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Kill the curriculum?

Clark Quinn

The emergent nature of knowledge out of a network argues against a fixed curriculum and instead for contextualized knowledge. Jim Levin argued 30 years ago that learning multiplication and long division was outdated in the age of the calculator and that estimation was the necessary skill to ensure you were in the right ball park.

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Work Literacy of Social Learning Implementors

Vignettes Learning

The areas I am often asked is: "How do we use social learning and networking to improve performance at work?" What are the skill sets? The exchange of ideas is very rich with practical stories and theories. However, some of my observations and thoughts are: 1. Who is to lead? What process or discipline does he/she apply?

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The 21st Century Curator

ID Reflections

As mentioned by Harold Jarche in theslide share presentation, NetWork , the internet changed everything—in volume, velocity, virtualization and variability. How we put our curation skills to use iswhat makes us unique. I want to focus on curation and the need we feel for ittoday and some of the skills that make for a curator.

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Why Content Curation Should be in Your Skillset

Jay Cross

And, as Clay Shirky has said: “Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.”. Every day I would sift through a hundred or more items suggested by my social networks or the search engines.

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GE TV: An Coppens on Engaging the Brain with Gamification

Growth Engineering

The more you can build on old information and make new connections, the better it will stick. And it will also encourage information-seeking, to go further and look for more information. It’s when you’re in an ideal state where you’re being stretched a little but are okay in the level of skills needed to stretch further.

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