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Personalization for Knowledge Workers

Xyleme

In this post I address use cases that apply to a high-skilled knowledge workforce. Personalization for the high-skill knowledge worker. Personalized learning has different applications for different audiences. The subject of this post is a vision of personalized learning in the 2013 workplace.

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I Feel the Need - The Need for Speed

Tony Karrer

Corny 1986 line. :) Content Needs This is a very crude self-assessment, but I believe it makes an important point. If you are reading this, you are a knowledge worker. Consider the content (knowledge, information, learning) you personally need to get your job done. What's our ideal kind of content?

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Jay Cross – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.

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JAY CROSS – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.

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Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge for Learning Professionals

Tony Karrer

From Wikipedia's description of Knowledge Economy , quoting Peter Drucker (1966): A manual worker works with his hands and produces "stuff". A knowledge worker works with his head and produces ideas, knowledge, and information. What's the most important skill of a knowledge worker?

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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

From BYOD it’s a short step to Your Own Device At Home (YODAH) – a place where many of us now work and learn. In reality this has been part of mainstream working practice for many knowledge workers since the 1990s. Here, the YouTube solution, unattributed paper or Wikipedia are often the chosen learning resource.

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The False Promise of Training as a Driver of Performance

Living in Learning

Looking back on that fateful day, I can laugh at that lesson in learning, but at the time of actual learning, it was not nearly as amusing. The Pain of Knowledge and Skills Falling Short. I gained the necessary knowledge and skills on how to skate earlier in life. Trust me; this one is evidence-based. It did not last.