Tony Karrer

JANUARY 8, 2009

Harold Jarche, Michele Martin and I are pleased to announce a new workshop offering that relates to the recent posts on Tool Set 2009 and to the issues of Work Literacy. Work Literacy Skills Workshop Was the last formal training you had on knowledge work skills the use of a card catalog and microfiche reader?

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Social Networks Wiki Skills ASTD 100

Tony Karrer

MARCH 5, 2008

Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective Personal Learning Knowledge Work Environment Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective Personal Learning Knowledge Work Environment Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 links: [link]

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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. Tilde Effect What epitomizes the situation for me is the Google ~ operator. Our work skills cannot sit still.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2009

2009 Top Posts and Topics , Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009 and just running through my blog posts for the year. During the year, I’ve had fantastic conversations through LearnTrends around SharePoint , Examples and Tour of Different Kinds of eLearning , Social Learning , and the Business of Learning. eLearning 2.0

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week at ASTD TechKnowledge , I did a keynote on Work Literacy and eLearning 2.0, Tools for eLearning. Work Literacy eLearning 2.0 Fourth Grader Wikipedia Update New Work and New Work Skills Work Skills Keeping Up? eLearning 2.0 eLearning 2.0 Steep learning curve?

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Social Networks ASTD Wiki eLearning 2.0 102

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 5, 2009

Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective. Tool Sets are Personal A caveat that I make in every presentation on this topic is that studies of personal information management repeatedly show that tool sets and methods for personal work and learning are personal. Browse eLearning Content at www.elearninglearning.com

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2009

Informal Learning and Learning Management Systems Informal Learning - Let's Get Real - Part II Informal Learning - Harold Tells Us Where To Put It - Now What Informal Learning - Let's Get Real Elves, Measuring Results and Informal Learning eLearning 2.0: And you cannot Separate Knowledge Work from Learning. eLearning Technology.

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Trends Blended Learning Social Networks eLearning 2.0 121

eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 4, 2009

Best of eLearning Learning. Upcoming Free eLearning Events. LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers - eLearning Technology , July 6, 2009 How to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. Too Much Information or a Skills Gap - eLearning Technology , July 9, 2009. Why a Wiki?

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 11, 2009

Part of this is helping them to learn skills and adopt practices to make them more effective in self-serving their knowledge work and learning. After all, this is pretty much the question I'm often asking: What does Learning Design look like in a world of eLearning 2.0 ? eLearning Technology.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 27, 2009

And when I discuss what the new skills are around knowledge work, I quickly arrive a the biggest changes being things like finding expertise , finding answers , using social media to find answers , and learning through conversation. The common threads here are: People Networks To me, the biggest work literacy gap is in this area.

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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. Consequences: A description of the results, side effects, and trade offs caused by using the pattern. eLearning Technology. Browse eLearning Content

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

A frequent question I get at the end of any presentation on eLearning 2.0 is how much time I spend on blog reading and writing and how anyone can work that into their already too busy life. I also got a form of this among the questions from the grad student (I'm slowly working through these.)

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Everwise

JANUARY 25, 2018

The onboarding practices of the past – completing checklists of tasks, filling out forms, and even watching old grainy compliance tapes – may no longer cut it, particularly in industries like knowledge work, where talent (and therefore turnover) is very expensive. Create a balanced, effective onboarding program.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2009

You can find all sorts of interesting resources via eLearning Learning around Adoption. and eLearning 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 There is a network effect with the adoption of discussion groups. How it Feels Sometimes I'm sure we can all relate to this: eLearning Technology. adoption Facilitating Adoption of Web 2.0

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Top 2008 Posts based on Read Counts: 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 Test SCORM Courses with an LMS Request for Proposal (RFP) Samples Training Method Trends Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis SCORM Test Web 2.0 eLearning 2.0

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

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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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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.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 27, 2022

You share knowledge, and provide insight and work together, in some manner even if you are not in the same department or location. You can share and transfer knowledge, work together on a project or something else that is not job related (maybe a birthday party). That is a shared experience. Even weaknesses.

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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. Both of these can be supported in the workplace rather than in the classroom or through structured eLearning.

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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. Both of these can be supported in the workplace rather than in the classroom or through structured eLearning.

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Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance Training eLearning Consultant 100

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.

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Spark Your Interest

MARCH 7, 2021

They diverted the money they were spending on the ongoing maintenance and hired an instructional designer with LMS knowledge. Working together they identified an LMS that met their needs, was easy to use, and only had a modest cost. They actually may not be able to perform their core functions effectively due to these extra add ons.

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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. I think everyone has to evaluate what works for them. Blogging is a different animal.

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Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

Performance Learning Productivity

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The way organisations work today is almost unrecognisably different from the structured and closely-managed systems in pre-Internet and pre-ubiquitous connectivity times. Equally, their managers reported that they, too, were happy with individual learning events or interventions (79% were either satisfied or very satisfied).

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

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. To know if it’s effective. Why study microlearning?

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 29, 2009

Clive Shepherd we will continue to see ILT, eLearning courses (some of them page turners), and all the other stuff that we see today – Upside Learning And the list goes on. This aligns with the eLearning Guild's numbers that I discussed last fall in Training Method Trends. And you cannot Separate Knowledge Work from Learning.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Compliance Training Write Blog 100

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. We recently toured a corporate headquarters where staying late at work was prized by managers. In knowledge work, overwork leads to stress and a reduction in cognitive acumen.

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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.

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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.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

While nuanced functions inevitably require physical demonstrations, more universal tasks such as filling out time cards or basic, repetitive knowledge work can be proficiently communicated with a well-produced series of on-screen demonstrations and lectures. Recommended Reading: The Ultimate Guide to Easily Make Instructional Videos.

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