I have tested it out with a document describing a learning network established in a community climate change adaptation initiative.  I I belong to a network of KM practioners working in development.  Today Today a resource was shared that I am marveling at.  It It helps us see traditional words and documents differently.  I

Last night I learned about different home heating options such as biomass, fossil fuels and geoexhange (moving heat from the ground into buildings).   It was a great evening of learning from an expert as well as my neighbours.   It was part of a monthly series of discussion nights I organize called Green Drinks. Green Drinks in my small town is about getting together over drinks, learning more about an environmental or social topic and stimulating conversation.   I try and find a resource person to kick off the discussion and provoke us to think beyond what we might know.

I will share what I learn in the New Year.  Happy For the next three weeks, I will remove the computer from my life.  This This experiment will help me relearn life as it was before email, Facebook and Google searching became my norms.  My My hope is to read books (off-line) and pay attention to all that is around me outside of my global connections facilitated through online mechanisms.  It

Networking is a medium to create relationships, learn about people and ultimately build trust.  These The one who got the job is he who spoke to the secretary in the waiting room and showed interest in learning about the company. -          Three people applied for a job teaching at a school.  What does small talk have to do with Knowledge Management? Everything according to  Canada’s national news .  

Educators (environmental or other) need to learn and understand how to use social media tools in their teaching practice as this is how young people are communicating, sourcing information and learning new ideas in today’s world. Facebook, twitter, and blogging are all tools to communicate your message and are equally important in today’s learning landscape as traditional tools such as text books, field trips and speakers. I was recently asked how social media is relevant to environmental educators.    For a quick version of why its important, click the you tube video.

In a Learning 2.0 world, where learning and performance solutions take on a wider variety of forms and where churn happens at a much more rapid pace, what new skills and knowledge are required for learning professionals? learning professional (or any learner, for that fact. What the heck IS a learning This month’s “Big Question” from Tony Karrer jolted me out of my sun-gardening-induced blogging lethargy to reply to this question: My friends and colleagues already nailed most of what I would write (see links below) , addressing the full range

After posting my 4 Meta Skills for Learning Professionals in response to Tony’s July “Big Question,” he commented: was hoping that you would provide insight into the core skills and knowledge around communities and networks that learning professionals should have? What’s the 5 minute and 60 minute learning piece that all knowledge workers should have to go through so they will be better at this? It is hard to let some Tony Karrer disappointment persist. Nancy - I was super excited when I saw that you had posted on the topic.

  It’s funny how we all associate Google with learning , rather than just s earching. But searching and learning are not one and the same. Consider After hours of related search I’m not learning much, relative to the time I put in. Why haven’t more people tried to create learning For specific information, I can see why: a single result for Oxfordian theory , for example, satisfies my needs pretty well. Not bad for a time investment of a few seconds.

Jay Cross states that 80% of learning is informal (in his book informal learning ). Personally, I buy this estimation because it links with the way I personally learn. Nevertheless, I guess other people with different learning styles may get more out of it. At a company, Sara Lee, 20 employees Well, that's a nice figure that I've seen resurface in many places and articles (I even like to quote it myself!). The 80% is backed-up by various sources.

When I was asked to facilitate a discussion on reflective learning and weblogs at the workshop on Informal learning and the use of social software in veterinary medicine I hesitated: while reflective learning is part of my practice, at the moment I’m far from the theories about it or from facilitating reflective learning in educational settings. Well, at the end it worked – we didn’t go that far into the reflective learning itself, but talked about uses of weblogs for learning of students and practitioners. [This post was in drafts for a while; posted on the actual date of the workshop, so the participants can find it.]