ID Reflections

DECEMBER 25, 2010

I have recently been reading Building Expertise: Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement at a colleague’s recommendation. I am talking about knowledge work here. Quoting from the book below: Routine experts are very effective at solving problems that are representative of problems in their domains.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Work Literacy eLearning 2.0 Fourth Grader Wikipedia Update New Work and New Work Skills Work Skills Keeping Up? Knowledge Work Framework Tilde Effect Concept Worker Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning Tool Set 2009 Search Better Memory Network Learning Information Radar Remote Collaboration Common eLearning 2.0

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2009

When I look at my particular skills, methods and tools for 2009 and compare them to 2008, I would say that it’s mostly a question of degree of use and certainly my use of Twitter has grown. Each of these allowed me to fast forward my learning and share knowledge effectively. However, during 2009, I had a bit of an aha moment.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

for Learning Professionals Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 Test SCORM Courses with an LMS Request for Proposal (RFP) Samples Training Method Trends Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis SCORM Test Web 2.0 37) Training Method Trends (27) Examples of eLearning 2.0 (26) June 1, 2008 was when Work Literacy Launched.

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Authoring Tools Social Networks Long Tail eLearning 2.0 100

Tony Karrer

MARCH 25, 2009

Complexity of Productivity for Knowledge Work Productivity is defined as: the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time For some knowledge workers, we can reasonably define things this way. It also causes us to confuse activity and effectiveness.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In fact, Frederick Taylor told workers, ‘You’re not paid to think’ Along came knowledge work. In the sixty years between 1947 and 2007, America shifted from a manufacturing economy to a service economy. Not so long ago, the logic of cause and effect could explain how the world worked.

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