Presented by: Tony Karrer, Tech Empower, Inc.
NOTE:….check out Brent Schlenker’s “Cover It Live” version of this forum.
Various 2.0 tools & use by participants in this session (110+)
Social bookmarking 43% know what it is, but….
RSS Readers 38% don’t use one
Blogging – 65% Read Blogs
Wikis – 40% read wikis, 37% using a wiki
Tony shared a great example of his son looking up information on the California Gold rush. Starting with a text book and encyclopedia he found one or 2 paragraphs. Then with an internet search found a wiki entry. Then using that entry was able to find a few more terms to better search for more information. He then found a site with historical maps. Using one particular (electronic version) historical map that had text at the bottom directed specifically to miners at the time of the gold rush, he was able to discover there was a 4th route that miners used to get to California. Using this new information he went back to the wiki and entered in the new information into the wiki page. The next day someone came in and respelled a word and changed some basic formatting, but that piece of information is now still added to the wiki information page.
REMEMBER WHEN….you had to use a card catalogue and micro fiche reader to find information….lol.
Note taking…..helps thinking through the structure of what you are learning and listening to.
However, notes on paper and notes on laptops are quite different.
There are now over a trillion pages that Google is tracking and it is perhaps more important to figure out how to access it then remembering all of it.
How do we handle these challenges?
3000 new books published every day
2.7 trillion emails sent every day
175000 new blogs are created every day
New information doubles every year, 2015 it will double every week.
New information triggers an reaction that is slightly euphoric, but too many interuptions and too much information can make one feel completely overloaded and over whelmed.
We are not adapting to all this information overload very well….
(information retrieval via web – 2002)
Most people today think they are fairly adept at searching and learning.
Over time though if you don’t keep up to date you slow down and lose how quickly you can.
Over 50 years old retain better phone numbers, under 30 only 40% because they use different devices to remember.
(ie: perhaps same as spell check, spelling/txting is getting worse)
(ie: ~ = approximately, Google gave up on people using this in their searches [not everyone remembers/knows what it is] and have programmed it into the background to assist in searching)
Remember Linkedin for building your networks and for looking for resources of people that know about the topic you are interested in. Great search features.
Learning and Work are inseparable for knowledge workers.
eLearning 1.0 is very formal
– needs are common
– content is known, understood, stable content,
– hits large audience
– examples – orientation, compliance, skills
eLearning 2.0 is informal, more collaborative, based on the learner
(social media tools help shift this and assist this learning)
– unique needs
Common eLearning 2.0 Scenarios
– alongside formal learning
– blogs used to answer classroom lessons with blogs
– wikis as collaborative learning tools (group projects)
– editable reference materials (wikis)
– product info
– processes
– scenarios
– faqs
– reference guides/glossary
– experience capturing
– new-hire blogs
– lab or project notebooks
– RSS readers – steady content flow inside and outside of organization
Roles of a Learning Professional in and eLearning 2.0 World
Same New
– analyst – Tool integrator/opportunity creator,
– desinger -practice leader,
– skill builder – content creator
– analyst & coach
Check out www.jingproject.com
People driving 2.0 changes
Most eLearning Guild members are reporting to the eLearning Guild that they are are the people in their organizations that understand the benefits of the 2.0 tools and are helping to drive the adoption. (least executive management)
Barriers
27% of EG members reported they can’t get view YouTube, 8% can’t view LinkedIn, 3% can’t view wikipedia, 28% can’t view Facebook
36.6% stated that their organizations are not preparing workers on using Web 2.0 approaches
Moderating Blogs
Think about perhaps uing Blog Ambassadors, or volunteers, or self-moderate by users.