Tony Karrer

JANUARY 3, 2008

The format of the virtual conference that George and I put together wasn't quite right - still a lecture - threaded discussions weren't quite active enough and the questions weren't focused. Prediction #10 => Knowledge Worker Skills - Just Beginning in 2008, Big in 2009 The discussion of knowledge work skills is going to be BIG.

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Predictions Authoring Tools Instructional Design Virtual Classroom 100

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

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Authoring Tools Social Networks Long Tail eLearning 2.0 100

Jay Cross

APRIL 20, 2010

On the way home from the Swiss eLearning Conference, my mind was racing after three days of talking with interesting people and spreading the informal learning gospel. In time, the words will migrate into the Working Smarter unbook. Working smarter is the key to sustainability and perpetual improvement. Is it a fad? Workscaping.

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Micro-Learning Knowledge Worker Attitudes CLO 46

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. 28 Web Conference Training Tips , July 10, 2009. 28 Web Conference Training Tips , July 10, 2009. Featured Sources. July 29, 2009. July 10, 2009. Hot Topics.

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Social Media Media Social Skills 40

Big Dog, Little Dog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I also had a chat a few days ago with a Wall Street Journal reporter who is researching an article on knowledge worker productivity. I said yes, and mouthed the old Peter Drucker chestnut that "making knowledge work productive is the greatest economic challenge of this century." Conference the term "Web 2.0"

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Wiki Knowledge News Journal 32

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. See: Social Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results.

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Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

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.&#. Focused on knowledge workers–people who use digital info in their jobs.

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LearnTrends microlearning Learning Objects PLE 262

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Workers were then expected to do them; the less variation, the better. Innovation was not a worker’s responsibility. In fact, Frederick Taylor told workers, ‘You’re not paid to think’ Along came knowledge work. A superlative industrial worker was 25% more productive than average.

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Knowledge Worker Learning Performance Support Cognitive 57

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2008

Attended the Seventh Annual Conference on Neuroaesthetics, this year on the Many Faces of a Face. Knowledge workers have replaced factory workers. Shareholders owned the factories, but workers own their minds. Give workers the resources and challenge them to do what’s required. It should be learners-centric.

Social Networks 36

Social Networks CLO Mash-up Mashups 36