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Peter Thiel, College and The Modern Knowledge Worker

OpenSesame

His mission: encourage young people to think beyond the classroom and into the marketplace. to build self-serve curricula that combine self-directed learning, workplace experimentation and old-fashioned classroom learning where appropriate. The post Peter Thiel, College and The Modern Knowledge Worker appeared first on OpenSesame.

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Quotes and excerpts on the need for Learning 2.0 from the Best of T+D: 2007-2009

ID Reflections

Excerpts from the Best of T+D | 2007 - 2009 Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : As knowledge workers, we are like actors--only as good as our last performance. Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Professionals immeresed in communities of practice have a larger zone of proximal development.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality. Virtual classrooms and smart-boards are used in a more student-centered way (not putting all the attention to one person up-front=bad). Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0

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Jay Cross – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Jay: The Internet Time Alliance is a community of practice. Forming the Alliance community was easily the best professional development move of my career. We couldn’t agree more with Laura Overton (Founder & CEO, Towards Maturity) that this is a manual to empower self-directed learners in really practical ways.

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JAY CROSS – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Jay: The Internet Time Alliance is a community of practice. Forming the Alliance community was easily the best professional development move of my career. We couldn’t agree more with Laura Overton (Founder & CEO, Towards Maturity) that this is a manual to empower self-directed learners in really practical ways.

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Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009

eLearning Learning Posts

Twitter in the classroom: 10 useful resources , Social Media in Learning , August 12, 2009. Twitter in the classroom: 10 useful resources - Social Media in Learning , August 12, 2009. LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers - eLearning Technology , July 6, 2009. Social Learning and Communities of Practice , June 4, 2009.

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PDR Design Model Supports Shift to Learning Design in the Work Context

Living in Learning

Obviously, the aggregate is not limited to classroom or on-line venues we depend on to deliver formal training. If knowledge workers are not in training, they must be at work. In that post, I shared the moments of learning need that our learners will confront both inside an outside of the classroom. See Figure 1.2).