PKM consists of practical methods for making sense of the increasing digital information flows around us. There is no procedural method to go from data to wisdom. On this Stephen Downes and I agree; though he thinks I adhere to the DIKW model. People use their knowledge to make sense of data and information. Data + Knowledge = Information. MORE >>

Before I start with any of my actual predictions, let me throw in an overall prediction that the year is going to start off slow for most people, but by the end of the year, we will all be thinking: “Wow, 2010 was a crazy year!” And probably will get some more ideas from the Big Question - Predictions and Plans for 2010. You can’t. MORE >>

more appropriate term would be Personal Information Management for Sense-making (PIMS?) , but PKM is the term I’m sticking with for now. Tweet George Siemens calls it information management (what I describe as PKM). specifically use the term information instead of knowledge. For sure, merely tagging an article does not create knowledge. MORE >>

There have been plenty of blog posts and discussions recently about how you need to be “personal&# across the various social media web sites, even when communicating on behalf of your company or brand. You can actually be professional and personal at the same time in social media without too much effort. Photo by Flickr user D. MORE >>

I had an interesting conversation the other day about whether there’s that much new going on in eLearning here in 2010. That said – I’m still under the impression that my central eLearning Predictions for 2010 is going to come true. At the end of the year, we will be saying: “Wow, 2010 was a crazy year!” What are these? MORE >>