Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Harold
Updated 31 May
This thread starts with a presentation by Clark Quinn, which includes an examination of what he calls ePerformance tools. I think Clark’s work adds some clarification to the field and I agree with the intent to move away from the all-encompassing “learning” word, which is overused and misused.
Tony Karrer picks up on the [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Harold
Over the past five years I’ve had the opportunity to work with, or at least try to find work, with other independent business people. In most cases we’ve worked without any contract, non-disclosure agreement or other formality. We’ve just trusted each other and it’s worked out. I’d like to thank my fellow free agents for [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Harold
Time is used to measure a lot of things in my professional world. Many people bill by the hour or the day. I have a daily consulting rate but I prefer a fixed fee linked to deliverables. In the e-learning field there is always talk about an “hour of courseware”, though no one has [...]
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Posted on May 26th, 2008 by Harold
Jon Husband dragged up an older post about blogging, that concludes:
Finally, an ecosystem of knowledge can develop that consists of the aggregated sets of links and content the participants in a blogalogue create. And this “body of knowledge” and understanding remains online, available to anyone who cares to become involved.
Advocates of blogging know how valuable [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Harold
One of my favourite blogs is Nine Shift and the book of the same title is still worth reading, even after being in publication since 2003. Bill & Julie have recently been asking several questions that warrant comments, so I’m linking to them here:
What you are doing in response to expensive gas.
If you have a [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Harold
Jay Cross is conducting a survey on informal learning, so take a little bit of time and give him your input. Here are the basics:
Three minutes to complete
Anonymous
Survey closes in two weeks
Participants will receive results
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Harold
Here are the follow up notes from the session in Halifax this afternoon on Open Source and Web 2.0.
The Open Source Initiative
Social Bookmarks, that are searchable and shareable, on the topics of Open Source and Web 2.0
Videos:
Web 2.0
Open Source by Greg Papadopoulos
Yochai Benkler (author of The Wealth of Networks) at TED 2005
Cathedral & Bazaar story
Tools [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Harold
This is in partial answer to Karyn’s question. My first foray into using the Web for more than just gathering information was in asking questions to those who were publishing. Kieren Egan, author of The Educated Mind, posted e-mail comments on his web site, and my post from 1997 is the earliest I can find [...]
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Harold
I would have loved to attend the Going Solo conference in Switzerland last week, but alas I had neither the time nor the budget to fly across the Atlantic. I’m starting to see more interest in the option of freelancing and I think that some of this has to do with demographics (aging boomers looking [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Harold
A theme on this blog is that of a Commons, or third-space that connects people in their work and living. The Queen Street Commons on PEI was one of the first in Atlantic Canada and a slightly different model is offered by Queen Street Studios in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia:
Fondly known as QSS, its genesis emerged [...]
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