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Internet culture

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

In a knowledge era, workers are the means of production. Knowledge workers do their best when challenged to figure things out for themselves. Think of learning as a partnership with learners, not “delivery.”. Learning occurs through conversations, collaboration, knowledge transfer and other network phenomena.

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Multi-Generational Learning in the Workplace

Janet Clarey

Google, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia for homework, the school’s VLE/LMS, instant message, text, profile on a social networking service like Facebook or MySpace.). My arguments primarily revolve around the knowledge worker - those who work with information. Designing Constructivist Learning Environments.

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Working Smarter eFieldbook $12

Jay Cross

Industrial age workers created value in factories. Knowledge workers create value in workscapes. Facility for online discussion, instant messaging, video conferencing. The workscape is the aspect of an organization where learning and development become never-ending processes rather than one-time events.