Professional Knowledge

Some interesting predictions here including this one;

“Professional knowledge will become obsolete almost as quickly as it’s acquired. An individual’s professional knowledge is becoming outdated at a much faster rate than ever before.

Most professions will require continuous instruction and retraining. Rapid changes in the job market and work-related technologies will necessitate job education for almost every worker. At any given moment, a substantial portion of the labor force will be in job retraining programs. -Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies, “Trends Shaping Tomorrow’s World, Part Two,” May-June 2008, p 41″

Blogs in plain English

I love the simplicity of this…..

Knowledge Networker

The knowledge networker is described here by Mohamed Amine Chatti ;

“I believe that the new knowledge age is demanding new crucial skills based on knowledge networking rather than knowledge creation abilities. Since knowledge is distributed and ubiquitous in nature, everyone has to be a good knowledge networker. A Knowledge networker is one who has the ability to;

• identify connections, recognize patterns, and make sense between different knowledge sources.
• locate the person or the community/communities with the required know-how that can help achieving better results.
• navigate and learn across different communities.
• Connect and collaborate in different knowledge networks.”

I connected this with a previous post concerning new skills needed to help us cope with the abundance of information available to us;

 Recognising patterns & trends

Filtering of knowledge and extracting the important elements

Determining the value of knowledge and ensuring it’s authentic

Achieving our purpose or goal by navigating between people, technologies, repositories and ideas.

Critical & creative thinking

Building networks in order to stay current and informed

Focusing on important tasks while undergoing a deluge of information

Acceptance of uncertainty

I wonder how different these skills will need to be in 12 months time?

Wiki Search

Here’s another great one from Joan Thanks again.

A new way to search the Wiki.

Mind maps & Wiki

What a fantastic tool this is! Wikimindmap

It links mind maps and the wiki together.

Thanks Joan

Shift Happens

Did You Know; Shift Happens – Globalization; Information Age

Really worth looking at this if you’ve not seen it. I experienced a combination of emotions whilst watching it.

Wikipedia

According to the first chapter of Wikinomics http://www.wikinomics.com/ Wikipedia with 5 full time employees is 10 times the size of Encyclopedia Britannica and roughly the same in accuracy!

Google Personalised Homepage

Google seem to be having some difficulties with their personalised home page at the moment.

http://blog.outer-court.com/forum/94001.html

I hadn’t realised how much I depended on this page until it disappeared! I’m sure they have a back up and will restore it soon.

E-Learning in the 21st Century

Here’s an extract from a thought provoking post by Janet http://brandon-hall.com/weblogs/janetclarey.htm

“In E-Learning in the 21st century authors Garrison and Anderson, recognized pioneers in distance learning said:

The future is for those who are ready to assume control and responsibility for their learning; those who have acquired the critical thinking and learning abilities needed to cope with the ‘too much information’ age. Those who have learned to manage learning and create; those who are will to act upon their learning and who are ready to shape change and not be the victims of it.”

Journey, Exploration or Trail?

This looks really interesting. http://trailfire.com/

“Trailfire enables you to discover the web through the expertise of others. Follow a trail and find what you need. Or share your own expertise by making a trail of web pages.”

It will be good to follow the learning of others through the creative journey that they have made. I wonder if we will be able to make the same connections?