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The Learning Ecosystem — from Chief Learning Officer

On 12/27/2010, in career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, learning ecosystem, organizational change, professional development, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The Learning Ecosystem — from Chief Learning Officer by Mal Poulin

“Without a sustainable, user-friendly and easily implemented plan to capture and spread information between employees, technology is just hardware and software.”

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From DSC:
Mal adds some nice, new dimensions to what constitutes a learning ecosystem, such as:
  • Environments, cultures, organizations, and methods that support workplace learning and performance. It’s not about the software; it’s about what they do with it.
  • Strategies, processes, and tools to enable learning in every aspect of the business or operation. The goal is to yield front-line performance improvements that result in customers who notice and come back for more products and services.
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SampleResume.net

On 12/21/2010, in career development, workplace, by Daniel Christian

SampleResume.net is a free professional resume resource for all professionals seeking to write an effective and successful resume, develop successful cover letters, prepare for the interview, and all information you need to know from the industry-in order to get the interview and the job of your dreams.

Per Paula Olson, webmaster and content creator of http://www.sampleresume.net:

I have been running this website for the past 5 years. Compiling a resume is such a crucial aspect to finding a job. To make this process easier my site offers professionally written sample resumes and free expert resume advice for college students and job seekers. Apart from the thousands of professionally written sample resumes the site also has a good collection of Job and Resume articles.

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Six Hot Workplace Trends for 2011

On 12/17/2010, in career development, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, corporate / business world, digital audio, digital storytelling, digital video, mobile learning, mobile technologies, programming, trends, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Six Hot Workplace Trends for 2011 from cio.com by Shane O’Neill

  1. Digital Portfolios Replacing Resumes <— From DSC: This speaks to the eventual need for digital literacy for all students
  2. Mobile Is the New Desktop
  3. Online Work: Hiring in the Cloud
  4. The HTML5/Flash War: Programmers Needed
  5. Businesses Will Get Even More Social
  6. The Death of Traditional Marketing
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So this is school? …and another item from the 2011 Futurist Conference

On 12/17/2010, in Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, blended learning, career development, change, educational games / serious games, future, hybrid learning, innovation, mobile learning, mobile technologies, online learning, virtual K-12 schools, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Futurist Conference 2011 > Learning and Education
So This is School?
Brian Collins, Florida Virtual School, Orlando, Florida

As educational opportunities move from the traditional classroom to cyberspace and beyond, the very paradigm of how students are engaged is being redefined. Mobile devices? Location based technologies? Gaming? Holograms? Artificial intelligence? All of these things, and more, are converging to provide unparalled experiences for today’s learners. The most innovative schools are exploring bold steps to redefine where and how educational content is being delivered. This, combined with an understanding of where technology and society is heading, with a little imagination thrown in, will provide profound changes in the educational landscape and surely captivate students as we move into the future!

Also see:

Future SCANN: A Network to Help Students Envision and Co-Design Careers of the Future

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InsideCareerInfo.com

On 12/13/2010, in career development, professional development, workplace, by Daniel Christian

http://www.insidecareerinfo.com/

— information per William Lefavour

Inside Career Info is a searchable collection of hundreds of candid career reports written by “insiders”, successful professionals who are actually doing the job. Each of the 600 reports on the site contains:

  • A description of what actually happens in the job
  • What each professional likes and dislikes about his/her career
  • Tips and advice for getting into the career and succeeding
  • Education and previous experience relevant to the career
  • Insights and other information that may not be obvious to an outside observer

We’ve been gathering these career reports over the past year through fund-raising programs with a variety of non-profit organizations, such as parent-teacher organizations. We are continuing to add to our collection to expand the richness and breadth of our coverage.

All of the reports are available at no cost and with no registrations.

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55 important technology terms you should know if you are starting a new job

On 12/10/2010, in career development, professional development, workplace, by Daniel Christian

55 important technology terms you should know if you are starting a new job — from Diane Hamilton

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One Teacher’s Take: How Holly Mortimer Took Her Teaching Career Online

On 12/10/2010, in career development, elearning, game-changing environment, K-12 related, online learning, professional development, teachers, teaching online, by Daniel Christian

One Teacher's Take: How Holly Mortimer Took Her Teaching Career Online
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How to pick the right education and career path for the future 30 years

On 11/03/2010, in career development, change, disruption, future, higher education, student-related, trends, workplace, by Daniel Christian

How to pick the right education and career path for the future 30 years — from ILookForwardTo blog

1. Identify broad future trends.
2. Identify jobs that will be automated.
3. Identify jobs that will be outsourced.
4. If in doubt, pick a versatile degree.
5. Pick the right specialization

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http://ilookforwardto.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a970bd21970b0133f5555a60970b-pi.

From DSC:
I don’t know much about this blog; however, what resonated with me from the above posting was this quote:

This world is different from the one your parents grew up in, and the world in 30 years will be unimaginably different from that of today.


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Getting ready for a job interview

On 11/03/2010, in career development, design, graphics, student-related, web design and production, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Getting ready for a job interview — Noupe.com by Justin Johnson

As web designers and/or developers we have a certain luxury afforded to us with the location and times; where and when we work. Ours is an industry that allows us to sit at home and work at whatever times (and in whatever conditions) are convenient to us. However, in today’s economic times it can be harder to find enough contract work to support a comfortable lifestyle.

If you’re a recent college graduate or a freelancer looking to transition into work as a full-time designer/developer at a company, the following tips in today’s post will help you ace the interview and land the job. Note that a lot of the tips listed below are for larger scale companies. Whether small or large scale, most companies tend to interview in a more “standard” method — so we’ll stick to exactly those kind of guidelines.

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Web Jobs for Young Professionals

On 10/29/2010, in career development, computer science, programming, student-related, web design and production, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Web jobs for young professionals

.My thanks to Adam Henige at nicholascreative.com for this information/job board.

 

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For CS majors: Check out this interesting job description

On 10/19/2010, in 3D, career development, computer science, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, programming, student-related, trends, visualizing information, by Daniel Christian

Job Vacancy – Mobile Programmer (Closing 26 October 2010) — from HITLab New Zealand News

Research Associate – Mobile Programmer
HIT Lab NZ is looking for a Mobile Programmer (Fixed-term until April 2011)

An exciting opportunity has now opened up in the HIT Lab NZ for a Research Associate to work on improving and extending our current software platform. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with the current HIT Lab Team and receive access to different advanced technology currently developed at the HIT Lab NZ.

To be successful in this role you will need to be able to take responsibility for:

  • Enhancing the 3D graphics engine with new functionalities
  • Integrating other commercial and open source 3D graphics engines into the mobile AR framework
  • Developing specific features for the architecture/urban planning area,
  • Developing specific features for the cultural heritage/tourism area,
  • Integrating new multimedia functionalities to the platform (audio, 3D audio, video, etc).

Ideally, our successful candidate will have:

  • Strong knowledge of Computer Graphics, Visualization, Mobile architecture & programming
  • Robust software engineering and software architecture understanding
  • Strong maths (3D Algebra), problem solving and analytical skills
  • Excellent Java programming skills
  • Proficiency in Computer Graphics Programming (OpenGL)
  • Experience with Android and Mobile Programming
  • Familiarity of OpenGL ES will be a plus
  • Familiarity with 3D graphics engines
  • Ability to work in a small team environment
  • Excellent communication skills
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Be careful out there…

On 10/18/2010, in career development, higher education, K-12 related, student-related, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Be Careful Out There…. — from Powerful Learning Practice by Susan Carter Morgan

Or at least think before you click “send.”
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Digital Footprint

Our recent Virtual Academy on Digital Citizenship featured Robin Ellis, Alec Couros, and Clarence Fisher, who presented on variety of topics focused on Digital Citizenship for Classroom Teachers. You can catch the Elluminate conversation here and read more about it on Nancy Caramanico’s post, too.

The virtual sessions are offered regularly to PLP cohorts, and this one produced some great resources we want to share. Check out the one-liners Nancy shared from Robin’s session…

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Part of the perfect storm in higher ed…

On 10/14/2010, in career development, change, economics, sociology, United States, by Daniel Christian

The new poor

My thanks to Mr. Joseph Byerwalter for this item

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For CS Majors/IT employees: Hottest jobs and skills in cloud, mobile app development

On 10/13/2010, in career development, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, IT in HE, programming, trends, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Hottest jobs and skills in cloud, mobile app development — from pcworld.com by Meridith Levinson, CIO

Want to lock in some job security in IT over the next five years? Then make sure you’re poised to move into cloud computing or mobile application development. That’s where the IT jobs are expected to be, according to 2,000 IT professionals recently surveyed by IBM.

IBM’s annual global Tech Trends survey identified cloud computing and mobile application development as the hottest tech trends and most sought-after IT skills for the next five years. An overwhelming majority of survey respondents (91 percent) expect cloud computing to overtake on-premise computing as the primary IT delivery model by 2015. More than half (55 percent) of survey respondents believe that in the same amount of time, the need to develop applications for mobile devices (such as Android, iPhone, iPad and PlayBook) will far surpass the need to develop software for traditional PCs and servers. These trends will impact IT jobs and the skills needed to do them.

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4 digital alternatives to the traditional resume

On 10/12/2010, in career development, student-related, workplace, by Daniel Christian

4 digital alternatives to the traditional resume — from mashable.com by Sharlyn Lauby

1. Video Resumes
2. The VisualCV
3. The Social Resume
4. Your LinkedIn Profile

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Originally from Powerful Learning Practice by Susan Carter Morgan:
Are we preparing our students for this?

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