WORK IN THE INFORMATION

AGEMegan Poore

WORK IN THE INFORMATION

AGEMegan Poore

• How employees learn

• The future of work

• Needs of the global economy

• Blogging for 10 Faces, 10 Stories: mentors and students

• How employees learn

• The future of work

• Needs of the global economy

• Blogging for 10 Faces, 10 Stories: mentors and students

COVERAGE

Masie Center (2008)

HOW EMPLOYEES LEARN IN 2008

LEARNING METHOD %Reading 70Online course 58Web search 58Classroom seminar 48On-to-one with colleague 43Media segment (podcast, video) 31On-to-one with manager 25Colleague/friend from outside 20

• Employee-to-employee experiences (classrooms, seminars, training with managers)

• Self-directed learning

• Employee-to-employee experiences (classrooms, seminars, training with managers)

• Self-directed learning

Masie Center (2008)

HOW EMPLOYEES LEARN

• Changes in society and the nature of work

• Impact of technology

• Changes in society and the nature of work

• Impact of technology

QCA (n.d.)

FORCES FOR CHANGE

• Need for greater personalisation and innovation

• Increasing international dimension to life and work

• Need for greater personalisation and innovation

• Increasing international dimension to life and work

QCA (n.d.)

FORCES FOR CHANGE

Pabon (2007)

THE FUTUREOF WORK

• Networks: partnerships, alliances, virtual connections

• Co-creation: consumers become research and development assistants

• Globalisation: crossing geographical and cultural boundaries

• Networks: partnerships, alliances, virtual connections

• Co-creation: consumers become research and development assistants

• Globalisation: crossing geographical and cultural boundaries

Pabon (2007)

THE FUTUREOF WORK

• Open innovation: Collaborative tools driving the innovation agenda

• Ubiquitous computing: gets embedded into everything we manufacture and use

• Open innovation: Collaborative tools driving the innovation agenda

• Ubiquitous computing: gets embedded into everything we manufacture and use

Rand (2004)

THE FUTUREOF WORK

• Increased demand for highly skilled workforce -- higher productivity growth

• More rapid transfer of knowledge and technologies

• Mobile populations

• Decentralised, specialised firms

• Increased demand for highly skilled workforce -- higher productivity growth

• More rapid transfer of knowledge and technologies

• Mobile populations

• Decentralised, specialised firms

Rand (2004)

THE FUTUREOF WORK

• More individualised employer-employee relationships

• Emphasis on life-long learning and re-training

• Need to respond to rapid technological changes and shifting product demand

• More individualised employer-employee relationships

• Emphasis on life-long learning and re-training

• Need to respond to rapid technological changes and shifting product demand

Rand (2004)

THE FUTUREOF WORK

• Knowledge-based work: non-routine, cognitive skills such as reasoning, problem-solving, communication, collaboration.

• Knowledge-based work: non-routine, cognitive skills such as reasoning, problem-solving, communication, collaboration.

• Collaborators: can facilitate global supply chains

• Synthesisers: create new products and services from disparate technologies

• Explainers: explain complexity in simple terms

NEEDS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Friedman (2007 [2005])

• Leveragers: get the best out of people and computers

• Adapters: to a wide variety of situations

• Personalisers: of digital services to human contexts

• Localisers: bringing global capacities to local markets

NEEDS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Friedman (2007 [2005])

• Basic (reading, writing, numeric)• Scientific• Economic• Visual• Technological• Multicultural• Global awareness

LITERACIES REQUIRED

Pletka (2007: 47)

• Create new concepts from old information

• Add value to vanilla services• Can contextualise digital

technologies into local markets

• Connect companies, markets and services

SUCCEEDING IN THE DIGITAL FUTURE

Pletka (2007)

1. Accessing info (identification, retrieval)

2. Managing info (organising, storing)

3. Evaluating info (integrity, relevance, usefulness)

MCEETYA (2007)

ICT LITERACY: KEY PROCESSES

4. New understandings (creating knowledge, authoring)

5. Communicating with others (sharing; creating products)

6. Using ICT appropriately (critical, reflective, strategy, ethics and legals)

MCEETYA (2007)

ICT LITERACY: KEY PROCESSES

• Fostering opportunities for informal learning

• Putting students in touch with relevant community members

• Making learning available anywhere, anytime

• Fostering opportunities for informal learning

• Putting students in touch with relevant community members

• Making learning available anywhere, anytime

Masie Center (2008)

FOR MENTORS THIS MEANS ...

• Helping students to find sources and learning materials in multiple formats

• Providing timely, relevant feedback on blog posts

• Online reinforcement -- personal and professional

• Helping students to find sources and learning materials in multiple formats

• Providing timely, relevant feedback on blog posts

• Online reinforcement -- personal and professional

Masie Center (2008)

FOR MENTORS THIS MEANS ...

• Blogging regularly

• Hunting down resources and blogging them

• Blogging stuff that helps focus your story

• Blogging regularly

• Hunting down resources and blogging them

• Blogging stuff that helps focus your story

Masie Center (2008)

FOR STUDENTS THIS MEANS ...

• Supporting your peers -- comment on each others’ blog posts, share experiences, help each other solve problems

• Supporting your peers -- comment on each others’ blog posts, share experiences, help each other solve problems

Masie Center (2008)

FOR STUDENTS THIS MEANS ...

• Problem-solving and critical thinking: analysis, synthesis, interpretation, validation, creativity, assessment

• Being able to create new understanding and meanings

• Problem-solving and critical thinking: analysis, synthesis, interpretation, validation, creativity, assessment

• Being able to create new understanding and meanings

Masie Center (2008)

FOR STUDENTS THIS MEANS ...

• Building your ICT literacy

• Learning together

• Communicating and collaborating

• Building your ICT literacy

• Learning together

• Communicating and collaborating

Masie Center (2008)

FOR EVERYONE THIS MEANS ...

• A blog is a website

• Bloggers make ‘posts’ on a topic

• Readers make ‘comments’

• Newest material at the top

• Posts are ‘tagged’ & categorised

• A great communication tool

• A blog is a website

• Bloggers make ‘posts’ on a topic

• Readers make ‘comments’

• Newest material at the top

• Posts are ‘tagged’ & categorised

• A great communication tool

BLOGGING WILL HELP YOU GET THERE

• Record your ‘learning journey’

• Reflect on your experiences

• Demonstrate changes in your thinking

• Share resources and ideas

• Ask for advice

• Use it as an e-portfolio for the future (yay)

• Record your ‘learning journey’

• Reflect on your experiences

• Demonstrate changes in your thinking

• Share resources and ideas

• Ask for advice

• Use it as an e-portfolio for the future (yay)

BLOGGING FOR STUDENTS

• Keep track of student progress

• Make regular comments

• Suggest links, resources

• Provide advice and feedback

• Keep track of student progress

• Make regular comments

• Suggest links, resources

• Provide advice and feedback

BLOGGING FORMENTORS

• I don’t understand it all• I have to know it all

YOUR FEARS

• I don’t need to understand it all

• I don’t have to know it all• I will learn it when I have to

YOUR NEW MINDSET

• You can show me howBUT• I need to know why

YOUR NEW MINDSET

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REFERENCES

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Masie Center. 2008. The Voice of the Learner. How employees learn in 2008. http://www.masieweb.com/voicesurvey. Accessed 25 July 2008.

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REFERENCES

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REFERENCES

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