Over at Slate, Matt Yglesias has a post titled ‘ The Myth of Technological Unemployment ‘ accompanied by a graph showing that hours worked in the US have been rising and falling in lockstep with output. ” Again, that looks like technological unemployment. He writes. But is that still true? MORE >>

And Twitter is just about to experience that soon enough for us all to be reminded that social technologies are just that, tools, enablers, and that, as such, they come and go. Innovation Knowledge Management Knowledge Tools Learning Personal KM Productivity Tools Social EnterpriseSadly. . Not anymore.  And here is why… . For sure! MORE >>

He was right, as the invention of the writing is the big bang of learning technology as it led to a still expanding universe of knowledge. We create and store written content and others can distribute, retrieve, access, read, communicate and search other people’s stored creations through this medium. It was always thus. 1985). Bove, W., MORE >>

Bob Cringely clearly shows how this works in information technology. However, we have an infinite demand for creative products and services. Corporate America has, for the most part, chosen a poor path when it comes to IT labor issues, but CEOs aren’t into soul-searching and nobody can turn back the clock. You know the type. MORE >>

Also, the activities produce products, and also reflections. These products are portfolio items, going forward, and assessable items. Similarly, the choice of product could be determined, or up to learner/group choice, and again an opportunity for learning cross-project skills. design meta-learning social strategy technology MORE >>