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Connecting 2 the World: Lessons Learned in Working with International Virtual Groups

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Lessons Learned in Working with International Virtual Groups. Christine Martels blog last week journaled about her participation in a course on culture, technology, and communication. Each day, as she worked in cross-cultural groups, she gave her insights into working with an international group in a virtual environment.

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Connecting 2 the World: Some thoughts on Work Literacy

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Just like family background can have a positive or negative affect on literacy, the support, training, and even understanding of workers at the organizational level can have an effect on work literacy. This might mean eventually benchmarking on an organizational level in order to identify training needs. Corporate Policies on Web 2.0.

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Connecting 2 the World: New skills for the workplace

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In answering the questions they posed to begin this group, I began to think of the skills that new workers will need for the next decade. Organizations need to move away from the specialist and instead focus on the trainable (who can become a specialist with minimal training). Corporate Policies on Web 2.0. ► May.

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Connecting 2 the World: A new framework: Part II

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Using the diagram I created, I thought how these categories might be used to assess training and technology needs and how different groups might use different tool sets. As a result, they would be less likely to see a need in becoming a part of a new community, relying on old ties and structures. Corporate Policies on Web 2.0.

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Connecting 2 the World: Literacy Gap

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Labels: group communication , new communication technology skills , organizational structure , WorkLiteracy. Corporate Policies on Web 2.0. Depth of learning, communication, and "connecting" Bad Course on Instructional Design : eLearning Tec. and community building. at 6:34 AM.

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Connecting 2 the World: Lessons learned from New Communication Technologies in Organziational Life

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First, the mode of communication and the way in which messages are crafted (rhetoric) need to be analyzed. By mode of communication, I mean written vs. visual vs. oral, one-way vs. two way communication, one-on-one vs. one to group, group to group, or group to one.

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Connecting 2 the World: Formulating the new work literacy framework

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Tony and Michelles comment on my blog about "simplifying" a framework to make it accessible reminded me of the comments members of a group of researchers I belong to are always saying about my models/frameworks: They are very complex. Corporate Policies on Web 2.0. and community building. ► May. (10).

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