Association for the
Advancement of Computing in Education
Celebrating 25+ Years of
Service to the IT in Education / E-Learning Community
Celebrating 25+ Years of
Service to the IT in Education / E-Learning Community
Over the past 20 years, knowledge work has been transformed by the explosion of information sources and information flow. This has caused fairly radical changes in core work tools and methods. But the bigger and more profound change is the radically increased accessibility of experts and expertise across organizations and around the world. These changes in knowledge work coupled with fragmentation of jobs, constant change are causing interesting changes to workplace learning.
In this talk, Dr. Tony Karrer will describe these profound changes and how learning solutions are evolving in the workplace because of these changes. He will give you a look over the shoulder of a modern knowledge worker using web 2.0 tools such as blogging, social networking, RSS, microblogging, social bookmarking and others as part of their work. Dr. Karrer will give a glimpse of the opportunities for learning professionals and organizations to integrate these skills, tools and processes as part of their learning solutions.
Dr. Tony Karrer is an expert on innovative uses of technology that improves human performance. He is a sought after presenter on Web 2.0's impact on knowledge work and workplace learning. He is author of the award-winning eLearning Technology blog and founder of Work Literacy.
Dr. Karrer's experience is diverse including initial CTO of eHarmony, associate professor of Computer Science, and consultant to Credit Suisse, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Symbol Technologies and many others. He was valedictorian and attended USC as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the U.S. where he received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science.
