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Peer Review vs. Search Engine Places - Quality of Information in a Web 2.0 Sources

Tony Karrer

But what really caught my eye was the statement: For information-seekers using their favorite search engine, quality is simple to define. Yet it is increasingly likely that they will first search Google; the article that shows up on the first page of results will be a winner no matter what its published pedigree. on Wikipedia.

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Search - Implications on Knowledge Work

Tony Karrer

It still is surprising that we are not seeing as rapid adoption of search technologies inside the firewall. But, likely, you are at fault as well, after all, What desktop search are you using? Desktop search via tools such as X1 will change your life. Just search and you will find. If the answer is "none". Not anymore.

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eLearning 2.0 Random Thoughts based on Chat

Tony Karrer

One interesting result is that the audience for my eLearning 2.0 To be more specific on the IT is Evil comment, it's the security surrounding many of the Web 2.0 All the marketing was done through viral means - blogs primarily. Of course, having the conference free makes it a bit easier to attract attendees.

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Web 3.0 - eLearning 3.0?

Tony Karrer

First let me apologize for talking about Web 3.0 and eLearning 3.0 when we don't really understand much less have digested eLearning 2.0, Will Thalheimer posted about Web 3.0 and Learning where he is discussing what is being called Web 3.0. But the next generation web will be more like Web 2.0

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2009 Predictions How Did I Do?

Tony Karrer

The specific term had some recent great discussion by Jane Hart and Harold Jarche in the posts Social media and self-directed learning , Using social media for different types of learning that included the following diagram: Grade: B #2 - eLearning 2.0 Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 As such, eLearning 2.0

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ASTD Follow-Up

Tony Karrer

Last week at ASTD TechKnowledge , I did a keynote on Work Literacy and eLearning 2.0, an online Q&A Session for the Virtual Conference and a session on using Web 2.0 Tools for eLearning. Work Literacy eLearning 2.0 Scenarios Preparing Workers for Web 2.0 eLearning 2.0

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10 Ways To Learn In 2010

The eLearning Coach

Learn through Visual Search Engines. How would you like your search engine to show results in a collage? It’s a visual search engine that draws content from all over the Web, particularly social media sites. Your collage might show a book from Amazon, a YouTube video and a page from a blog or web site.

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