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Top 10 tools that empower learners to develop themselves

Learning Pool

The top-down view of training is changing. One main reason for the shift to learner-centric learning and development is the unprecedented access to information that modern learners have. This means a change in mindset. Information seeking: Twitter and Blogs. Knowledge at their fingertips.

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Kill the curriculum?

Clark Quinn

Harold, starting from the premise that the web is as fundamental a change as was the printing press, and, as the press could foster content, so the web can foster connections. The point is, the world’s changing, and yet we’re not equipping our kids with the necessary skills. Still, I want to make the point.

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More on cultural differences and ICT

The Learning Circuits

This will change over the next 18 months due to telecomm policy in India, and it will be interesting to see how information-seeking changes!) One of the things we found which inhibited learning in this environment was the hesitancy to "play" and to "experiment."

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The 21st Century Curator

ID Reflections

As mentioned by Harold Jarche in theslide share presentation, NetWork , the internet changed everything—in volume, velocity, virtualization and variability. As Clay Shirky said here : Curation comes up when search stopsworking…[and] when people realize that it isn't just about information seeking,it's also about synchronizing a community.

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GE TV: An Coppens on Engaging the Brain with Gamification

Growth Engineering

The more you can build on old information and make new connections, the better it will stick. And it will also encourage information-seeking, to go further and look for more information. ‘Oh, I didn’t know I could use that there. Oh, that’s new, I’ll explore that.’.

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