http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/17/the-future-of-work/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/17/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-24867 ken long Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:23:05 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4302#comment-24867 aren't there are generational patterns in he preferred methods of technological adaptation? i see kids much more comfortable using text than my generation's use of email. the use of social network software is pretty strongly correlated with age in my college and in Army units across the board, for example. It's not absurd to think that generations might have preferences for the tools they have become accustomed to. Certainly work spaces and work processes will organize around media and methods which will be a forcing function for people to use them regardless of their preference. the article is from a futurist giving her vanilla schtick. aren’t there are generational patterns in he preferred methods of technological adaptation? i see kids much more comfortable using text than my generation’s use of email. the use of social network software is pretty strongly correlated with age in my college and in Army units across the board, for example. It’s not absurd to think that generations might have preferences for the tools they have become accustomed to. Certainly work spaces and work processes will organize around media and methods which will be a forcing function for people to use them regardless of their preference.
the article is from a futurist giving her vanilla schtick.

]]> http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/17/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-24847 Mark Bullen Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:11:34 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4302#comment-24847 More of the same superficial "generational analysis". It also pushes the worn out clichés about the "knowledge economy". On that, I urge people to read chapter 8 in Norm Friesen's "Rethinking E-learning Research" and particularly the section, "The Myth of the Knowledge Economy" More of the same superficial “generational analysis”. It also pushes the worn out clichés about the “knowledge economy”. On that, I urge people to read chapter 8 in Norm Friesen’s “Rethinking E-learning Research” and particularly the section, “The Myth of the Knowledge Economy”

]]> http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/17/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-24843 Jared Stein Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:47:09 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4302#comment-24843 I agree with @Stephen, though I would add that perhaps not for Britannica's lack of trying. The sheer volume of posts actually pushes some interesting topics to the surface, though not with the sort of frequency that keeps them in my feed reader. I agree with @Stephen, though I would add that perhaps not for Britannica’s lack of trying. The sheer volume of posts actually pushes some interesting topics to the surface, though not with the sort of frequency that keeps them in my feed reader.

]]> http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/17/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-24838 Stephen Downes Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:41:40 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4302#comment-24838 George, I think Britannica has been sloppy - very sloppy - with their posts for some time now. If we went back through them we would find a litany of very poor articles. George, I think Britannica has been sloppy – very sloppy – with their posts for some time now. If we went back through them we would find a litany of very poor articles.

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