the skills that we are good at and not use other approaches when they are called for. Certainly helping to make it a natural part of work-flow to capture information in a way that helps the individual and the organization is the key. Stuart Henshall had asked on Twitter about ideas for posts. He took me up on it and created quite an interesting reply .

Thus, my opinion is: Twitter is not a tool for people who are new to social media and the use of social media for personal learning and work. There is one exception to this. But it's still down on my list and you have to be careful not to allow it to waste time. Other Posts in the Series Tool Set 2009 Work Skills Keeping Up Top-Down Strategy Better Memory Information Radar Networks and Learning Communities Collaborate Twitter as Personal Work and Learning Tool Search Browser Short Cuts Work Literacy Workshop Browse eLearning Content at www.el

I'm only 43, but posts like New Work Skills are a bit of an eye opener that we were taught metacognition using note taking on paper, card catalogs, microfiche readers , rollodex, etc. For many of us, Nick Carr's words ring true: ... The reality is that metacognitive techniques are changing rapidly - hence so are work skills . Better Memory Tools and Methods If you are experience more and more of your information electronically, it stands to reason that we need to be good at effectively using this as a better memory. In Your Outboard Brain Knows All , Clive Thompson talks about how our need to remember is changing.

It’s a pick-and-choose sort of thing: the way we manage information has a lot to do with the information, and a lot to do with who we are and what we want the information for … Harold responded with Other PKM processes where he shows some other models and states: To be clear, my intention is to show what works for me and perhaps some part of this may work others. 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?

Last week at ASTD TechKnowledge , I did a keynote on Work Literacy and eLearning 2.0, For example, we still teach Cursive Writing instead of Touch Typing to kids. Improve your Work Literacy I would highly encourage going through the recent series of posts all about Tools and Methods for Work and Learning : Work Skills Keeping Up Top-Down Strategy Better Memory Information Radar Processing Link Pages Network Learning Collaboration Twitter as Personal Work and Learning Tool Search Browser Short Cuts Work Skills Workshop Keynote Links

Primarily I use: Google Image Search Flickr But there are a lot of sources out there, especially if you need royalty free sources: Stock Photo Image and Other Media Sources Free Sources of Photos and Images Copyright Friendly Image Sources Other Posts in the Series Tools and Methods 2009 Work Skills Keeping Up Top-Down Strategy Better Memory Information Radar Processing Link Pages Network Learning Collaboration Twitter as Personal Work and Learning Tool Search Browser Short Cuts Work Skills Workshop Browse eLearning Content at

It's a big skills, knowledge, performance gap – see Work Skills Keeping Up . It's why I created Work Literacy about a year ago. Wes has some specific suggestions in his post for how to deal with TMI. I try to address this through posts such as: Tool Set LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers Top-Down Strategy Better Memory Information Radar Processing Pages with Links Networks and Learning Communities Collaborate Twitter as Personal Work and Learning Tool Search I look forward to collaborating

My primary interest here are the methods and tools that allow us to work better as part of remote work teams. In other words - How do we collaborate together in remote work teams to be as effective or even more effective than a team that works down the hall? I cannot claim to be an expert, and I feel like this topic demands a lot of soft skills such as communication skills, team skills, handling cultural and work style issues, etc. Let me admit that I'm likely in over my head when talking about methods and tools for collaboration. as