Tony Karrer

APRIL 20, 2010

I’m sure they’d love to get thoughts from others as there’s likely not enough data around this stuff to be super comfortable making business decisions. That said – if I’m defining my business direction (which is what’s behind these questions), I would start by looking at my post on the Business of Learning.

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Simulations Trends Games Social 123

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2009

During the year, I’ve had fantastic conversations through LearnTrends around SharePoint , Examples and Tour of Different Kinds of eLearning , Social Learning , and the Business of Learning. 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.

Diversity Training 109

Diversity Training Scanning PWLE Case Study 109

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 27, 2009

In Networks and Communities , I discuss the limits of search and how Evaluating Performance of Concept Workers leads us to needing to derive Value from Social Media. I have some issues with trying to apply this term to what I see happening.

Social Media 100

Social Media Wikipedia Social Networks LinkedIn 100

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 5, 2009

Setting up a SharePoint for a community or work team is very different from teaching them about Personal Learning. This sounds a lot like a personal learning environment, personal knowledge management (PKM) and personal work and learning environment (PWLE) and PIM. We are all too busy. There are no excuses.

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PWLE PLE Tools PKM 122

eLearning 24-7

JULY 27, 2022

Now would you want that same expert to facilitate your business skills class at your company? You share knowledge, and provide insight and work together, in some manner even if you are not in the same department or location. Think this way – you need to take your car into a place to be repaired. Highly unlikely.

Learning System 103

Learning System System Trends Online Learning 103

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 8, 2009

Harold Jarche, Michele Martin and I are pleased to announce a new workshop offering that relates to the recent posts on Tool Set 2009 and to the issues of Work Literacy. Work Literacy Skills Workshop Was the last formal training you had on knowledge work skills the use of a card catalog and microfiche reader?

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Wiki Skills ASTD 100

Aptara

AUGUST 15, 2014

All of those things must be done, along with crafting compelling content that ensures the act of taking the course won't bore employees, drive them away or fail to impart much knowledge. When the curriculum tends toward "soft skills" instead of hard-and-fast business knowledge, what can users do to keep their processes on-target?

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Solution Corporate eLearning Design eLearning 40

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. To me, LinkedIn is very limited in it's ability to set up communities.

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Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2009

And the risk is pretty severe as described in the Business of Learning. Informal Learning , Communities, Bottom-up vs. Top-Down The whole social / informal / elearning 2.0 And you cannot Separate Knowledge Work from Learning. Training Method Trends suggests that social learning tools are beginning to take off.

Trends 121

Trends Blended Learning Social Networks eLearning 2.0 121

Jay Cross

AUGUST 7, 2009

In the world of business, the era of networks is crowding out the Industrial Age. Network connections are replacing rigidity with flexibility, penetrating internal boundaries and silos and obliterating the walls that have separated businesses from their customers. In sum, networks are ushering in new ways of doing business.

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Learning 2.0 Informal Learning Informal Cognitive 75

Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. A Community of Practice (CoP) is a social network of people who identify with one another professionally (e.g. Members of CoPs develop and share knowledge, values, recommendations and standards. Effective managers make stretch.

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Social Networks Social Network Communities of Practice Lesson 83

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Strategy (15) PWLE Not PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning (15) Corporate Social Bookmarking Tools (14) Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis (13) Test SCORM Courses with an LMS (13) 90-9-1 Rule aka 1% Rule in Collaborative Environments (13) Social Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results (13) Instruction eLearning 2.0

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Authoring Tools Social Networks Long Tail eLearning 2.0 100

ID Reflections

MARCH 27, 2010

A powerful question also has the capacity to “travel well”—to spread beyond the place where it began into larger networks of conversation throughout an organization or a community. The irony and the truth is that we are so busy coming up with what we fondly believe are the right answers that we forget to ask the right questions.If

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Conversation SAP Innovation Collaboration 123

eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Business Case for Measurement of Learning. LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers - eLearning Technology , July 6, 2009 How to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. Realism also adds credibility to a training course, which is quite important to the busy, cynical, or tired employee.

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Social Media Media Social Skills 40

Tony Karrer

MARCH 16, 2009

But there was another significant trend in the answers… Learning and Work Converge In a world where Knowledge Work and Learning is Inseparable , finding ways to support and improve work is the same as finding ways to support and improve learning. Matt Moore in an article Learning & Knowledge = ?

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 3, 2008

And because it ties directly to metrics that matter to the business, this will get significant attention during the year. Luckily a few will also add in more community and wiki capabilities. Prediction #10 => Knowledge Worker Skills - Just Beginning in 2008, Big in 2009 The discussion of knowledge work skills is going to be BIG.

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Predictions Authoring Tools Instructional Design Virtual Classroom 100

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. Lots of LMS’s offer very similar features but how they work can be very different.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Old-style training enraged many managers because it was separate from work. Why isn’t Sally at work today? It needn’t be this way, particularly since knowledge work and learning are nearly indistinguishable. Most corporate learning today can take place simultaneously with work. Because she’s in training.

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Instructional Design Agile Instructional Instruction 46

CLO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2018

For decades, employees have attempted to collect and sort information, and management has sought to derive associated quantitative business value — largely to no avail. Insights have been referred to as the new currency of business, and today’s economy is often referred to as the insight economy. But how do you meet that challenge?

Informal 71

Informal Business Authoring Tools Score 71

Jay Cross

JULY 4, 2009

Articles: Get Out of the Training Business. Any remaining training staff will become mentors, coaches and facilitators who work on improving core business processes, strengthening relationships with customers and cutting costs. * Adopting new models of learning. Learning is woven into the fabric of every modern business.

Social Networks 36

Social Networks Friendfeed Social Network Wiki 36

Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

MAKING BUSINESS DECISIONS: THE HEART AND THE HEAD. Jay Cross examines decision making on learning at work, and gives the lie to some myths about the use of business metrics. To “earn a seat at the table” where the business managers sit, you must: Speak the language of business. Think like a business person.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 19, 2012

Furthermore, given the increasingly reciprocal nature of knowledge work, they will have to know how to teach. You’re redeploying training staff as mentors, coaches, and facilitators who work on improving core business processes, strengthening relationships with customers, and cutting costs. Holistic, process orientation.

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Authoring Tools CD-ROM Compliance Training DDI 46

Mark Oehlert

MARCH 8, 2007

In fact, this weekend, I hope to collect alumni blogs to list on my blog to help build that community. We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay One frequent one is.if you are in this field, you'd better have an online presence.

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Social Bookmarking Performance Social Networks Second Life 32

AXIOM Learning Solutions

MARCH 23, 2023

Scott Rutherford: So I wanted to dig into some of that experience and explore with you what the rest of us those of us who are not explicitly in sales roles, can learn from your insights, helping people in sales and business development. I’ve got to work. I can’t go out during the week. I’m an entrepreneur now.

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Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Management 49

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. Thus, Leveraging Networks is Key Skill and likely is the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap.

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Productivity Product Social Networks Knowledge Worker 100

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.

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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?

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Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance Training eLearning Consultant 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. In a business culture that is skeptical of nonnumerical reasoning, ROI implies disciplined, mathematical rigor.

ROI 66

ROI Social Networks Network Authoring Tools 66

Hurix Digital

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Develops skills and knowledge. Working in a group allows learners to achieve a common goal and helps develop various skill sets and knowledge. However, to build a collaborative learning environment, businesses need to shift towards a more decentralized approach. Create a strong sense of community among teams.

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Collaborative Learning Learning Environment Collaboration Environment 52

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. Workscapes.

Compliance Training 64

Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Convergence of work and learning. The world of business is undergoing a phase change. Work and learning have merged. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. The potential is great.

Diversity Training 95

Diversity Training Blended Learning Social Networks Performance Support 95

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Unprecedented changes in the role of the worker, the nature of business, the pace of innovation, the importance of intangibles, the explosion of information, and the shift from a manufacturing to a service economy have rendered traditional corporate learning obsolete. Successful knowledge workers are rewarded for innovation and ingenuity.

Knowledge Worker 57

Knowledge Worker Learning Performance Support Cognitive 57

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2008

Peter Drucker said the purpose of business is to create and maintain a customer. Community Tips for New Leaders (blog). The biggest challenge businesses today face is unlearning what was successful in the industrial age and learning how to prosper in the network era. As in nature, everything is connected to everything else.

Social Networks 36

Social Networks CLO Mash-up Mashups 36

TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

But high-quality training in less time is a real possibility and is necessary for businesses that want to curb costs and inconveniences tied to face-to-face job preparation. Alternatively, a trainee could send a list of questions to a busy Subject Matter Expert (or SME), who can answer those questions in video-format.

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Problem Video Compliance Training Training 40