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When I was a kid, Mom explained to me that Elvis’ music and dance moves had once been considered scandalous.
Elvis!? Elvis impersonators officiate weddings. His music has joined that category of cultural artifact that’s now considered suitable for all ages. If he were performing on American Idol today, he would offend exactly none of the show’s faithful audience. For mainstream America, Elvis is establishment now.
Which is exactly how it should be in a culture that’s responsive to change.
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Exploring the edublogs once again …
Harold Jarche: Language learning expands without the costly infrastructure.
Janet Clarey: The edupunk way.
E-Learning Curve: A look at e-learning ecosystems and the failure of ADDIE, because knowledge delivery channels aren’t cognitively neutral.
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In a comment about Clay Shirky’s cognitive surplus concept by Heresiarch (appended to a Making Light post, via FastForwardBlog, via Harold Jarche*), we read:
… 1) Shirky’s claim isn’t that everyone will suddenly devote every leisure hour to writing a novel/inventing cold fusion–only that, all of a sudden, it will be much easier to do so. People might still only choose to use 1% more of their leisure time in a productive fashion, but that’s still 1% improvement, and small percentages add up to a lot of productivity when you’re talking millions of people.
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“This book is a mirror. When a monkey looks in, no philosopher looks out.” - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Much of the practical, on-demand learning that people absorb during their careers comes from individuals who’ve developed mentoring relationships with us. They offer advice, they have useful contacts that they share access to, they help us with our decision-making process when we have tough choices to make.
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We were recently able to talk with both Elliott Masie and Dr. Conrad Gottfredson about informal learning, multichannel publishing and performance support for the Xyleme podcast series.
Challenge and Need
Gottfredson said that it was the job of learning professionals to support learners throughout their journey, and has identified five key moments of need where they require support. He started by listing the two traditional points of need; when learning new information and when building on past learning. He then added three additional stages where learners often need on-demand information and assistance; applying and remembering what they’ve learned, troubleshooting and resolving problems, and when facing change.
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Learning and elearning luminaries on the subject of your edification …
Eliot Masie’s Learning TRENDS: Masters and Doctoral candidates are encouraged to apply for a research sabbatical or learning fellowship at the MASIE center starting this summer.
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