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Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis

Tony Karrer

This gives rise to the Attention Economy where the scarce resource is not distribution channels or information, the scarce resource is attention. And even if we are successful in getting someone's attention, we often get Shorter Attention Spans and only getting partial attention - Stop Reading - Skim Dive Skim.

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When should you use Informal Learning?

Upside Learning

It seems to me it would have distracted from rather than focused attention on the conversation.). Thirdly, we’re now realizing more than ever that an active quest for knowledge motivates learners more than passive reception of information. The need to fill the gaps in our existing knowledge is an inherent human trait.

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2008 2009

Tony Karrer

Top 2008 Posts based on Read Counts: 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 Test SCORM Courses with an LMS Request for Proposal (RFP) Samples Training Method Trends Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis SCORM Test Web 2.0

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Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge for Learning Professionals

Tony Karrer

From Wikipedia's description of Knowledge Economy , quoting Peter Drucker (1966): A manual worker works with his hands and produces "stuff". A knowledge worker works with his head and produces ideas, knowledge, and information. What's the most important skill of a knowledge worker? I would claim.

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Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008

Tony Karrer

Prediction #1 => eLearning 2.0 - Increasing Pressure It's safe to predict that you'll be hearing more and more about eLearning 2.0 There will be increasing pressure on each of us to understand eLearning 2.0 There will be increasing pressure on each of us to understand eLearning 2.0 during 2008.

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Web 3.0 - eLearning 3.0?

Tony Karrer

and eLearning 3.0 when we don't really understand much less have digested eLearning 2.0, has been getting lots of attention for a while now. First let me apologize for talking about Web 3.0 but there's so much buzz, I can't help myself. Will Thalheimer posted about Web 3.0 In particular he cites a recent NY Times article.

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Skimming and Learning Design

Tony Karrer

When we talk about the Long Tail Learning and Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis , the focus is on how to help learners when you cannot possibly get in front of all the information. Part of this is helping them to learn skills and adopt practices to make them more effective in self-serving their knowledge work and learning.

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