Time, technology, and the younger set. Transition to new Technologies. Education, the knowledge society, the global market all connected through technology and cross-cultural communication skills are what this blog and I am all about. Elearning Technology. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Connecting 2 the World. Both ways.

wonder if we had the ‘beam me up’ technology of StarTrek, if we could somehow materialise ourselves into the middle of a refugee camp or a slum or the empty kitchen of a fellow citizen would our behaviours change … and for how long? But of course BAD is good. The very community here is what supports us all. Yes I do.

Many African countries also lack workers skilled enough in information and communication technologies (ICT) for web working to be a viable option. Today is Blog Action Day , and Web Worker Daily is participating by blogging about this year’s theme, poverty. When it comes to web working, Africa is one of the last frontiers. C7.21.a.

Listen carefully : There are two conversations going on right now, one about Technology , and one about a Business Ideology. In my first post here in the FastForwardBlog , I offered some tips on getting started down the path of Enterprise 2.0 in your organization. Take them to lunch and and give them some space to share their ideas.

One result of this study is that these technologies are not all bad. Members of the technologically advanced group had more than twice the neural activation than their less experienced counterparts while searching online. Searching online triggers areas of the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.

Dendrobium mine is the first to trial the iPICK(Information Point, Illawarra Coal Kiosk) technology, with management, contractors and employees enjoying improved access to information and reduced complexity. Clearly in many industries, extending the intranet beyond the office environment can add tremendous value.

Where I work, the course developers are expected to be SMEs on the technology for which they write instruction. technologies to promote collaborative learning. The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for October is about E-Learning, specifically: What advice would you give to someone new to the field (of E-Learning).

The third, of course, is information technology. I spent last Friday talking about management with a bunch of 'thought leaders' -- academics, writers, venture capitalists, executives, etc. And they're different in both degree (competition has always been nasty, but it's getting nastier) and in kind (open source communities? Huh?).

He concludes with this statement, “In a time of uncertainty such as we have seen in the past several months, new and promising technologies may prove to be the safest harbour for those who must continue to deliver growth.”. features into existing software packages; in many cases, they are providing the technology at no extra cost.

There were some significant price decreases in today’s announcements, but they generally amount to reflections of the normal, continuing advance of technology, and not a decision by Apple to play in new markets. When we asked whether you’d find a $899 MacBook tempting, a lot of you said “yes.&#

To help with today’s tough economic times, Central Desktop , the social technology platform used by the Sierra Club and Obama Presidential Campaign, is announcing a call for entries to win a year subscription of Central Desktop. in the US Primary Campaign Through Central Desktop.). like this

Want to develop a reputation for expertise and understanding markets/technologies/customers/etc.? The Connectbeam Social Computing Blog. resource and viewpoint from Connectbeam on how social computing is changing the way we work. We cover the broader market and what we are doing at Connectbeam. Connectbeam. Go to Connectbeam.com. AppGap.

Key findings: Technology knowledge will permeate the enterprise. Ceding technology control will be good medicine. First, I want to clarify something for context. do not believe that what I call "wirearchy" will replace hierarchy holus-bolus as an organizing principle (I have said and written this many times). 

I think it’s very smart to make explicit the "transfer" of massively-adopted consumer technologies to make it easy for people to connect, collaborate and co-create as they are already doing outside the firewall.  In the case of Socialtext 3.0, SocialText Brings Enterprise Facebook and Twitter to Wikis.

In many cases, enthusiasm for this technology has outpaced reliable case studies and visible progress, but that progress has become more remarkable in 2008, with several large infusions of capital in to budding Enterprise 2.0 For many people the positioning of Enterprise 2.0 as a cost reduction engine is not new. Until now, Enterprise 2.0

From Google's latest Technology Roundtable Series : [This] video, "Applications of Human Language Technology," is a discussion of our enormous progress in large-scale automated translation of languages and speech recognition. This stuff is going to get real, soon. There's this funny, compressed, geeky inflection on the "ooooo" sound

technologies with other enterprise systems, enabling greater participation from both internal and external audiences. More than half of the respondents were management or senior-level executives, with their roles evenly between marketing, business strategy development and technology. is on the rise. in 2008.&# do it also. is not Web 2.0

attended Penn State's 2008 TLT (Teaching & Learning with Technology) Symposium in March 2008 as a requirement for a graduate class I was taking, entitled "Disruptive Technology in the Teaching & Learning Process." Andy agrees: Absolutely right. Learning is an active process. was cursed to be on Team Twitter. Learning can.

Emerging Technologies Task Force. A great article in Smart Company on Australia’s best business blogs by Brad Howarth discussing the ins and outs of business blogging, and names the top 15 business blogs in Australia, including Trends in the Living Networks. But blogging need not be a difficult exercise. Get Shouty. Naomi’s Blog.

In an explorative study about Knowledge Management weblogs Pumacy Technologies AG has been analyzing active knowledge management blogs by comparing figures from August 2008. Pumacy Technologies AG is solution provider for knowledge, process and innovation management. technologies for knowledge management. Web 2.0

Defining cyberlearning as “the use of networked computing and communications technologies to support learning&# , they’re obviously onto the right stuff.  I couldn’t agree more about the potential for these technologies to transform learning.  So where did they get the term ‘cyberlearning’?  Yuck!).

The tool part is an instance of history (in this case, the march of technology) influencing the generation. You know you've been touched by a powerful idea or theory when it keeps coming back to mind, and begging you to apply its perspective to other ideas you encounter or read about. A "turning" occurs after each cycle of four generations.

Google has just posted the first three videos in an ongoing series of technology roundtables that it is hosting. The discussions are pretty esoteric at times, but anyone interested in advanced computing topics such as working with web search, the cloud, clusters, and speech technology will find these of interest.

I'll be concentrating on technology (duh) and working to design IT-enabled interventions. think the changes in social structure that accompany the introduction of new technologies are also interesting, but less so. We have a pretty specific agenda: to come up with the set of experiments we want to run on corporate guinea pigs.

When I used to work with organizations on defining an eLearning Strategy, I always worked from a very broad view of needs across the organization and the implications that had on people, process and technology. Technology is Tactical not Strategic. It really is not about the technology. on learning. strategy. Strategy.

Here was the challenge: I am currently trying to find a SME experienced with Moodle (a CMS/LMS) and WizIQ (synchronous web class technology). One of the questions being raised this week in the free, online course Work Literacy: Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals is how social networks impact personal learning. Did I miss something important?

Somehow the fact that people tend to scan when they read online leads to a diatribe on how we’ve wasted our money by trying to get schools to come into the technological 21st century by bringing laptops into schools. ( RANT ALERT! In a few weeks we’re going to be looking at blogs in the Work Literacy course. Web 2.0 END RANT ).

Carl talked about the general model for knowledge management, which is the familiar combination of Strategy, People, Process and Technology. What was new to me (even though I had read Carl's book) was a description of how technology supports knowledge management in enabling the processes of. Enterprise 2.0. collaboration. forms. tools.

Is technology really the key, or is it more a function of how they learn / think Digital Natives in Our Midst | Advice and Opinion. How far is you company willing to go to "innovate"? Are you supporting your Digital Natives?

This is a reblog of a guest blog post I did on Darren Sidnick’s Learning & Technology Blog: What the heck is a Domain and why should I care? CoP with Nancy White). I’m republishing them here with Darren’s blessing! Part 1 is here. What the heck is a Domain and why should I care? So Domain is what we care about together.

focused on CoPs in a learning context –> From: Darren Sidnick’s Learning & Technology: Community - because without people, you just have a pile of content. Here is the third in a series of guest blogs I did for Darren Sidnick, reblogged here with his blessing!) Or worse… nothing! Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here.

IMG_6058. Originally uploaded by Choconancy1. Here is an idea that has been “hatching&# for the new book… What do you think

What started out as Stewarding Technology for Communities , (site to be renamed today!), “Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities&#. Warning - this is a venting blog post! For nearly four years my dear friends and colleagues John Smith and Etienne Wenger and I have been writing this thing that became a book.

thought they were immune to technology. To celebrate this blog’s first birthday I have returned to my first posting about Yell from last April - Yell needs to be more sociable - to see how the company has performed. could be rated by those who had used them in a similar way to the user feedback solicited by Amazon. What about now?

Lisa says, "Brandon Hall officially wins as most innovative conference in terms of technology that I've been to.". He offered technology, proprietary tools--has a contest offering money, tools, media coverage, etc. Connected to each other in tight circles and loose connections--about people--using technology to connect to people.

Key technologies: Tagging--people choose how they will categorize info and the cumulative effect becomes a diverse, autonomous way of referring to the world. PLE is a way of viewing learning on the web--we're not centered on one application. Stephen's PLE: Store photos ( Flickr ) and video ( Google video ). Way to draw ( Gliffy).

Semantic Web (Web 3.0)--"technologies for enabling machines to make more sense of the Web, with the result of making the Web more useful for humans. Presentation was by Reuben Tozman President of EdCetra Training. Response to this is Personalized, Just-in-Time, Performance Support Training. Ed Dumbill , 2000). user-generated content).

technologies reported the strongest benefits, particularly in accommodating learner needs, increasing access to information and improving dissemination of information. As a result these organizations were increasing their investments in these technologies more than those organizations that had less experience with social media.

Companies working in alternative energies, social entreprenuerialism, microfinance, developing economies, political action, renewable technologies, and the like (we'll be particularly interested in where these companies display significant cross over with the web, of course, but this will not be required.) The link to do so is right here.

technologies. Looks like the marketing folks over at LinkedIn had the good wisdom to hire Lee and Sachi LeFever to make a LinkedIn video. Enjoy! particularly like the emphasis on the idea that using LinkedIn isn’t just about building connections, but about actually getting business done. More on this in another post.

Second, it would give Apple users an excuse to show off their wonderful Apple technology is a socially cool way. Here’s a simple question. have a Apple Airport Extreme. It generally works brilliantly. love it. want to open up my WiFi. Donate it to my neighbours. To anyone parked in front of my house. Anyone with an iPhone. Two reasons.

work in technology now because, while in grad-school, I learnt how to code FORTRAN-77. got bored with trading at Wells Fargo, moved over to building derivatives trading systems, and since then, have spent time at technology companies and at Ernst & Young. I used to be a fixed income derivatives trader. It isn’t clear. Theta?

Over at Technologizer , Harry McCracken is in the midst of an experiment that he calls Operation Foxbook. The idea is simple: to forego desktop applications entirely for a period of time, doing everything on a netbook-class machine using Firefox. Moving stuff like blogging, email, and scheduling into the browser didn’t raise any issues.

Some have bragged about their superior technology and invested in splashy launch PR (sometimes with disastrous results - remember Cuil ?). For most people, even web workers, there is only one search engine on the web. In reality, of course, there are a zillion search engines out there. program. But how about your own search habits?

Fuel cells are a fairly seductive technology for web workers: they can store a high energy content in a small space, opening the potential of powering portable devices for a long time without recharging. While the device on display is only a prototype, they expect to release working models by March of next year.

In order to truly hear and absorb what was being said in a session, I had to step away from the technology. live blogging an event. recently live-blogged a 3-day conference. Gearing up for the event, I posted here about the equipment I was bringing as well as musings about the dynamics of live blogging. The live blogging was a success.

Apparently these young people don’t know how to select and use proper search terms, nor do they have good skills in evaluating the information that they find online. On all these issues,  I’d argue that “adults&# aren’t much better. of those searches do not obtain the desired results. minutes per day searching online.

I’m sure there are lots of others - just look at Michele’s post - Masters of Technology for examples of gaps Virginia Yonkers just posted about a presentation she’s doing on Work Literacy to a group of instructional design researchers. You can visit her post for more details.

She makes a great argument against doing technology for its own sake. I recently discovered Mary Abraham’s blog, Above & Beyond KM , as we are going to be on a panel together. She is both a lawyer and a knowledge manager. Here is a great post on Twittering Inside the Firewall. or any firm) We should ask this about all tools.

technologies. You’ll also learn how to maximize ROI, use Semantic Web technologies, and implement security. A few months ago Jeremy Thomas asked me if I would consider writing the forward for a new book he was writing with Aaron Newman. was honored to be asked and said I would love to do it. Implementation. blueprint. mainstream.

“Organizations that are looking to move into new technologies, normally a project that would be put on hold when budgets are tight, can still do small implementations with SAAS, including blogs, wikis and social-networking tools to lower costs.&#. Will the credit crisis broaden into a deeper recession?  Who knows. and Enterprise 2.0.

Many organizations are wrestling with the ways of governance for their service oriented architecture. SOA projects risk running seriously awry without getting a handle on their purpose and direction for the business. Of course, since SOA and Enterprise 2.0 activities?  Archived audio replay available here.). methods. Should we go to the Web 2.0

There are some technology challenges with multiple versions of hardware and software but cultural challenges are biggest. in terms of users. Last year Microsoft sold over 1B$ (US) of Sharepoint. Some may argue whether Sharepoint is really enterprise 2.0 but that is their goal and they are increasingly moving in this direction.

Every one of these interfaces affects how someone thinks about technology or information, so there’s always a lesson to be discovered within them. As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. For this interview, I was fortunate to draw Bill DeRouchey’s name.

AH: As far as technology-based work, I did some very rudimentary interface work when I was learning a bit of Apple BASIC & Pascal back in high school. The topic is context, and what technology is doing to upset our deeply ingrained assumptions about context—socially and otherwise. That is, I hope it gets people talking.

would say that the formal training I received didn’t really happen until I enrolled into design school (Pratt), and that’s where I learned the basics of design as well as how it intersected with technology. As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference.

Andrea Baker (Director of Technology for Navstar, Inc. This year’s Traction User Group sessions will be held on October 6th and 7th. Prior to this there is optional golf outing (at 2:00 PM) and reception (at 7:00 PM) on Sunday, October 5. am impressed that they got so many to present. would be hard to choose which to attend.

technologies with other enterprise systems, enabling broader participation from both internal and external audiences. More than half of the respondents were management or senior-level executives, with their roles evenly between marketing, business strategy development and technology. in 2008." Forrester, AIIM, Aberdeen, Gilbane, etc.).

œNetwork defense technologies have matured to remove the “low hanging fruit” of network vulnerabilities but in the never ending, cat-and-mouse game of network security, network attacks have moved up the OSI layers, all the way to Layer 7, targeting the applications themselves. in network security attacks. The summary went on to say.

She makes a great argument against doing technology for its own sake. Thanks to Mary Abraham who writes the blog, Above & Beyond KM for pointing me to this great video on blogging within the enterprise. It is on the Green Chameleon Blog. Dr. David Vaine on corporate blogging. However, you should check out Mary’s blog.

I have another entry in the “Don’t Do This&# category. Don’t make the students work harder than necessary to access what they need for assignments. For instance, if you know forgetting to name a document.doc will confuse the download mechanism on Blackboard, make sure to add the.doc to the document name. Authored by gminks.

The Partnership includes media and technology companies, as well as the Educational Testing Service and some library organisations (see [link] ). A report published in September by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills includes critical thinking and information management skills as vital for international competitiveness.

Some firms stumbled by focusing their knowledge-management efforts solely on technology at the expense of everything else, while others failed to tie knowledge programs to overall business goals or the organization's other activities. Section 3: Knowledge Management: Tools and Technologies. KM Question of the Week. Indeed. Monster.

BTW This is a distinct argument from the questioning the suitability of Google’s search appliances – in my experience where I have seen them fail in practice its due to the implementation approach and an expectation of “plug and play”, rather than the technology itself. organisation). Or am I wrong?

At the risk of boring you with my "wirearchy" mantra … "A dynamic two-way flow of power and authority, based on knowledge, trust, credibility and a focus on results, enabled by interconnected people and technology" For more, check out the link " What is Wirearchy? People are talking. Powered by Qumana

While not as rich as face to face interpersonal interaction, adding personal details helps extend their persona in ways that bring technology-mediated interaction closer to that personal exchange. After hearing Mark Oehlert and Brent Schlenker do such a great job on eLearning 2.0 Much of elearning 2.0 Your thoughts

use the word *pattern* deliberately because this isn’t a formula approach – it needs to be tailored to the technology and business activities it supports. For example, I’ve seen a similar approach to Transfield ’s concept applied to collaboration tools like eRoom , Quickplace and Lotus Notes in the past.

Learning technology is the same way; bringing together techies, learning psychologists, and more, and it’s. Now it might be BJET, or Education Technology, or ETRD.  When I was an undergraduate, I became excited about the connection between computers and learning.  And, messages could handle more than one topic at the same time.

This week's Mass Technology Leadership Council meeting , featuring Paul Gillin's insights on leveraging social media in your marketing strategy, couldn't come at a better time At this time of year in this part of the world, the Major League Baseball season is drawing to a close.  gives away what kind of pitch he is throwing to the batter. 

Today, I attended a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MTLC), and facilitated by Paul Gillin , a luminary and authority on the topic of social networking. There's also something endearing about a guy whose stated mission is "to try every potato chip in the world.". Don't lose track of objectives:  1.

Overall, I’m pretty confident I can map a range of usage scenarios and technologies to this model, and while doing this demonstrate in certain circumstances the value gap in those approaches. Underpinning these process steps would ideally be an overarching management process. through one channel). What do you think?

SharePoint will still appear on Joining Dots, but in context of the focus here: connecting emerging trends and technologies that can influence how we live and learn. Usual topics: Systems, the Design of them and the individual dots - People, Information and Technology. On with the link sharing. Enjoy.

Pumacy Technologies AG are doing a study of Knowledge Management Blogs. In an explorative study about Knowledge Management weblogs Pumacy Technologies AG has been analysing active KM-blogs by comparing figures from August 2008. It's not completely clear what all they are doing. This blog comes in an number 11 in the list.

This trap is easy to fall into when the focus of the discussion is on the technology, rather than on people and process. I came across Why is it so hard to get smart people to share? from Gia Lyons via a mention on the actKM mailing list. She covers some of the common downsides to attempting brain dumps from experts. Back to basics then.

Andy Abramson and I were chatting about mobile technologies over drinks when all of sudden he whips out his BlackBerry to send a text message. I hate carrying business cards. There, I said it. Seems like each time I don’t have any is the time I need to have them, so I don’t leave home with out a half-dozen or so. Simple.

Burton Group is conducting a qualitative research project to assess organizational and technology trends driving interest in social networking within the enterprise. Social Networking within the Enterprise. mix of face-to-face and telephone interviews will be the methods used for data collection. Line-of-business managers. End users.

range of industry sectors are represented within that group of 55 including: financial services, retail/speciality, pharmaceutical, home improvement, legal, consumer products, insurance, manufacturing, travel, professional services, education, government, media, telecommunications, energy, and technology. Here???s good fit??? think ???value???

Many people consider presence to be a companion technology that goes along with instant messaging, telephony/VoIP, conferencing and mobile technologies. The title of this post might seem to be self-contradictory. After all, we associate presence as a foundational capability within unified communications. old school??? Also, it???s

range of industry sectors are represented within that group of 70 including: financial services, retail/speciality/services, pharmaceutical, home improvement, legal, consumer products, insurance, manufacturing, travel, professional services, education, government, media, CPG, energy, telecommunications, and technology. good fit??? Then it???s

Jabber's technology leverages open standards to provide a highly scalable architecture that supports the aggregation of presence information across different devices, users and applications. So suddenly, I see both Avaya and Cisco as the new thought-leaders when it comes to presence (especially in regards to " social presence ").

Comment: data/object models at all levels (people, business, technology), meta data and meta models are likely key for this framework. Partial notes from opening keynote (Charles Phillips). Investing around $3B in research-related activities; 1200 patents. 25% growth over last years, stock up 18%. Theme: Complete - Open - Integrated.

Let’s take the example of a technology product: the Asus Eee PC netbook. Like many web workers, I spend a lot of time searching online, and I try to expand my set of tools for doing that well beyond Google. One of my latest finds in this area is Kosmix , a search engine that’s still in Alpha but does what it does very well.

To be sure, there are some breakouts devoted to connectivity via social tools, but overall, there seems to be more balance between technology and "softer" topics this year. KMWorld is an annual event that I always enjoy attending. If you're wondering why I would even ask that question, note that "Is KM dead?" was also asked at the conference.)

14% of those employed adults also use the internet constantly at home> pew goes on to define a category of “Wired and Ready Workers&# - the 96% of employed adults who make use of new communications technologies. Overall, the Pew survey presents a picture of a nation slowly coming to grips with a wired reality.

The technologies are really a core part of the performance ecosystem, and I am increasingly excited about the possibilities. This is worth touting.  Michelle Martin, and Harold Jarche of Work Literacy , assisted by Tony Karrer, in conjunction with the eLearning Guild , are hosting a free  Web 2.0 workshop.  The more I explore web 2.0

Mitigations (technology and human factors) will be required to achieve the full promise of SharePoint 3. Of course the issue of mismatching current and future business requirements to technology capabilities applies as much to SharePoint as it does to any other kind of collaboration or portal technology. basic document sharing).

Wi-Fi is radio technology, and radio is weird, so this can make a big difference.). If you find yourself using Wi-Fi more and more frequently, you’re not alone. As the numbers here show, business use of hotspots is growing very rapidly, and home Wi-Fi networks are key tools for many web workers. Share/Send

Seth Grimes talks about the claim that "80% of business-related information resides in unstructured form, primarily text." I remember this being an important element of discussions of information management (and into knowledge management) as I was getting into the topic. BridgePoint Experts' Corner: Unstructured Data and the 80 Percent Rule.

for Learning Professionals : eLearning Technology. Free - Web 2.0 Want to learn more about web 2.0 applications? highly recommend this multi-level course - I’ve followed the leaders’s blogs for years. High value. tags: elearning , web2.0 , web-literacy

Further, the technology environment is a moving target that demands continual improvement.  Today I had a chance to visit with Western Governors University.  Set up a more than a decade ago, it’s gradually grown to an enrollment of more than 10K students.  It also allows flexibility in schedule, and testing-out.

Any change effort, particularly when it is technology-oriented has to justify itself in terms of how it is going to benefit the organization. The ROI discussion works only if the technology adds directly to the bottom line. How will the technology remove painful aspects of the business? But what if it doesn't?

Here at Web Worker Daily, we talk a lot about how we can use web technology to work more effectively and to be more productive. think it is fantastic to see technology being used in this way and I applaud both of these groups for making this a reality. Replies to their text will also be routed back to their web account for viewing.

The European Union has provided initial funding of more than US $450 million for the new European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT

We tend to be early adopters and know more about new trends and technologies than the average Joe. I get to go to the first TechCrunch Meetup in Paris today! I’ll be wearing two hats there (hopefully neither of them a lampshade, but there will be an open bar, so we’ll see…). But aren’t we all? Should be interesting.

Bearing in mind that in this example videoconferencing is being used in a specific context for specific purposes, I think generally speaking this reflects that collaboration and communication technologies like this can have the most impact when they become routine, rather than being the exception.

Choconancy1 posted a photo: The "v" in weaving looks like an "r" but the title suggestion is "Weaving Digital Nests: stewarding technology for communities" FeedbacK

At the time (and it’s not all that different now), technology was getting more capable, and the issues increasingly became how to design systems that meet real needs.  I believed then (and now) that an understanding of how people really think and learn, and how technology can be designed, would be a valuable combination. 

Most learning technology projects these days require multiple skill sets: writing, media production, software engineering, learning design, management, etc.  Part 2 of a 4 part series: Cognitive psychology has identified certain characteristics of our brains. Functional fixedness is really just about not seeing new applications of a tool. 

The step is to consider how the problem would be addressed if there were no technological limitations, as if anything could be accomplished as if by magic. Clarke said “any truly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”, and we’re really at the stage where the barriers are our imaginations, not the technology.