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Learning Responsibility

Tony Karrer

So far the posts have generally suggested a fairly broad view of responsibility for learning professionals. They express that learning professionals have some responsibility for solutions that extend beyond formal learning - whatever you choose to call this: informal learning, peer learning, bottom-up learning, non-formal learning.

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Trends in Learning

Tony Karrer

So, here's a bit of a compilation of some of the things I've been talking about in my blog which points to some of the major trends in learning. Trends in What L&D Organizations are Doing As a result of these trends, some L&D organizations are looking to social and informal learning. This will be a slow evolution.

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Metalearning

Tony Karrer

I just got through reading Jay's post and article (with Clark Quinn) around Become a chief meta-learning officer – one of the hot list items from two weeks ago. It discusses the needed transition in focus of a CLO The scope of the job of the CLO is mushrooming. It's a great article, definitely worth a read.

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100 eLearning Articles and White Papers

Tony Karrer

Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory 2. Keeping Up with the Pace of Change Informal learning will help employees survive in the future workplace 3. Understanding E-Learning 2.0 There are some very interesting changes going on in the world of e-learning that seem to have crept up on practitioners.

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Scope of Learning Responsibility

The Learning Circuits

One was a Chief Learning Officer panel discussion where it seemed that supporting informal learning or communities of practice was not something they were considering. Do they have responsibility for learning beyond what can be delivered through instruction? If so, what is their responsibility?

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Strength of weak knowledge sources

Jay Cross

The strength of weak ties explains that you never find your new job through your friends; you find it through their friends. In diversity, there are job leads. The same principle holds true for information. I’m assembling the un-book sequel to Informal Learning. Chris Anderson - The Long Tail.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Day 4 - Man.Im just getting warmed up! (and a shocker!)

Mark Oehlert

found via an article in the Wall Street Journal) turns out that a Harvard professor has found out that the arguments put forward by WIRED editor Chris Anderson in The Long Tail, might not be exactly spot on. " Elberse writes that "It is therefore highly disputable that much money can be made in the tail. " Geez.