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Hacking Siri for Learning

Upside Learning

Couple of ideas pop into my mind right away about how technology like Siri could help learning – first, to function as an effective search agent within corporate CMS and KM solutions. This can be especially useful for knowledge workers responding to customers or critical situations that require accurate information.

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Learning and KM: Separated at birth?

Jay Cross

T wo years ago, DevLearn and KM World took place simultaneously in downtown San Jose. I sensed that learning and knowledge management were converging and invited bloggers form both sides to get together at the Tidehouse to share viewpoints and guzzle beer. KM World 2009 is next week. I wonder if many KM fans will join us.

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Gurteen Knowledge Letter celebrates 10th birthday

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

David’s site also provides reviews of KM books, biographies of thought leaders, and more. It’s my primary KM reference site. David has been a major influence on my views of knowledge management. The Gurteen Knowledge-Letter is a free monthly e-mail based KM newsletter for Knowledge Workers.

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Conversation on Conversations

Tony Karrer

In the comments there … Maria H tells us - I think there is time and purpose for all types of information transfer (for lack of a better phrase) and helping people learn when to use the right one is our challenge. Yet there is no doubt that discernment forms a large part of selecting efficient and effective means for knowledge transfer.

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Workplace Learning Professionals Next Job - Management Consultant

Tony Karrer

What will the mix of Push vs. Pull Learning; Formal vs. Informal supported by the organization? In Minute Bio's Post - We will see much more informal learning and knowledge management. PDF) and his associated blog post Learning + Knowledge = ? Are there training departments? What are they doing? What are they doing?

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Success Formula for Discussion Forums in Financial Services

Tony Karrer

I presented the discussion forum as a solution to this problem, in that it would reduce the number of emails they receive because the information would not be in their in-box, and more importantly would allow discussion between the all the members (one to many) rather than one to one or one to a few. This is in process.

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Online Coaching

Tony Karrer

Catherine Lombardozzi recent post Coaching informal learning sparked something for me around online coaching opportunities. In prior posts she identifies the following elements as being needed for informal learning strategy to be effective in the workplace: Motivation for learning. There's a new level of responsibility on learners.

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