Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Session Hopping a Practical Guide General Session - New Work Literacies and E-Learning 2.0 These changes are continuously transforming the landscape for knowledge work. The results are in, and most knowledge workers are struggling to adapt to new forms of work and learning. Learning 2.0 Learning 2.0

TechKnowledge 102

TechKnowledge ASTD Wiki Social Networks 102

ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

Bonds don’t form over a Skype call but over coffee and lunch when conversations veer to the personal and discussions revolve around interests. This taught me a few things about work, technology and myself. Work —complex knowledge work requires solitude as well as collaboration.

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Stock Skype Knowledge Worker Community 124

Kapp Notes

JULY 8, 2010

The processes have been formalized, in knowledge work, many of the processes are formalized. We like to think knowledge workers spend all day "problem-solving" but in reality they spend all day finding out what procedure should be followed in what situation.

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Simulations Customer Service Knowledge Worker Learning 195

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 16, 2008

However, one thing that was very interesting to find in the discussions is that I feel there is a gap between these patterns for using SharePoint and the idea of helping concept workers address the Knowledge Worker Skill Gap and begin to be able to work and learner better. It's personal. They should be at the core.

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SharePoint PWLE eLearning 2.0 Diversity Training 133

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 30, 2007

In 2006 I was at EC-TEL where Scott Wilson asked the audience full of educational technology specialists, "how many of you use a LMS for your personal learning?”. Call them Personal Learning Environments (PLE) if you want but the key issue here is that they are based on user-centric design. Quite true. and eLearning 2.0

Wiki 100

Wiki PLE LMS eLearning 2.0 100

Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Mathemagenic " PhD conclusions in a thousand words: blogging practices of knowledge workers Web 2.0 Using eLearning Learning , I thought it would be interesting to go look what it thinks are some of the top items of all time. Learning 2.0 - The Things How we read online. - Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0

Social Networks 139

Social Networks Blended Learning Authoring Tools PLE 139

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I realized that a lot of the networking that I had done in person in the past could move online and actually be a much more effective use of time. , 2009 Top Posts and Topics , Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009 and just running through my blog posts for the year. And many of my 2009 Top Posts and Topics are related to exactly this.

Diversity Training 109

Diversity Training Scanning PWLE Case Study 109

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Work Literacy eLearning 2.0 Fourth Grader Wikipedia Update New Work and New Work Skills Work Skills Keeping Up? Knowledge Work Framework Tilde Effect Concept Worker Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning Tool Set 2009 Search Better Memory Network Learning Information Radar Remote Collaboration Common eLearning 2.0

Social Networks 102

Social Networks ASTD Wiki eLearning 2.0 102

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 6, 2009

In New Work and New Work Skills , I discuss the fact that most of us have not participated in formal learning since college on foundational knowledge work skills - especially metacognitive skills. Drucker We are truly in a time of incredible innovation of work skills. We are struggling to keep up.

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Work Skills Skills Information Overload Search 102

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 2, 2008

One of the questions being raised this week in the free, online course Work Literacy: Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals is how social networks impact personal learning. To me, this is a critical part of The New Skills for knowledge workers. Great example of a query.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Conversation Ning Moodle 100

Tony Karrer

JUNE 26, 2007

. - not to mention in a world of Google as the interface to knowledge - what new skills, techniques and tools do we need?

Scanning 108

Scanning Media Skills Cognitive 108

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Applications in Learning Learn Trends 2008 Top Posts of 2008 based on delicious Save Count (which I believe is a better indicator of quality): 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers (149) Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 (39) Second Life Learning Videos (38) Personal Learning Tools and Technologies (38) Corporate Policies on Web 2.0 (37)

Authoring Tools 100

Authoring Tools Social Networks Long Tail eLearning 2.0 100

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 3, 2008

It will also cause us to look more closely at Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 I'll likely schedule a call with this person to discuss what they are trying to do. Prediction #10 => Knowledge Worker Skills - Just Beginning in 2008, Big in 2009 The discussion of knowledge work skills is going to be BIG.

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Predictions Authoring Tools Instructional Design Virtual Classroom 100

Jay Cross

APRIL 20, 2010

In time, the words will migrate into the Working Smarter unbook. Working smarter is the key to sustainability and perpetual improvement. Knowledge work and learning to work smarter are becoming indistinguishable. A sound workscape environment empowers workers to be all that they can be. Workscaping.

Micro-Learning 46

Micro-Learning Knowledge Worker Attitudes CLO 46

eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 4, 2009

LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers - eLearning Technology , July 6, 2009 How to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. Personal in Personal Knowledge Management - eLearning Technology , July 22, 2009. Featured Sources. Adobe FlashTutorials - MinuteBio , July 24, 2009.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Social Skills 40

Big Dog, Little Dog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I also had a chat a few days ago with a Wall Street Journal reporter who is researching an article on knowledge worker productivity. I said yes, and mouthed the old Peter Drucker chestnut that "making knowledge work productive is the greatest economic challenge of this century." He asked me if the subject is important.

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Wiki Knowledge News Journal 32

Tony Karrer

MARCH 25, 2009

One of the favorite quotes I used to use during presentations was Drucker - The most important contribution of management in the 21st century will be to increase knowledge-worker productivity. This is a big reason that I started Work Literacy. This is probably THE challenge of the 21st century.

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Productivity Product Social Networks Knowledge Worker 100

Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2009

Leveraging Networks is Key Skill and the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap. Tools and Methods for Networks and Communities - Discusses specific tools and methods for using Networks and Communities as part of Knowledge Work. Most people find this in their social networks (both in-person and online).

Social Networks 102

Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Evaluator knowledge limit - In most cases, the person doing the performance evaluation knows less about the subject that the performer. To me this has heightened my sensitivity to the need for concept workers to reach out to people for knowledge work tasks in order to ensure they will receive a good evaluation.

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Evalution Performance Knowledge Worker Social Media 100

AXIOM Learning Solutions

MARCH 23, 2023

In the past several years, knowledge workers have embraced technical skills and the realities of blended and remote work. So I think there’s a convergence of three themes that really caused a lot of stress for people this concept of digitization and remote work, being constantly available or accessible. Okay, great.

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Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Management 49

Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

Think like a business person. Act like a business person. It is vital to understand how a business person makes decisions – and in particular the weight they give (or not) to numbers and facts when doing so. Training directors see learners; everyone else sees workers or employees.). Knowledge Workers.

Business 52

Business Metrics Director Knowledge Worker 52

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Workers were then expected to do them; the less variation, the better. Innovation was not a worker’s responsibility. In fact, Frederick Taylor told workers, ‘You’re not paid to think’ Along came knowledge work. It’s because working with others is the pathway to life’s rewards.

Knowledge Worker 57

Knowledge Worker Learning Performance Support Cognitive 57

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2011

Working smarter is the key to sustainability and continuous improvement. Knowledge work and learning to work smarter are becoming indistinguishable. The accelerating rate of change in business forces everyone in every organization to make a choice: learn while you work or become obsolete. Workscapes.

Compliance Training 64

Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2008

Hierarchies are like the children’s game of telephone, where a message is whispered from one person to the next, becoming unintelligible in the process. Knowledge workers have replaced factory workers. Shareholders owned the factories, but workers own their minds. Nothing is absolute. It should be learners-centric.

Social Networks 36

Social Networks CLO Mash-up Mashups 36