Learn to Adapt

• Learning 2.0 Strategy : eLearning Technology – Tony Karrer's treatise on Learning 2.0. I plan to go back and review it in detail later, but it seems sound save for Aspect #2 "Avoid the Culture Question". His "stick you head in the sand concept misses the numerous opportunities to use proven organization development techniques to drive culture change.
• How Web 2.0 has changed the face of education – The title says it all – nice summary article on how social networking is creating new learning strategy opportunities.
• Why Dell.com (was) More Enterprise 2.0 Than Dell IdeaStorm – O’Reilly Radar – A thoughtful post from Tim O'Reilly ponders companies that are using Web 2.0 ideas/strategies for their supply chain. It takes a new and interesting perspective on the usual "employee collaboration" focus of Enterprise 2.0

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• Should Knowledge Workers Have Enterprise 2.0 Ratings? – Andrew McAfee's latest post posits the performance management standards that an organization might employ to measure/motivate employee use of Enterprise 2.0 (aka Knowledge Management 1.53) tools for collaboration. This is incredibly important as the greatest challenge to the success of E2.0 deployments is fostering the cultural change. By measuring/rewarding participation the organization demonstrates the importance of E2.0 collaboration.
• Examples of eLearning 2.0 : eLearning Technology – Tony Karrer pull together a nice list of tactical examples of how different organizations are using Web 2.0 social technologies in their learning and business practices.

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• Ping – Technology Doesn’t Dumb Us Down. It Frees Our Minds. – NYTimes.com – Damon Darlin's thoughtful response to the Atlantic Monthly article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
• Stanford School of Engineering – The Stanford Engineering Everywhere program offers full courses in the school's engineering program online. They include classes in computer science and artificial intelligence. The courses include lecture videos, reading lists, handouts, quizzes, tests, and a social network.

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• The Social Enterprise – Steve Gillmor at TechCrunchIT posts thoughtful reflection on (some) IT leaders resistance to social applications in the enterprise. From the article: "No wonder the reaction is fear and denial; the saving grace is that a new wave of middle management will not tolerate the arrogance of earlier times, when IT was the implementor of corporate policies designed to prevent employees from wasting time on the job."
• Social Learning : eLearning Technology – Tony Karrer's blog's his thoughts on Grockit and a few other social learning communities/platforms…

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As I mentioned in the last post, I seem to be a glutton for punishment.  So, three days after I return from Sydney, I will be jetting off to London to deliver a special version of the Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp.  I have had the great fortune to work with Scott Gavin of Applied Trends and I think we have put together a great day of learning.  If you will be in London on September 30, come join us!

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