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Learning in, and for a networked knowledge-based world

Learning in, and for a networked knowledge-based world. Umberto Paolucci Senior Chairman, Vice President for Corporate and Government Strategy, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa. Overview. TRENDS. that encourage informal learning & knowledge sharing:

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Learning in, and for a networked knowledge-based world

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  1. Learning in, and for a networked knowledge-based world Umberto Paolucci Senior Chairman, Vice President for Corporate and Government Strategy, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa

  2. Overview TRENDS that encourage informal learning & knowledge sharing: • Networked communities respond faster than formal course providers to new needs • Communities encourage new focusFROM individual performance, TO collaborative performance RESPONSES

  3. TREND: Professional skills for all The simplicity of IT allows users to aim higher The trend is to informal learning: peer-to-peer sharing of professional-level skills, in connected communities- formal certification of skills comes later, if at all

  4. TREND: Professional skills for all RESPONSE: Certify informal learning Use extensible IT systems (e.g., Learning Gateway) to integrate & accredit prior learning & informal learning in connected communities

  5. TREND: Professional skills for all USE: The Microsoft Learning Gateway • 3rd party Services • ERP, CRM, MIS, SIS, LCMS, LMS • ISV Web Parts/ Web Services • 3rd party Services • ERP, CRM, MIS, SIS, LCMS, LMS • Hosted applications - Microsoft Office Live Meeting • ISV Web Parts Communities and collaboration - Cross department - Cross institution - World Wide Web Communities and collaboration - Cross department - Cross institution - World Wide Web

  6. Information Overload • “As the world becomes more interconnected… [it] enables many exciting new capabilities, it also means … a new world of uncertainties, a deluge of information, demands on attention, and new skills to master • … tools need to evolve to meet the emerging challenges of information overload… addressing prioritization, context, attention management, and better, smarter ways to visualize and control volumes of complex data. In a nutshell – simplification and insight” Source: Bill Gates’ White Paper, “Digital Workstyle: The New World of Work”, May 2005

  7. Microsoft Vista Screenshot:Interfaces are becoming more intuitive, because of research into productivity & sense-making Information Overload Information overload RISK Simplification and insight RESPONSE

  8. Microsoft Vista Screenshot:Saving time with automatic categorization

  9. Microsoft Vista Screenshot:A 3D-view of all active projects (makes use of human spatial memory)

  10. Microsoft Vista Screenshot:A view of all tasks needing attention (the pop-up window uses peripheral vision to direct attention)

  11. Microsoft Vista example 3 Viewing a web page How the same page looks after the user moves on to another web page, but decides to keep this page active in a small view, for later reference(draws on research into human memory)

  12. TREND: Less time for student projects RESPONSE: Scenario-based search (left) Visual browser of Microsoft Encartacombined with student project templates(right) [Picture to come of Encarta add-ons]saves students and staff much time

  13. Visualizing Complex Phenomena “Overlay” simulations bring together the visible (here, the lab equipment) and the invisible (here, magnetic fields) RISK Lack of intuitive understanding “Overlay” simulations RESPONSE “Overlay” simulations bring together the visible (here, the lab equipment) and the invisible (here, magnetic fields)

  14. TREND: Large data sets RESPONSE: Simplification & insight

  15. TREND: Collaborative learning RESPONSE: Tools for social computing

  16. Conclusion • Tomorrow’s users of ICT systems will have powerful tools for realizing their potential, via data mining & sense making • For society, this is hugely positive: citizens will have access to knowledge & tools to: • Innovate • become more creative • add more value • be more efficient and thoughtful in how we use the world’s limited resources

  17. Questions

  18. Thank you

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