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10 resources that I found valuable in January 2013

Jane Hart

It’s partly a creature of collaborative technologies, such as email, instant messages, Web-based conferencing, internal social networks and so on. All this information and collaboration should make companies more agile, but technology often undermines organizations that don’t know how to harness its strengths. .”

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4 Reasons Why Better Learning Ensures Better Onboarding

SkyPrep

Throughout the day, the modern knowledge worker uses many tools. Some may include web browsers, email, instant messaging, document storage, phones, video conferencing, project and task management, and so on. 1) Learning assists employees from the start in understanding company specific tools and processes.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

In a knowledge era, workers are the means of production. Knowledge workers do their best when challenged to figure things out for themselves. Transparency : Seeing the inside of an organization enables us to collaborate with it to make things better. When information abounds, peers take over.

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Multi-Generational Learning in the Workplace

Janet Clarey

Google, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia for homework, the school’s VLE/LMS, instant message, text, profile on a social networking service like Facebook or MySpace.). My arguments primarily revolve around the knowledge worker - those who work with information. Keep your own bias in mind.

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Listen: Upwork’s Zoe Harte makes the case for freelancers as core part of talent development strategy

CLO Magazine

Zoe: So I think it’s, it’s about that collaboration. Having technology that supports connection and collaboration is critical. It’s like, “I can’t send this person an instant message because I don’t know if they’re open to that or not open to that.” Justin: Sure.

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Working Smarter eFieldbook $12

Jay Cross

Industrial age workers created value in factories. Knowledge workers create value in workscapes. An online workscape is a network tuned for learning and collaboration. Facility for online discussion, instant messaging, video conferencing. Collaboration 276. Collaborate or Die 281.