Social business takes social learning

by Jay Cross on May 7, 2012

Join Jane Hart and me for an online conversation on Wednesday 23 May 18.30-19.30 pm GMT, 13.30-14.30 pm ET, 10.30-11.30 am PT.

We will talk about whatever you want to talk about. Leave your questions below. Better still, become a member of the Social Learning Centre (free) and leave your questions in the In Conversation with Jay Cross group there.


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Best articles on Working Smarter, April 2012

by Jay Cross on May 1, 2012
GEORGE SIEMENS

APRIL 19, 2012

Remaking education in the image of our desires

The current generation of students will witness the remaking of our education system. Education faces enormous pressure. It’s much, much bigger.
DAVID WEINBERGER

APRIL 24, 2012

[2b2k][everythingismisc]“Big data for books”: Harvard puts metadata for 12M library items into the public domain

(Here’s a version of the text of a submission I just made to BoingBong through their “Submitterator”). Harvard University has today put into the public domain (CC0) full bibliographic information about virtually all the 12M works in its 73 libraries. This is (I believe) the largest and most comprehensive such contribution.
IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER

APRIL 13, 2012

Design Principles for Complex, Unpredictable, People Oriented Systems

An IBM Global CEO Study conducted in 2010 concluded that complexity was the primary challenge emerging out of its conversations with 1,500 CEOs and senior government officials.  CEOs told us they operate in a world that is substantially more volatile, uncertain and complex.  CEOs now realize that creativity trumps other leadership characteristics.
HAROLD JARCHE

APRIL 19, 2012

Using social media for onboarding

Two actions that can begin even before a formal offer is made: Providing access to an online knowledge base. Start the process as early as possible.
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The new workplace

May 1, 2012

Six years ago few people believed that informal learning made much of a difference. Today’s common wisdom is that most workplace learning is experiential, unplanned, social, and informal. Informal learning tops many training department agendas. Companies are attracted by the low price tag. However, few of them are doing much systematically. They’ve converted a few [...]

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Controversy over Informal Learning

April 28, 2012

When the book on informal learning came out, nay-sayers attacked me as some kind of loony. Some still do. I’ve got a thick skin. QUESTION: How do you know that informal learning works? ANSWER: How did you learn to walk and talk? How did you learn to kiss? QUESTION: How can you measure what people [...]

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Informal Learning is Business

April 28, 2012

This is the second in a series of posts about how business can profit from informal learning. We’re recapping the book before getting into the current scene. What makes informal learning effective Informal learning is effective because it’s personal. The individual calls the shots. The learner is responsible. It’s real. We learn in context, with others, as we live [...]

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Informal Learning Revisited

April 28, 2012

Six years ago I wrote Informal Learning, Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance. The book came out before iPhones and iPads. Facebook was only available to students. Twitter had not been born. eLearning was still haled as a panacea. Andy McAfee had just coined the term Enterprise 2.0, and nobody was talking about Social [...]

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Flipping Corporate Learning

April 17, 2012

Flipping learning is big in education. It will be big in corporate learning. Let’s not blow it. How do you flip learning? Khan Academy is the poster child for flipped learning. Sal Khan has produced more than 3,000 short videos on a variety of topics. Students watch the videos before coming to class. In the [...]

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50 Learning Theorists in 50 Days

March 30, 2012

Donald Clark is blogging about 50 learning theorists in 50 days. It’s a rollicking good read. Of the thirteen he’s covered thus far, Donald has pointed out that: For Rousseau, “It’s hard to see a man who handed all five of his children up to an orphanage at birth, as an expert on the development [...]

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Working Smarter, March 2012

March 30, 2012

March 1, 2012 to March 30, 2012 Working Smarter draws upon ideas from design thinking, network optimization, brain science, user experience design, learning theory, organizational development, social business, technology, collaboration, web 2.0 patterns, social psychology, value network analysis, anthropology, complexity theory, and more. Working smarter embraces the spirit of agile software, action learning, social networks, and [...]

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eLearning for Kids

March 29, 2012

eLearning for Kids Khan Academy is popping up everywhere! Sal Khan’s videos have helped millions of students learn algebra, biology, finance, and more. Singlehandedly, Sal Khan has done more to shake up the traditional notion of schooling than anyone since Horace Mann. Everybody’s thinking about how to flip the equation. Provide the content before class [...]

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