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How to Navigate Social Media (and Avoid Information Overload)

Rapid eLearning

Back then we didn’t have the internet to find and listen to music. I discovered the bands through a magazine that had a reader section titled, Desert Island Discs. Instead, I sought out bands that no one knew. The problem with unheard of bands is that they’re typically unheard of. It was a challenge to be a non-conforming conformist.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

The answer is simple: Information Overload provides inherent opportunity for curation. A great diagram is in Information Overload Paradox : The post talks about the issue of overload: I can certainly consume more content than I could two decades ago, but no matter how much content is available, I can’t consume much more.

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Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does!

Jane Hart

A few days ago my Internet Time Alliance colleague, Harold Jarche, shared this article, written by Deb Lavoy, with me: Social Business Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does, Neither Does Enterprise 2.0. We may pay for industry magazines. All internal communications will come from us; we need to ensure the information is correct.

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Rethinking Organizational Correspondence

CLO Magazine

This system was then improved by computer programmer Ray Tomlinson in the 1970s as part of the ARPANET system, the precursor to today’s internet, so that users could asynchronously send mail to one another’s mailbox.

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In a World of Info Overflow, Embrace Lean Learning

CLO Magazine

Companies should tighten their learning efforts as much as possible to meet individual need and information overload. The volume and velocity of information infiltrating our work and personal lives is expanding exponentially.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

Predictions #2 => Convergence Ramps Up Big Time The recent Morgan Stanley Mobile Internet Report that I discussed in Mobile Internet Apple Facebook is really labeled wrong. Welcome to the mobile internet / convergence. Information Overload This is probably the biggest and most interesting topic out there.

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Your Brain on Learning

CLO Magazine

The former vice president of research and development for executive search firm Korn Ferry said a lack of rehearsal and memorization in learning today is an unfortunate byproduct of technology like the internet. Processing: Information overload is real.

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