Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Tapping the Social Grid Date: Friday, February 27th Time: 9 - 10 am PACIFIC, Noon - 1 pm EASTERN Register Here Over the past 20 years, knowledge work has been transformed by the explosion of information sources and information flow. This has caused fairly radical changes in core work tools and methods.

Social 100

Social Free Sun IBM 100

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 20, 2008

A big part of education is learning how to do research and really that's where you learn the foundations of knowledge work. Finding content was the biggest challenge. Do you remember that feeling of euphoria when you found some content? For me, this makes me think of my senior year of college. and the list goes on.

Work Skills 100

Work Skills Skills Wiki Google Docs 100

Tony Karrer

MARCH 23, 2009

Dodged that bullet. :) Patterns and Knowledge Work I understand the concern that when you share best practices, you may come out with very different results. In particular, highly skilled workers demonstrate the ability to reflect-inaction (Schön, 1987), to conduct mental simulations as a way of imagining possible outcomes.

Pattern 100

Pattern Examples Metrics Knowledge Worker 100

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 6, 2009

In New Work and New Work Skills , I discuss the fact that most of us have not participated in formal learning since college on foundational knowledge work skills - especially metacognitive skills. A lot of people who are concept workers use Google every day and have no idea that the ~ operator even exists.

Work Skills 102

Work Skills Skills Information Overload Search 102

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Work Literacy eLearning 2.0 Fourth Grader Wikipedia Update New Work and New Work Skills Work Skills Keeping Up? Knowledge Work Framework Tilde Effect Concept Worker Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning Tool Set 2009 Search Better Memory Network Learning Information Radar Remote Collaboration Common eLearning 2.0

Social Networks 102

Social Networks ASTD Wiki eLearning 2.0 102

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 2, 2008

One of the questions being raised this week in the free, online course Work Literacy: Web 2.0 To me, this is a critical part of The New Skills for knowledge workers. And what I often cite as the biggest change in knowledge work skills over the past 20 years is the change in access to people.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Conversation Ning Moodle 100

Tony Karrer

JUNE 26, 2007

not to mention in a world of Google as the interface to knowledge - what new skills, techniques and tools do we need?

Scanning 108

Scanning Media Skills Cognitive 108

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

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. Browse eLearning Content. Wikipedia does that for us.

eLearning Consultant 103

eLearning Consultant Consulting Job Management 103

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. Using Google for Online Working , July 15, 2009. Cell phones used to deliver course content , July 8, 2009. Featured Sources. July 29, 2009.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Social Skills 40

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. The question mentions "unique content". Messages are the private mechanism.

Social Networks 102

Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

Tony Karrer

MARCH 25, 2009

One of the favorite quotes I used to use during presentations was Drucker - The most important contribution of management in the 21st century will be to increase knowledge-worker productivity. This is a big reason that I started Work Literacy. This is probably THE challenge of the 21st century.

Productivity 100

Productivity Product Social Networks Knowledge Worker 100

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Microlearning – the learning that results from “micro” content published in short form and limited by the software and devices used to view it – offers alternatives to traditional development methods for workers who deal with web-based information as part of their job. content, not context. Who doesn’t this work for?

LearnTrends 262

LearnTrends microlearning Learning Objects PLE 262

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity. Also, workers who provide the greatest value to organisations are inevitably those working with tacit information and making decisions.

Performance Support 113

Performance Support Compliance Training Social Learning Ratio 113

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity. Also, workers who provide the greatest value to organisations are inevitably those working with tacit information and making decisions.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance Training eLearning Consultant 100

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

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.

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. Working Smarter 23.

Compliance Training 64

Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2008

Knowledge workers have replaced factory workers. Shareholders owned the factories, but workers own their minds. Information spreading through network connections empowers workers to make decisions and take responsibility for them. Give workers the resources and challenge them to do what’s required.

Social Networks 36

Social Networks CLO Mash-up Mashups 36