The Internet Time Alliance and Jay Cross are magical. I can’t go wrong in following Jay and the troupe at the ITA. Here is Jay’s top articles for 2012. This will make for a great review and a kick start for my 2013 year.
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Working smarter embraces the spirit of agile software, action learning, social networks, and parallel developments in many disciplines. Every day, Working Smarter Daily uses social signals to select the top articles from blogs in these fields. Here’s how. And here are the top articles from this year:

• HAROLD JARCHE |  TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012

  In networks, cooperation trumps collaboration

  In networks, cooperation trumps collaboration. Collaboration happens around some kind of plan or structure, while cooperation presumes the freedom of individuals to join and participate. Cooperation is a driver of creativity. Stephen Downes  commented here on the differences: collaboration means ‘working together’. cooperation means ’sharing’. MORE >>
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• STEPHEN DOWNES: HALF AN HOUR |  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

  E-Learning Generations

  ( version française ) In recent years I have been working on two major concepts:first, the connectivist theory of online learning, which views learning as anetwork process; and second, the massive open online course, or MOOC, which isan instantiation of that process. These generations span more than a 20-year period. But it didn’t take hold. Web 2.0 MORE >>
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• DAVID WEINBERGER |  FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2012

  [2b2k] MOOCs as networks

  Siva Vaidhyanathan [twitter: sivavaid ] has a really well-done (as usual) article that reminds us that for all the excitement about Massive Open Online Courses — which he shares — we still have to figure out how to do them right. There are lots of ways to go wrong. Feel free to stop here.). Hundreds of thousands. MORE >>
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• IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER |  FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012

  Design Principles for Complex, Unpredictable, People Oriented Systems

  An IBM Global CEO Study conducted in 2010 concluded that complexity was the primary challenge emerging out of its conversations with 1,500 CEOs and senior government officials.  CEOs told us they operate in a world that is substantially more volatile, uncertain and complex.  CEOs now realize that creativity trumps other leadership characteristics.  MORE >>
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• DONALD CLARK PLAN B |  TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012

  Roger Schank: Only two things wrong with education: 1) What we teach; 2) How we teach

  I first saw Roger Schank talk in Denver, Colorado, over 25 years ago and have barely disagreed with a word he’s said since. Schank is a critic of the current educational system, pointing to 19 th century curriculum, teaching by telling, lectures, memorisation and standardised tests, as structures and techniques that distort learning. 1975). 1982a). MORE >>
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• The Labor Day Manifesto Of the Passionate Creative Worker JOHN HAGEL |  MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
• Tim Ferriss On How To Start Your Million Dollar Side Business MARCIA CONNER (FC) |  FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012
• Behavior Change as Value Proposition ADAPTIVE PATH |  THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
• What is the theory that underpins our moocs? GEORGE SIEMENS |  SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2012
• Emerging new roles for learning and performance professionals JANE HART |  SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2012
• Edging toward the fully licensed world DOC SEARLS |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012
• Three Principles for Net Work HAROLD JARCHE |  SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2012
• The Great Decoupling of the US Economy ANDY MCAFEE |  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012
• [2b2k][everythingismisc]“Big data for books”: Harvard puts metadata for 12M library items into the public domain DAVID WEINBERGER |  TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012
• Piecing together collaboration and cooperation CLARK QUINN |  TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012
• The edX, Udacity and Coursera Showdown DAN PONTEFRACT |  SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012
• Lectures selling students short: evidence from ‘Science’ DONALD CLARK PLAN B |  SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012
• Flipping Corporate Learning JAY CROSS |  TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012
• Which countries have the most Twitter users per capita? ROSS DAWSON |  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
• The future of higher education and other imponderables GEORGE SIEMENS |  SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
• From Learning Management to Personal Knowledge Management JANE HART |  SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2012
• Journalism is outlining DOC SEARLS |  FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012
• Making collaborative work work HAROLD JARCHE |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012
• A Data Scientist You’ve Never Heard of Is Now the Master of Your Domain ANDY MCAFEE | FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012
• Louis C.K. and the Decent Net, or How Louis won the Internet DAVID WEINBERGER |  SUNDAY, JULY 8, 2012
• When the Learner is the Teacher, Do We Need Instructional Designers? DAWN OF LEARNING | FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012
• Reconciling Formal and Informal CLARK QUINN |  THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012
• Why Social Business Keeps Failing to Deliver LUIS SUAREZ |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012
• 7 reasons why Facebook is front runner in social media learning DONALD CLARK PLAN B |  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012
• Creating a Return on Investment (ROI) calculation for Enterprise 2.0 and internal social media ROSS DAWSON |  THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
• Remaking education in the image of our desires GEORGE SIEMENS |  THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
• The future belongs to those who take charge of their own learning JANE HART |  MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2012
• How Apple will turn the Net’s top into TV’s bottom DOC SEARLS |  WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012
• PKM as pre-curation HAROLD JARCHE |  THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012
• 7 principles of intervention in complex systems DAVE SNOWDEN |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012
• [2b2k] 13 reasons why the Britannica failed on paper DAVID WEINBERGER |  TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012
• Social Media: An Interview STEPHEN DOWNES: HALF AN HOUR |  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012
• Reimagining Learning CLARK QUINN |  THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
• Towards a Hyperconnected, Digital Economy IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER |  THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2012
• The Coherent Organization JAY CROSS |  WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012
• The Rise of Vendor Relationship Management JOHN HAGEL |  FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012
• Open Letter to Canadian Universities GEORGE SIEMENS |  FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2012
• Supporting the Social Workplace Learning Continuum JANE HART |  MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2012
• The Real Story of Send DOC SEARLS |  SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012
• Pulling informal learning HAROLD JARCHE |  MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2012
• Only 14% think that company training is an essential way for them to learn in the workplace JANE HART’S PICK OF THE DAY |  MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012

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