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JULY 24, 2008

Each week we will place a new post accessible through the tab on the top of the page labelled ‘ further instructions ‘ , which will give a little run down of the week’s activity. To begin the program, click on the underlined links below the activity heading to take you to the activities page. Explore MySpace.

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OCTOBER 4, 2008

When people are actively engaging with and reflecting on their professional experiences, which blogging encourages us to do, thats where ongoing learning really takes place. for Learning Professionals Ning where were on day three of the course, one of the more active forum discussions has been on getting value out of LinkedIn.

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JULY 24, 2008

And as individuals, we may want to change our own styles of work -- how we mentor subordinates, for example, or how we react to criticism. The most notorious recent example is Michael Eisner. Recently Active Groups ? Yet more often than not, we cant. SLIDESHOW Top 10 Family Entertainment Attractions. SLIDESHOW Toys of Summer.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Pre-Congress Activities. The questions are, first, how predictable, or structured, are the outcomes of the work activity; and, second, how structured, or well-defined are the activities or processes that produce those outcomes? For example, a majority of technical support jobs involve a high degree of problem-solving.

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JULY 24, 2008

Take legal information as an example — I may have access to all of the same legal resources as a lawyer, but I don’t have the training necessary to know where to start looking. It can either be pushed to you (RSS and email for example), or you can set out looking for it yourself (on Google, for example).

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JUNE 27, 2008

Activity theory. beyond simply the formal, paid work context, citing parenting, caring for the elderly, and voluntary work activities as examples. Alan concluded by arguing that elearning can and should provide a bridge between these two worlds and gave some examples of how the Open University is addressing this.

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

See, for example, the Aitkens wedding blog. See, for example, the H5N1 blog or SCOTUS blog. Blogs of this sort have an audience potentially as big as the numbers actively engaged in the conversation. cybersoc.com. what is this? search cybersoc. Categories. academic studies. blogging techniques. citizen journalism. journalism.

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JUNE 27, 2008

How does someone learn not to need praise for example and just how important an attribute is it? As the others carried on a conversation - I just scribbled down the key attributes - here they are - pretty much in the order they arose and unedited. Will be interesting now to analyze them and pull them into some sort of structure and order.

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JUNE 27, 2008

How to blog from Gmail (Gmail + Wordpress/TypePad/Blogger + IMified). Using Gmail as a Massive Database. I revel in information. Cant get enough of it. I like that I get a lot of email. I scan 275 RSS feeds in Google Reader and I use dozens of bookmarklets and shortcuts to help me manage it all. Enter Gmail and the Google Toolbar.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Wednesday activity is inspired by Ines and TJ. So heres this weeks activity: Use a Web 2.0 UPDATE -- Check out comments for some GREAT examples of this weeks challenge. People also tend to de-value the activity itself when you use rewards, because if it has to be rewarded, then it must clearly not be of value on its own.

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JULY 21, 2008

But as I started to think about the processes of KM, I realized that we have been looking at it all wrong, from above , from a systems perspective, instead of from ground level, from an activity. They just dont describe in a meaningful way what people do -- their knowledge activities. to a couple of words?

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JUNE 27, 2008

For example, if you e-mail a co-worker and ask for a report and she sends it to you, it may or may not be appropriate to send her a follow-up e-mail to thank her (depending on the circumstances). For example, one human resources manager for a large company was asked to send a spreadsheet to the CEO showing everyoneâ??s ll do it,â??

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JUNE 27, 2008

There is some stuff coming out around "Personal Learning Environments" for example, take a look at: ePortfolio Model and the Concept Diagram for Personal Learning Landscape. For example, if you look at the diagram from the post I cited above: Jeremy has a good model of the likely elements along the bottom. where the "."

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JULY 7, 2008

For example, if you go create an external facing idea portal but don’t do the hard work to drive process change internally with the functions that own the changes your users want - your idea engine could do you more harm than good. Had someone shown up and said “join the convo,&# I would have thrown them out. Go join that!

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JUNE 27, 2008

Examples include style guidelines, writing instruction, editing tutorials and grammar guidelines. The site is a great place to find citation examples and double-check your work. Counselors Corner > May 2008 > 50 of the Most Dependable Web Resources for University Students 50 of the Most Dependable Web Resources for University Students.

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JUNE 27, 2008

s needs, knowledge, and the sorts of practices they face on a daily basis is critical in an effective knowledge transfer and exchange activity.". But youve really hit the nail on the head here with the real-world examples. "Tailoring the knowledge transfer and exchange strategy to the audienceâ??s Rebecca Muller. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM.

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JULY 11, 2008

People will accidentally delete entire pages of content, for example, and panic about what to do about it. Involvement in any activity like this one will involve the acceptance of a significant loss of control and messiness in the way things develop. Contact Me. Subscribe to feed. July 8, 2008 in wikis | 9 comments. 9 comments.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Its awesome to have a lot of friends, and even more so being active in the hottest blog communities. Starting tonight, MyBlogLog is feeding in MyBlogLog activity (adding contacts, joining communities, tagging) as well as your most recent blog posts into Messenger as well. Its ok, you can tell us to turn it down a notch.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Maybe some pragmatic examples? And, since its unstructured activity (albeit directed), its hard for people and organizations that think in terms of linear, structured activity to fully comprehend what knowledge workers do -- even though these same IT people may be knowledge workers themselves! Now consider the "2.0" April 2008.

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JUNE 27, 2008

David Warlick, for example, has some ideas here. We know, for example, that people need to have what weve always called "basic literacy," (reading, writing, math skills) and its understood that for people to be successful at work they need some minimal level of skills in these areas. The daring people will follow.

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JULY 22, 2008

It occurred to me that since social activity is like a dance, there should be a mirror set of attributes for effective response-ability (responsibility). Activism: What Else You Can Do Personally. wonderful examples of writing of a particular genre, that they can learn from. Diagnosis: Why Civilization is Unsustainable.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Twitter’s a good example of this. They’re not mutually exclusive in activities but rather in outlook and approach. It’s ironic to me that web design jobs, for example, are mostly paid by the hour. has been an interesting journey and a real world example of burstiness. Not at all. Tom Mandelâ??s

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JULY 24, 2008

Common questions to Help Desk => FAQ on how to accomplish standard activities that newcomers may need to know, especially if they come to us from a different Computer Operating System environment which probably did things other than what we are accustomed to. Here is how to conduct such a test. 2:55:05 PM. Sebs Open Research ] QUOTE.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Such a process would be anathema to a stopwatch-packing Taylorist, but its often how knowledge workers - particularly those involved in knowledge creation activities - work. This factor is behind, for example, the famous 3M approach of giving researchers 15% of their time to work on something they think is important to the company.

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JUNE 27, 2008

For example, social studies teacher and media coach Marco Torres laments the fact that his students, who create outstanding multimedia projects that demonstrate both knowledge and creativity, are forced to attend four-hour Saturday "drill-and-kill" sessions if they fail to pass a weekly test. Buyers Guide Listings. T&L Events. Tech Forum.

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JUNE 27, 2008

For example, I subscribe to high volume streams like Twitter timelines, AP news syndicates, various digg feeds and more. For example, I subscribe to high volume streams like Twitter timelines, AP news syndicates, various digg feeds and more. For example, lets say your job is to compile a report to your boss at the end of the week.

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JUNE 27, 2008

The following is a simplified example. Blog-communities provide the perfect context for this activity. The algorithm (called SocialRank) monitors the activity and social interactions taking place real-time within numerous blog communities and serves you the top 15 blog posts receiving most attention. --> Passion-Based Learning.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Participants Web-use activities were then monitored continuously for two work weeks. Information foraging refers to activities associated with assessing, seeking, and handling information sources, particularly in networked environments. For example, a wolf hunts for prey, but a spider builds a web and waits for the prey to come to it.

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JUNE 27, 2008

For example, in Wikipedia, “knowledge&# is constructed by negotiating compromises among various points of view. reflects a shift in leading-edge applications on the World Wide Web, a shift from the presentation of material by website providers to the active co-construction of resources by communities of contributors. tools (e.g.,

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JUNE 27, 2008

For example, the priorities for a PLE are different for a tertiary student, a university administrator, an instructor, a working professional, or an adult who persues an eclectic path of lifelong learning. Examples include YouOS , 30Boxes and NetVibes. A simple example is the integration of weblog with an embedded online calendar.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Were active participants on the Web, looking for information and diversion. It seems to me that ads and related nonsense (as, for example, the now near-universal tendency to break articles up so that more ads get loaded) may in fact be the reason why print is more relaxing than online reading. Michael Agger posted Jan.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Some have suggested that the principles of PLEs can be presented in a software tool (see Plex , for example), while others suggest it to be more of a concept than a particular tool. As this examples of organizing PLEs indicates, each learner will create a different collage of tools reflecting their personal preferences and learning needs.

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JUNE 27, 2008

You may remember that Pluto got kicked out of the planet club a couple of years ago, so all of a sudden there was all of this activity on Wikipedia. Just to pick one example, one Im in love with, but its tiny. I started telling her about the Wikipedia article on Pluto. Thats the phase were in now. Remember personal info?

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JUNE 27, 2008

It requires a recognition from management that the four sets of activities bulleted above will , if properly implemented, yield huge improvements in the quality and effectiveness of the organizations peoples work -- repaying the investment many times over. wonderful examples of writing of a particular genre, that they can learn from.

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JUNE 27, 2008

There should be a trigger for the habit … stress can trigger smoking, for example. It seems to me that this activity is as necessary as posting on your own blog to create online connections and ensure that your content is relevant. Once the trigger happens, if the habit is ingrained, it will happen automatically.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Blastfeeds keyword filters can also be used to remix and republish blog feeds filtered for specific content -- for example, a fan site for a specific band could create a news feed from multiple general music sites that publishes only stories about that specific band. RWW Daily by Email. RWW Weekly Wrap-up. 6 Ways to Filter Your RSS Feeds.

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JUNE 27, 2008

PLE and Community Learning Examples. The CETIS Personal Learning Environment Blog is still somewhat active. Social Software and Personal Learning Environments. Presented in various slightly modified forms to education audiences in Canada, Israel, Norway and the UK in spring 2007. Will Richardson. Christopher D. David Delgado.

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