Research | Learn to Adapt

Nov 19

Learn to Adapt Links for November 19th

by Jeff Kelly

Internet Interrupted: Why Architectural Limitations Will Fracture the ‘Net - Nemertes Research updates their important study that has great impact on the growth of SaaS and cloud computing.
Don’t Buy Into These 10 Social Media Myths | SocialComputingMagazine.com - Eric Brantner lists 10 myths often associated with social media. Important food for thought for anyone planning their social marketing or community strategies.

Aug 12

by Jeff Kelly

Web 2.0: The Future of Collaborative Government | Federal Government | State Government - Deloitte LLP - The high-level summary is still to come, but this page includes a 10 minute video and links to information about the speakers when "On June 3, 2008, Deloitte and the National Academy of Public Administration convened a group of government leaders, subject matter experts and forward thinkers to develop a road map to help the next administration navigate the work force and organization changes that need to occur to move to a more collaborative model of government."
Gartner sees Hype Cycle for Social Software « Shepherd’s Pi - Nice summary post from Lewis Shepherd on Gartner's 2008 Hype Curve that shows )amongst many other things) that “Web 2.0 software” is falling from its “Peak of Inflated Expectations” and is on its way to a “Trough of Disillusionment.”

Jul 03

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 23

by Jeff Kelly

Five Ways to Mark Up the Web - Nick Gonzalez from a while back reviews five website annotations tools. These (and others) can be very valuable for new social research approaches to learning. Students can mark up articles "together" as they read them.
Modeling The Real Market Value Of Social Networks - Michael Arrington does some very interesting number crunching to try to assess the real business (dollar) value of the major social networks.
Multi-tasking, task-switching, and humans — or why I didn’t finish writing this post three hours ago - Dave Munger ponders a bit of research regarding the human tendency to task switch. As the millenials enter the workforce this behavior will greatly impact productivity and work behaviors. (personal note: multi-tasking kills! ;o)

Feb 21

by Jeff Kelly

These are my links for February 21st:

Requirements of a PLE Framework (Mohamed Amine) - From Mohamed's blog on Technology Enhanced Learning, a brief but broad list of the attributes of a successful personal learning environment (PLE).
e-Learning Reloaded: Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools for Info Junkies, Researchers & Students | OEDb - These are some of the best tools for organizing, citing, searching, and more online (according to Jessica Hupp).
What is eLearning 2.0? : eLearning Technology - An older post from Tony Karrer where he provides his very e-learning focused view of what Learning 2.0 is. He touches on very good points. What's missing may be how learning behavior will change based on the new paradigm.
Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis : eLearning Technology - Another great thought provoker from Tony Karrer. He posits The Long Tail" with attention as the X-axis instead of sales. Then he discusses the challenge that corporate learning has in continuing to be relevant in this new attention economy.