The Art of Knowledge
Religion
A friend of mine attended a Caribbean funeral yesterday. He described it to me:
1. Lots of white and blue dresses and suits
2. Fans - everyone had a fan in an old church.
3. Singing like he had never heard.
He doesn't partake in this part of the world's culture. As a matter of fact most of people in my demographic do not. They don't engage with religious customs. Maybe they go to Christmas service or Easter service. Maybe they get their kids Christened or have a first communion. And even fewer attend church every Sunday.
The church was called the Church of God Prophecy a Pentecostal denomination of the Christian faith.
I started to think of my cultural values on the back of this. And most of them are selfish and hedonistic. I enjoy altered state through alcohol, touristing, sports, money and gambling. I wouldn't call these "rock solid" foundations of a healthy life.
It gave me pause. What can I pivot to here. Family? Health? Wealth instead of money? Time?
I liked the conversation.
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I love you
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Let me buy you a drink
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Cutting Edge Technology Part 1
Since starting work in the LMS field I have found that my perspective on the industry has changed immensely. Most of the solutions that I see are a good start, and have a strong foundation in being prepared for the future of Elearning, such as; they adapt to new standards, they leave the software relatively open, and they make themselves viable to multiple infrastructure. What I don't see are revolutionary ideas that center around changing the way people learn.
Your standard learning system has 4 parts. The first part is you administrator which allows for the grouping of skills, the processing of reports, the assignment of classes etc...
Your second part is the learner which allows the user to track progress, and sign up for new skills, classes etc...
The third part is your data repository which houses the skills accumulated.
The fourth part is the content which can come from various places and be extremely propietary or flexible. You big players are SCORM and AICC.
So what cutting edge? Well let's see -
Well after my search online (a rather crude way to start but you have to dip your toe in the pool before jumping in) I have discovered that people keep chasing the medium and not the logic. They would rather make learning more viable on flash, or audio, or streaming feeds rather than changing the way people actually learn.
I have liked what I have seen with skills and then applying them to jobs but that's just a start. It's the acquisition of the skills based on a path. It's the level at which these skills are obtained. It's changing the way people learn at a fundamental level. People sitting in classrooms learning .NET is not the way to change you company. Maybe, 1 to 3 out of those 10 people will actually improve and the rest will improve as they get thrusted into the fire. So what's the missing piece? Why do some learner in the environment and some don't? Where is the link between skills acquisition and skill development?
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And Bret is Finally Coming out of the Timeout
Ok, it's been long enough. Things to accomlpish today and tomorrow on this Blog.
Task 1: Who are the major players in the following arenas?
Content
LMS
Cutting Edge Technology
Private Educational (secondary, collegiate)
International Learning
Organic Learning
Autonmous Computing
Project "Learn Bret Learn" starts today.
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Knowledge Work
I have acquired so many skills over the past month that it is becomming more evident to me everyday what knowledge management is and consequently should be. It is rather strange to be working in the learning industry and doing your job and at the same time critiquing methodologies of both your company and your industry. I feel someting great coming to apex soon. I feel my original idea really starting to grow roots.
Stay tuned...
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