ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

This taught me a few things about work, technology and myself. Work —complex knowledge work requires solitude as well as collaboration. Ever since I started working primarily from home, I realized (even more so than before) the importance of online communities—within my organization and without.

Stock 124

Stock Skype Knowledge Worker Community 124

Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

However, society moved on, the world of work changed, and the industrialised processes were replaced by knowledge working. Someone once remarked that the lecture is the most effective way to transfer a lecturer''s notes into a student''s notes without having to pass through two minds first.

Social Media 87

Social Media Pedagogy Lecture Theory 87

Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

Effective managers make stretch. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. These posts offer guidance to managers who want to make learning from experience and conversation more effective. Members of CoPs develop and share knowledge, values, recommendations and standards.

Social Networks 83

Social Networks Social Network Communities of Practice Lesson 83

Learnnovators

OCTOBER 8, 2015

And helping SMEs focus on decisions and skills, not knowledge, working with them in a partnership rather than them as a fount of knowledge is helpful. This shouldn’t be (just) how much they like it (though that is not a bad thing to evaluate), but how effective the outcome is. Having end user stakeholders (e.g.

Design 133

Design eLearning Strategy eLearning Cognitive 133

Jay Cross

AUGUST 7, 2009

Effectiveness – Jay Cross. In a networked corporation, there is scant difference between knowledge work and learning. Business success depends on them working together rather than as individuals. Published in Chief Learning Officer, August 2009. Informal Learning 2.0. Put innovation on everyone’s to-do list.

Learning 2.0 75

Learning 2.0 Informal Learning Informal Cognitive 75

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Sometimes it’s more effective to imbed the knowledge in the work than to plant it in the head of the worker. 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.

Instructional Design 46

Instructional Design Agile Instructional Instruction 46

Jay Cross

MARCH 19, 2012

Mayo discovered the Hawthorne Effect, opening the study of motivation. Understanding what type of environment we are working in (Simple, Complicated, Complex or Chaotic) lets us frame our actions. Effective organizations are starting to look more like inverted pyramids. GE started its corporate schools. ASTD is born.

Authoring Tools 46

Authoring Tools CD-ROM Compliance Training DDI 46