Jane Hart, another colleague at the Internet Time Alliance, has examined social media and learning in the context of the workplace and has noted that much of it is informal (Hart 2010). Social learning is about getting things done in networks. Social bookmarks are searchable and can be shared within a group or made public. MORE >>

The term personal knowledge management (PKM) isn’t about management in a business sense but rather how we can manage to make sense of information and experience in our electronic surround. PKM is an individually created process. have recently used Seek-Sense-Share to describe PKM. Tags: Informal Learning PKM MORE >>

Lilia Efimova ( 2004 ) was one of my earlier inspirations, “To a great extend PKM [personal knowledge management] is about shifting responsibility for learning and knowledge sharing from a company to individuals and this is the greatest challenge for both sides.&# This still sums up the core concept of PKM. MORE >>

Yesterday, during my presentation on personal knowledge management to IBM BlueIQ I was asked about the role of blogging in my own sense-making processes. For almost seven years, my blog has been where I try to make sense of my observations. As I’ve said before, this blog is mostly for me. I’ve called it my home base. MORE >>

Free Your Bookmarks: This is a very simple shift that only requires a slight deviation from a common practice: saving bookmarks/favourites on your browser. Being able to share is usually not a prime reason why people start using social bookmarks. Connect:  How do you get started micro-blogging on a platform like Twitter MORE >>