Tony Karrer

JULY 6, 2009

I do a lot of presentations where one of the topics is how to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. And I consider knowing how to effectively use LinkedIn to be a core Work Literacy. Learning Communities List – Also learning communities including some LinkedIn groups.

Social Networks 120

Social Networks LinkedIn Knowledge Worker Guide 120

ID Reflections

MAY 30, 2013

This is far removed from my earlier world of corporate workplace learning and community management but that is the subject of another post. This is far removed from my earlier world of corporate workplace learning and community management but that is the subject of another post. Why can''t I give a person five months?"

Leadership 139

Leadership Skills Job Predictions 139

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 5, 2009

Setting up a SharePoint for a community or work team is very different from teaching them about Personal Learning. Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective. This sounds a lot like a personal learning environment, personal knowledge management (PKM) and personal work and learning environment (PWLE) and PIM.

PWLE 122

PWLE PLE Tools PKM 122

eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 4, 2009

LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers - eLearning Technology , July 6, 2009 How to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. New skills for learning professionals - Informal Learning , July 1, 2009 Jay Cross response to this month’s big question “In a Learning 2.0 LMS Selection , July 24, 2009.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Social Skills 40

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. The common threads here are: People Networks To me, the biggest work literacy gap is in this area. The new skill is.

Social Media 100

Social Media Wikipedia Social Networks LinkedIn 100

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I’m convinced that we are all struggling to have our Work Skills Keep Up. When I look at my particular skills, methods and tools for 2009 and compare them to 2008, I would say that it’s mostly a question of degree of use and certainly my use of Twitter has grown. So, why not look to make this more explicit and effective?

Diversity Training 109

Diversity Training Scanning PWLE Case Study 109

Learnnovators

OCTOBER 8, 2015

I’ve found that with a fairly astute design team, you can anticipate what core skills might need to be, and prepare a draft before talking with SMEs. 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.

Design 133

Design eLearning Strategy eLearning Cognitive 133

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2009

Informal Learning , Communities, Bottom-up vs. Top-Down The whole social / informal / elearning 2.0 And you cannot Separate Knowledge Work from Learning. I know from Data Driven performance improvement solutions that often informal learning can be very effective in driving results.

Trends 121

Trends Blended Learning Social Networks eLearning 2.0 121

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

Authoring Tools 100

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. .” ~ MARILEE GOLDBERG, THE ART OF THE QUESTION Powerful questions are viral. Questions that travel well are often the key to large-scale change.

Conversation 123

Conversation SAP Innovation Collaboration 123

AXIOM Learning Solutions

MARCH 23, 2023

In the past several years, knowledge workers have embraced technical skills and the realities of blended and remote work. So I think there’s a convergence of three themes that really caused a lot of stress for people this concept of digitization and remote work, being constantly available or accessible.

Podcasts 49

Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Management 49

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 3, 2008

Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective. 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. This will increase adoption of Web 2.0

Predictions 100

Predictions Authoring Tools Instructional Design Virtual Classroom 100

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.

Social Networks 102

Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

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. Individual work and learning will be the focus of all levels of management.

eLearning Consultant 103

eLearning Consultant Consulting Job Management 103

Spark Your Interest

MARCH 7, 2021

Automated administration tasks such as course registration, Tracking learner progress and analyzing user data, Tracking certification and compliance, Create individual learning plans for users, Performance-based tasks, e.g. skill gap analysis, Course administration including a course catalog, and. Including customers, partners, or members.

LMS 263

LMS Authoring Tools Compliance Training Instructional Design 263

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

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. That’s certainly not the case.

Performance Support 113

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?

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance Training eLearning Consultant 100

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Specifically focusing on OTJ skills & knowledge. From a 2008 microlearning conference “There is a need and pressure to learn continually due to rapid change in society and the economy…Knowledge gaps are widening.&#. Basic goal: make learning more effective through new media. First step: build a community?

LearnTrends 262

LearnTrends microlearning Learning Objects PLE 262

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. It also causes us to confuse activity and effectiveness.

Productivity 100

Productivity Product Social Networks Knowledge Worker 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 15, 2015

The VUCA world calls for constant communication, transparent exchanges, and action over procrastination. Communities and teams of diverse people have to work together to solve complex and emerging challenges through innovative and creative means. This is the state of being truly adaptive and agile.

Agile 100

Agile Social Networks Expertise Collaboration 100

CLO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2018

The answer is yes — and that means they need the skills to author effective, high-quality insights. 2 (behind only problem-solving — a requisite critical thinking skill) in the top 10 skills for the global economy in 2020. Writing effective insights starts with understanding the foundation on which they are built.

Informal 71

Informal Business Authoring Tools Score 71

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. Make a hypothesis of cause and effect. Network interactions yield volatile results because echo effects amplify signals.

ROI 66

ROI Social Networks Network Authoring Tools 66

Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

An executive, a manager, a training director, and a worker each have different but valid ways of evaluating the effectiveness of learning. The knowledge worker’s objective is to learn what it takes to do the best she can. Helping workers learn how to improve their learning skills. Today’s workers are out for themselves.

Business 52

Business Metrics Director Knowledge Worker 52

Hurix Digital

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Collaborative learning at the workplace is an effective educational technique for upskilling employees. In a collaborative learning approach, small groups of three or more learners work and interact to either solve problems or complete tasks given to them by facilitators. Develops skills and knowledge. Improves retention.

Collaborative Learning 52

Collaborative Learning Learning Environment Collaboration Environment 52

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Learning develops new capacities, skills, values, understanding, and preferences. It’s a dog’s breakfast of acquiring skills, information, knowledge, savoir faire, and more. In fact, Frederick Taylor told workers, ‘You’re not paid to think’ Along came knowledge work.

Knowledge Worker 57

Knowledge Worker Learning Performance Support Cognitive 57

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. Network Effects 46.

Compliance Training 64

Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Effective managers make stretch. These posts offer guidance to managers who want to make learning from experience and conversation more effective. Replacing today’s haphazard approaches with systematic, enlightened management accelerates the development of future workers and gets the entire organization working smarter.

Diversity Training 95

Diversity Training Blended Learning Social Networks Performance Support 95