Metaphors of learning

Oldaily points to an article where different metaphors of learning are classified. Before reading the article (Learning and organizations: towards cross-metaphor conversations) we can have a look at the post linked by Oldaily. Good for a slide to start discussion in a workshop.

Information overload cost money

On the one hand, social media is a filter of information, that's what we say and theorize. On the other, it brings a flood of new sources to check. Even more, in a read/write web, users are not only checking new information, they are also classifying, commenting or creating new content. That's makes a lot of time. I don't think it's based on any reliable data but I love the picture below.

Real people don't have time for social media (that's where the picture comes from)

Another post from the same blog discuss the outcomes of a research stating that Web 1.0 information oveload causes in the US 650 billions in wasted productivity. "The findings reveal that a typical information worker checks his or her email more than 50 times per day, uses IM 77 times, and visits 40+ web sites. These numbers were calculated by tracking software installed on the machines of the 40,000 people taking part in the study."

Strategies to manage this are a recurrent subject in blogs I read but we can not find more than make your own recipe of concentration, routine and filters.

A quick link to last edu buzz

on edupunk - D'Arcy Norman dot net

It’s a movement away from what has become of the mainstream edtech community - a collection of commercial products produced by large companies. Edupunk is the opposite of that. It’s DIY. It’s hardcore. It’s not monetized. It’s not trademarked. It’s not press-released. It’s not on an upgrade cycle. It’s not enterprise. It’s not shrinkwrapped.

Internat, las aulas y los jóvenes

Comentario de Julen en un post sobre innovación y ciberespacio

Es una realidad que los jóvenes se socializan en buena parte a través de aprendizajes informales que suceden fuera de las aulas y que en buena parte ahora también están basados en el uso de las tecnologías. Estos usos les sirven para generar sus propios espacios de intimidad al margen de los adultos en una extraña mezcla de exhibicionismo y privacidad.

Nature network

I still don't know if the idea of science 2.0 is inside or outside of my research focus. Anyway, there is something moving on. I just found a network related to Nature where one of the more active groups is named "Scientific researchers and Web 2.0: Social not working".
If a domain-specific portal can be an information hub for academics, there must be some links between this and science 2.0.
An article from the Guardian on the site