Working together is how things get done. This free, open, crowd-sourced wiki-book shows us the best ways to get there. I’m glad I was on the team that created it.
Intro: If you want to learn how to fix a pipe, solve a partial differential equation, write software, you are seconds away from know-how via YouTube, Wikipedia and search engines. Access to technology and access to knowledge, however, isn’t enough. Learning is a social, active, Continue reading
PBS report on MOOCs with Spencer Michaels. 11 minutes.
Coursea, Udacity, edX, Kahn Academy. Balanced report. Where are the peers? Meeting on their own in a local bar.
The reporter says getting colleges to accept online learning for credit is a big problem. I disagree. Once employers and regulators accept online portfolios of learning experiences, degrees will cease to be important outside of academia.
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Third post in a series. In case you missed it, here are the first and second.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Technological infrastructure for social learning
Work and learning are converging, and as this change happens, the infrastructure of the old corporate learning must go – things like traditional one-size-fit-all in-person training seminars. In its place enters social and informal learning hubs like on-demand content, live online discussions, wikis and forums, and searchable content archives. The Continue reading
My presentation on Well-being and Corporate Learning to the Learning and Skills Group.
Happy employees are 31% more productive on the job and make 37% more sales. They are 200% more creative than their sad peers. Happiness is but one aspect of well being. Researchers have correlated well being with academic performance.
Join Jay to talk about the notion of well being and its importance on the job. We’ll look at what makes people happy, how this impacts working and learning, and what you and Continue reading
I did not want to like paper.il, the new, personal Twitter aggregater. Just more clutter, I thought to myself.
Nonetheless, it is so easy to set up, I filled in the blank with my Twitter list of Internet Time Alliance colleagues. Voila. Our Daily Tweet-news.
This morning I visited my Daily Continue reading
May 3-5. San Francisco. Internet Time Alliance will be there. For the free part. Exhibits, unconference, and keynotes. Register here.
Since this is half an O’Reilly gig, I wonder why it still has the Web 2.0 monitor. Didn’t Tim O’Reilly tell us it was morphing into Web Squared?
One of the things I like best about Twitter is the collegial, friendly fire-ish banter among L & D professionals. One of the most active of these Continue reading
Working Smarter, the 2010 Edition, is priced like lobster in an upscale restaurant. The price is whatever we feel like.
Current price of hardcopy = $16 After March 16, $20
Current price of download = $10 After March 16, $16
The January 2010 Edition of Working Smarter was released today. Subtitled Informal Learning in the Cloud, this edition focuses on social learning and implementing web 2.0 technology.
The hardcopy version of Working Smarter costs $19.98. Believe me, I’m not trying to fool you with trick pricing. Continue reading
Tony O’Driscoll and Karl Kapp have a book coming out next month — Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Collaboration and Learning. Amazon’s blurb:
Understanding the impact that 3D environments, virtual worlds, and immersive learning spaces will have on society, Continue reading
