Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Adler's recent article - Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 talks about the implications of the Long Tail on Education. The article is definitely worth a read, and it got me to finally write about what I see as a crisis in corporate learning. A whole range of challenges result.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Flexibility and extensibility Web browser platform Aggregation/Mashups Ease of use Several thoughts jumped out at me: The concept of a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) exists, but actual PLEs only exist as theoretical combinations of skills, methods and tools. But, too much structure is not going to work. But that's the exception.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

JUNE 4, 2007

Another web idea dismantled by Keen is the concept of the "long tail" - the slow but gradual accumulation of sales by niche products such as books that could never have commanded shelf space in shops but can wait for buyers to find them on Amazon. Personal Work and Learning Environments (PWLE) - eLearning Technology.

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