Notes from the April 11 talks at the Learning in a Digital Age Conference in Tallinn, Estonia. touch tools - intuitive interface - natural gesture - connected to learning network - learning is changing - Alec Couros slides - consume, remix, organize, share - sixth - wikipedia is untrustworthy - can you trust what you read online?

There have been millions of words written and spoken about ‘informal’ and social learning over the past few years. The shift in focus to workplace and social learning by HR and Learning professionals over the past few years is an significant one. Learning and work are merging. It’s not a recipe. Permalink.

In the late 1990’s knowledge management was part of our solution suite at the Centre for Learning Technologies ( CLT via The Wayback Machine). The Centre for Learning Technologies is an applied research, consulting and resource centre for the use of new media in learning, knowledge management, and workplace performance support.

Yesterday I retweeted a tweet (from @CharlesJennings ) with a link to an ASTD article by Allison Rossett that showed that most Learning & Development (L&D) departments are stuck in the course paradigm.  Complete failure to recognise that e-learning is now largely. web-based, informal learning. they want to learn".

The shift can be seen in daily events and in the ways peoples’ working lives and behaviours are changing, in the ways they are becoming more or less well-informed, and in consumption patterns for much of what they are buying and using. Jane Har t explains how social media can be used for workplace learning. have called this Work 2.0

Our motto is that “six heads are better than one&# at the Internet Time Alliance , and I have the pleasure of working with and learning from a great collaborative team, spread across eight time zones. If we’re working in L&D [learning & development] strong trust relationships with senior leaders and middle managers are vital.

The July issue of Chief Learning Officer is now available online. It features an article in which Jon Husband and I delve into how to measure the impact of learning in the network era. In a networked, information-based environment, shareholders value brand, reputation, ideas, relationships and know-how. Informed Judgment.

Understandably, seasoned executives, chief learning officers among them, are having a devil of a time shifting from the industrial age mindset of logic, certainty and bounded constraints to the network gestalt of interaction, self-organization, unpredictability and fewer limits to potential. Informed Judgment . Look at General Motors.

There's a fantastic post by Stephen Downes - New Technology Supporting Informal Learning. So as you read this, keep in mind that Stephen was primarily talking about technology that can support a Formal Learning Event that heavily leverages Informal / Social Learning as it's primary mechanism. eLearning Technology.

As for e-learning, 2008 was a year in which very little actually occurred(even in gaming, the headline reads Old Standby Back On Top ). Ultimately, time is one of our most valuable resources, and I am hopeful that in 2008 it will be easier to learn, as well as to create and locate high-quality learning content. In 2004.

I’ve worked as a sub-contractor on bids from large corporations who need my skills for a specific project. " —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, PhD. link] ConstellationW hjarche: Want to change education? Many free-agents are also natural enterprises , not encumbered by the need for constant growth. Canada

These come in three categories (overshot, undershot and non-customers) and by targeting these customers entrants can avoid direct confrontation, while developing skills and expertise in areas outside the core business of the incumbents. " —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, PhD. link] ConstellationW hjarche: Want to change education? better. Canad

The need for online collaboration and the integration of work and learning will continue as long as we have the Internet. The aim is to help online community managers learn and practice their role. " —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, PhD. link] ConstellationW hjarche: Want to change education? collaboration projects, I see growth. Canada

Thanks to the web, learners are becoming better informed, smarter, and more demanding of qualities missing from most education and training organizations. Thesis #1: Learning is conversation. Stock & Flow If learning is conversation, then online conversations are the essential component of online learning. Jarche, H.

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by Harold Jarche It looks like social media (wikis, blogs & social networking) are going the way of e-learning and knowledge management (KM). When e-learning and KM first came out, it was difficult to market your services without expensive campaigns. " —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, PhD. technology ?

Also, blogs are not limited by print space, so articles can be much longer than print media offers and most have hyperlinks to more information. blog may not be a one-man effort, but very few blogs can afford to do real investigative reporting and collect information over weeks or months to uncover the hidden truth. Canada

Learning how to fly an aircraft is an expensive endeavour and each flight costs several thousand dollars. At the end of certain lessons, students had to have achieved mastery of specific skills, such as hovering or completing a circuit. For learning professionals, it is important to design tests that can validate competency.

L&D [learning & development] came out on top at 38%. Obviously all of those initiatives like blended learning, competency-based training and learning style inventories haven’t convinced the boss that L&D is important. successful course is where you learned perhaps 10% of what was covered. 30 000$? Maybe.)

Also, blogs are not limited by print space, so articles can be much longer than print media offers and most have hyperlinks to more information. blog may not be a one-man effort, but very few blogs can afford to do real investigative reporting and collect information over weeks or months to uncover the hidden truth. Canada

An MS-Word version of this essay is available at [link] In the summer of 1998, over two frantic weeks in July, I wrote an essay titled The Future of Online Learning. New Technology The development of new technology continues to have an impact on learning. Learning materials are now available online as well. Web 2.0

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