Collaboration | Learn to Adapt

Jul 03

Learn to Adapt Links for July 3rd

by Jeff Kelly

The Amorality of Web 2.0 - Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: - Nicholas Carr's 2005 post that postulates Web 2.0 social knowledge capture (Wikipedia fo instance) may have a net negative effect on society by displacing more expensive professional alternatives. (And boy is he right about blogosphere echolalia).
Groundswell - Winning ia a World Transformed by Social Technologies - A great page supporting their Groundswell book, includes two ten-minute clips of Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff talking about how companies can use Web 2.0 technologies to empower people in their organizations (Enterprise 2.0).

Jun 15

by Jeff Kelly

Field Guide to Firefox 3 » dria.org » Blog Archive - If you're not using Firefox, you should. Help set the world-record of downloads for FF 3 this Tuesday!
Changing Knowledge Worker Attitudes | Work Literacy - Michele Martin on how we must change the culture where "…many knowledge workers regard training and professional development as the responsibility of the organization, not their own…"
Wirearchy - Jon Husband's site on wirearchy: "a dynamic two-way flow of power and authority based on information, knowledge, trust and credibility, enabled by interconnected people and technology"
Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation - Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial at the Brookings Institution posit ideas on how to increase innovation (and thereby competitive advantage) in the US in the 75-page report.
Skills 2.0 by Harold Jarche - A link to Harold Jarche's T&D article that "is geared toward learning professionals who may want to know why it’s important to understand the Web for training and development."

May 20

by Jeff Kelly

The Future of Media >> TV Gets More Social - Perhaps we can move beyond the boob tube: "New technologies focusing on the convergence of TV and community continue to turn watching TV into a social activity."
OLPC XO Laptop 2.0 Has Dual Touchscreens, Looks Amazing and Future-y - OK - Great. But how will this new design hold up in a developing nation environment? I wonder if OLPC has lost focus from its primary misson..
Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool (AFP) by AFP: Yahoo! Tech - The cultural tides are changing to embrace Web 2.0: "Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors"
Unplugging Conferences (Techlearning blog) - Steve Hargadon shares his twelve (OK - thirteen) "Ideas for enhancing or creating self-organized meetings". Unconfrences are (potentially) a great opportunity to recreate Web spontaneity and dynamic learning in a live setting.

May 15

by Jeff Kelly

7 Easy, Powerful Steps to Create a Personal Learning Environment - A nice step-by-step summary from Ahmir Ahmad on how to create a personal learning environment (PLE) since "Self-education is the ultimate form of personal-development …"
Endless Conversation: The Unfolding Saga of Blogs, Twitter, Friendfeed, and Social Sites [Dion Hinchcliffe’s Web 2.0 Blog] - Dion's take on Twitter and it's possible use in in business. Just the title "Endless Conversation" speaks volumes to my concern that Twitter has a negative impact on productivity instead of a positive impact on collaboration communication.

May 14

by Jeff Kelly

From The Information Age To The Connected Age - GigaOM - An insightful post from Anne Zelenka on "how the web enables us to move from one era into another, from the Information Age to the Connected Age."
Understanding productivity in the Information Age - MIT Sloan Newsroom - In today's knowledge-based economy, it pays to be an “information hub”