Learning Ecosystems

by Daniel S. Christian, M.S.Ed.

Are you ready for the second wave of social media? [Stanchak]

On 06/29/2011, in communities of practice, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, future, social learning / networks, social media, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Are you ready for the second wave of social media? — from smartblogs.com by Jesse Stanchak

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

When people ask what the next big thing in social media will be, they’re usually looking for an ascendant platform that will supplant Facebook the way Facebook supplanted MySpace or they’re expecting a feature set, such as geo-location or group messaging. But what if it’s not a network or a tool? What if it’s an application?

“Internal social media is the second wave … the future of work is in communities,” said Cisco’s Andrew Warden at this week’s Corporate Social Media Summit.

Warden gave the crowd four reasons to start looking at internal social tools…

From DSC:
My thanks to Tracy Gravesande for posting this item over at the “The Social Learning Community Network” (a Yammer-based community of practice)

Also of potential interest here is:

Thoughts From The Enterprise 2.0 Conference — from Yammer

Addendum on 7/5/11:

Report: Social Media Brings New Engagement to TV

Tagged with: communities of practice • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • future • social learning • social media • training • workplace

The Futurist interviews librarian futurist David Lankes

On 06/28/2011, in communities of practice, future, learning spaces, library / librarians, trends, by Daniel Christian

The Futurist interviews librarian futurist David Lankes — from The World Future Society (July 2011 Update)

Libraries Move Beyond Books
As more information moves online, traditional libraries are losing relevance, but librarians are becoming more important than ever. This is according to R. David Lankes, author of The Atlas of New Librarianship (MIT Press, 2011). Himself a librarian—he is the director of Syracuse University’s Library and Information Science Program and an associate professor in Syracuse’s School of Information Studies—Lankes sees librarians’ roles evolving into that of “facilitators of conversation” who interact with their communities to support each one’s informational and learning needs. Rick Docksai, staff editor for THE FUTURIST, spoke with Lankes about his book and his views on libraries’ future.

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I predict that the future is going to be fewer libraries and more librarians. The facility is transitioning from places where librarians do their work and to places where communities meet and gather. The physical space is simply where the librarians sit. The electronic medium is where they can research and read.

Addendum later on 6/28/11:

The digital era needs human guides: Why your school should keep, not cut, the Librarian — from Spotlight on Digital Media & Learning