perpetual beta

Life in perpetual Beta

Some of the things I’ve learned over the past decade ...

Centrefor

LearningTechnologies

This was our focus when I worked at the CLT 1998-2001

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What I found at the Intersection:

Technology Work

Learning

Networks

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•Conversation Matters

•“Markets are conversations” ~ cluetrain.com

•Learning is Social

•The Internet enables more conversations

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Networked Learning: Connectivism

• Integration of Principles:

• Chaos, Network & Complexity theories.

• Learning & Knowledge rests in diversity of opinions.

• Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources.

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Hacking Skills are also

Learning Skills

Hacker: One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or

circumventing limitations. ~ mithral.comjarche.com

“Work is learning,learning work” -

that is all Ye know on earth,and all ye need to know

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Network Effect:when a good or service has more value the more that other people have it too

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Beware the purveyors of the latest shiny object

Hunter-gatherer

MassSocieties

democracy

* Gwynne Dyer: Why the Arabs Can Handle Democracy, 6 March 2011 - DailyNewsTranscript.com

egalitarian tyranny

NetworkedSocieties

“Tyranny was the solution to what was essentially

a communications problem.”*

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Innovation is not so much about

having ideas as it is about

connecting & nurturing ideas

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improv acting skills are good

work & life skillsbe a passionate follower;

be a better listener;make instinctive decisions

& deal with the consequences;trust others;

make others look good.

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Be a Natural Enterprise Find the sweet spot: Identify your gift, passion & purpose

Find the right partners

Research unmet needs

Imagine and innovate solutions

Continuously improvise

Act responsibly on principle

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