Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

Some quick thoughts - Scanning Activity Replaced I likely spend an average of 30-45 minutes per day reading/writing that is part of what I call "scanning" which is staying up to speed on what's going on. Realize this is high, but much of my professional work is staying up to speed. Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective

Scanning 100

Scanning Blogging Write Blog eLearning 2.0 100

Tony Karrer

JULY 6, 2009

I do a lot of presentations where one of the topics is how to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. How many of you actively use LinkedIn? And I consider knowing how to effectively use LinkedIn to be a core Work Literacy. Generally 50-70%. Generally down to 10%.

Social Networks 120

Social Networks LinkedIn Knowledge Worker Guide 120

Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

However, society moved on, the world of work changed, and the industrialised processes were replaced by knowledge working. Someone once remarked that the lecture is the most effective way to transfer a lecturer''s notes into a student''s notes without having to pass through two minds first.

Social Media 87

Social Media Pedagogy Lecture Theory 87

Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

Effective managers make stretch. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. These posts offer guidance to managers who want to make learning from experience and conversation more effective. Members of CoPs develop and share knowledge, values, recommendations and standards.

Social Networks 83

Social Networks Social Network Communities of Practice Lesson 83

AXIOM Learning Solutions

MARCH 23, 2023

The workshop provides tools and approaches which can be used by anyone – not only people who work in sales – to manage your own energy and to be more present and effective in your workplace, and by doing so better understand and define how your work relates to the demands and recharging effects of both your work and personal life.

Podcasts 49

Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Management 49

Everwise

JANUARY 25, 2018

But while orientation-type activities are necessary and important, they don’t create an exciting first impression. Create a balanced, effective onboarding program. The most effective onboarding programs incorporate three key success factors to engage and empower new hires from the start.

Atlassian 40

Atlassian Compliance Training Mentoring Trust 40

ATD Learning Technologies

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Faced with a future in which AI makes work even less stable, what is needed is a wholesale transition from knowledge work to learning work. For the last seven years at Grovo, I have studied what makes microlearning effective in an organizational setting. They’re very expensive and nebulously effective.

microlearning 95

microlearning Grovo Micro-Learning Simulations 95

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 3, 2008

Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective. This will allow more natural kinds of interactions in classroom settings, especially for things like breakout activities. Prediction #10 => Knowledge Worker Skills - Just Beginning in 2008, Big in 2009 The discussion of knowledge work skills is going to be BIG.

Predictions 100

Predictions Authoring Tools Instructional Design Virtual Classroom 100

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

To be effective today they need to be constantly probing and trying out better ways of work. Management’s job is to assist this dynamic flow of sense-making and to respond to workers’ needs, within a trusted network of information and knowledge sharing. A New Model for Training. Harold and I are members of togetherLearn.

Training 40

Training Train Instructional Design Pattern 40

Jay Cross

MARCH 19, 2012

About three hundred years ago, work became an organizational matter. Factories require groups of people working together. To coordinate their activities, groups need a shared understanding of who is doing what. Mayo discovered the Hawthorne Effect, opening the study of motivation. GE started its corporate schools.

Authoring Tools 46

Authoring Tools CD-ROM Compliance Training DDI 46

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

My blog is really the hub of my thinking and activity, so by going back through posts for the 2008, it gives me a pretty good perspective on what's been happening inside my head during 2008. Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective. Top 2008 Posts based on Read Counts: 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers Free - Web 2.0

Authoring Tools 100

Authoring Tools Social Networks Long Tail eLearning 2.0 100

ATD Learning Technologies

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Faced with a future in which AI makes work even less stable, what is needed is a wholesale transition from knowledge work to learning work. For the last seven years at Grovo, I have studied what makes microlearning effective in an organizational setting. They’re very expensive and nebulously effective.

microlearning 40

microlearning Grovo Micro-Learning Simulations 40

Spark Your Interest

MARCH 7, 2021

They diverted the money they were spending on the ongoing maintenance and hired an instructional designer with LMS knowledge. Working together they identified an LMS that met their needs, was easy to use, and only had a modest cost. They actually may not be able to perform their core functions effectively due to these extra add ons.

LMS 262

LMS Authoring Tools Compliance Training Instructional Design 262

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Charles has deep experience in both the business and learning practitioner sides of performance improvement and effective learning solutions. He also knows ‘what works’ in the world of strategic talent. Each of these is driving changes in the way we understand that learning needs to happen.

Performance Support 113

Performance Support Compliance Training Social Learning Ratio 113

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Charles has deep experience in both the business and learning practitioner sides of performance improvement and effective learning solutions. He also knows ‘what works’ in the world of strategic talent. Each of these is driving changes in the way we understand that learning needs to happen. Could you please elaborate on this?

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance Training eLearning Consultant 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 seems to be equated with activity. See Tom Davenport and Blogging - He is Wrong!

Productivity 100

Productivity Product Social Networks Knowledge Worker 100

Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2009

Leveraging Networks is Key Skill and the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap. Tools and Methods for Networks and Communities - Discusses specific tools and methods for using Networks and Communities as part of Knowledge Work. I think everyone has to evaluate what works for them. Blogging is a different animal.

Social Networks 102

Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

Performance Learning Productivity

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Saving the worst to last, the CLC survey reported that when asked ‘ would you recommend working with your L&D department to your colleagues ’ only 14% responded positively and 52% were ‘net detractors’. In other words the majority of line leaders would actively discourage their colleagues from working with the L&D department.

Social Media 221

Social Media Attitudes Performance Support eLearning Consultant 221

Clark Quinn

JULY 23, 2009

These things include activating emotional and cognitive relevance, presenting the associated concepts, showing examples that link concept to context, having learners apply concept to context, and wrapping up the experience. We need reactivation, as massed practice isn’t as effective as spaced practice.

Cognitive 100

Cognitive RFP Simulations Mentoring 100

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2009

At the same time, we are shifting into an era in which knowledge work and learning occur where re-engineered business processes collide with a participative and interactive ecology of information flows. Make a hypothesis of cause and effect. Network interactions yield volatile results because echo effects amplify signals.

ROI 66

ROI Social Networks Network Authoring Tools 66

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

From a 2008 microlearning conference “There is a need and pressure to learn continually due to rapid change in society and the economy…Knowledge gaps are widening.&#. Basic goal: make learning more effective through new media. To know if it’s effective. Why study microlearning?

LearnTrends 262

LearnTrends microlearning Learning Objects PLE 262

Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

An executive, a manager, a training director, and a worker each have different but valid ways of evaluating the effectiveness of learning. We recently toured a corporate headquarters where staying late at work was prized by managers. In knowledge work, overwork leads to stress and a reduction in cognitive acumen.

Business 52

Business Metrics Director Knowledge Worker 52

Hurix Digital

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Collaborative learning at the workplace is an effective educational technique for upskilling employees. In a collaborative learning approach, small groups of three or more learners work and interact to either solve problems or complete tasks given to them by facilitators. Develops skills and knowledge.

Collaborative Learning 52

Collaborative Learning Learning Environment Collaboration Environment 52

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Learning is not one activity. It’s a dog’s breakfast of acquiring skills, information, knowledge, savoir faire, and more. In fact, Frederick Taylor told workers, ‘You’re not paid to think’ Along came knowledge work. Successful knowledge workers are rewarded for innovation and ingenuity.

Knowledge Worker 57

Knowledge Worker Learning Performance Support Cognitive 57

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2011

Working smarter is the key to sustainability and continuous improvement. Knowledge work and learning to work smarter are becoming indistinguishable. The accelerating rate of change in business forces everyone in every organization to make a choice: learn while you work or become obsolete. Network Effects 46.

Compliance Training 64

Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64