Discussion Work Literacy - Implications for Learning Professionals November 18, 2008 from 10am to 11am ⬠Presentation The past 20 years has seen a remarkable change in the landscape for knowledge work and learning ... ; Organized by Tony Karrer | Type: Online , conversations Working Smarter November 18, 2008 from 11:30am to 12:30pm ⬠Online Dave Pollard is well known for his work in knowledge management and knowledge worker productivity. In this talk Dave, will discuss the transition of knowledge management's mission from collection t ...

Presentation: Work Literacy 2.0 Presenter: Tony Karrer -------------------------- What's changed in knowledge work ... has some collaborative tools. The "spycam" works pretty well too!) For a knowledge worker - learning and work ... ? - How important are the issues that I am basing the decision on? - Is my answer reasonable? Concept work task. We've ... handling these changes? - Tons of new books, emails, new blogs - A weeks work of NY TImes contains more information than a ... how to learn. Work Literacy - Find - include search, evaluate, narrow, adjust - Expertise leverage (networks ...

... created by high-end knowledge workers working on concepts. He calls them creators and empathizers. That is to make ... of knowledge work and the type of workers. In other words... Concept Work and Concept Worker I've often been ... requests in the same category as an engineer working in R&D - they are both called knowledge workers. That's not as helpful as it should be. The person in the call center does quite a bit of routine knowledge work. They will occasionally encounter unusual situations and then need to do more conceptual knowledge work. To me it's all about how easy it is ...

... the changing nature of knowledge work and the new skills required to work it. A key point: "...foundations of knowledge work are changing fairly quickly and most of us learn completely through ad hoc mechanisms..." New Work, New Skills? Given the point above and the title, "New Work and New Work Skills...", I stopped a moment to think if that could be true? Is the foundation of work itself changing? I need to noodle on it more; I'm not so ... hardcopies... These all used to be the hard core grunt work; it's where rubber met the road. Today, while it's still ...

... argue that one of the best investments that can be made is reflection, particularly for knowledge work and ...

... learn the foundations of knowledge work . If you attended college and used a card catalog and microfiche reader, then you ... foundational knowledge work skills. That's really the last time that someone (a teacher) taught you how to do these things ... situations My strong belief is that the foundations of knowledge work are changing fairly quickly and most of us ... keep up with the pace of change - Every knowledge worker could use help to improve their foundational knowledge work ... My recent Survey - Do You Know What These Are? really was all about new work skills - skills we should be ...

... research) which (if any) of the responses will be most helpful to me. This is definitely a knowledge work task where ... background that ranges from data mining to radar software. His work in e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards ...

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. And what I often cite as the biggest change in knowledge work skills over the past 20 years is the change in ... conversation, distributed work is required. Parcel it out to experts in different areas. Social networks can be a ... , the Work Literacy browse search feature worked great for me today. When I went to a page that combined Google ...

Yesterday I created a screen cast on LinkedIn for Finding Expertise . Today, I saw a post on our Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals where someone said: I am currently trying to find a SME experienced with Moodle (a CMS/LMS) and WizIQ (synchronous web class technology). I posted a query about this to several of the groups that I've joined on LinkedIn and have received about a dozen responses so far. I have yet to discover (through further research) which (if any) of the responses will be most helpful to me. This is definitely a knowledge work task where talking to someone will ...

As part of my presentations on Work Literacy and eLearning 2.0 - I discuss how learning and knowledge work are ... start of my post, impact of the web, social media, etc. on learning and knowledge work. Well let's think about it - if you ... half of knowledge, is knowing where to find knowledge Led me through to the King William's College annual General Knowledge Paper (GKP). I guess it's been published in the Guardian since 1951 - 2006 test - but it was new to me ... make sure we understand the term, you get roughly: profound scholarly knowledge So, as opposed to half of ...

... founder with Tony Karrer of Work Literacy, a network of individuals, companies, and organizations focusing on the frameworks, skills, methods, and tools of modern knowledge work. Michele blogs at The Bamboo Project . Harold ... Work Literacy and the eLearning Guild are partnering to provide you with a great (and free ... methods for work and learning Discuss implications of these tools for learning professionals Prepare you ... professional development. She has worked with federal, state, and local governments, nonprofits, and corporations ...

... bent out of shape.) Remember: knowledge work must be configured not prefigured. It is the day-to-day ... Learn Knowledge Management Learning Links Learning Standards Making It Work (Implementing) Metrics ... slightly humorous shapes, for instance, can help perpetuate the myth that office work is fun; just as modern ... Reduction Learnability Limit Tradeoffs Metaphors Protect the Users Work ... work as if you had a thousand years to live and as if you were ...

... work for good pay. This solution may be cheap, but with a stumbling economy and job market, this service isn’t as feel-good as Ms. Miller would have us believe. Serebra and others of their ilk will do to computer and knowledge work ... the company is continuing to work with the designer. Serebra Learning Corporation, based in Vancouver, British Columbia ... ;s my understanding that eLance isn’t really working well. Check the discussion boards and usenet groups ... willing to do the same work for a 10% of the price, I have two choices: I can lower my price or not do the job. If a ...

I've just posted Identify Knowledge Work Tasks - Workshop Exercise which describes a workshop exercise that I'm considering using in several different workshops. I feel like it makes a lot of the discussion more concrete. I'm really hoping that folks will help me out by: a. telling me what they would say if they were in the workshop and b. giving me thoughts on the exercise itself. The last time I posted something like this it was a HUGE help and I significantly ... compelling reason... but I digress. Please help: Identify Knowledge Work Tasks - Workshop ...

... knowledge work and learning Define strategies for eLearning 2.0 for your organization Make a plan for ... , time, cost, etc. Likely I (and others in Work Literacy ) will be doing similar workshops over the next few months. If you are interested, but can't attend this workshop, then you might want to go to Work Literacy and go to Services to ... Individuals seeking to improve their own skill and knowledge About the ...