A part of Instructional Design that few people think about but effects everyone in some way shape or form is Knowledge Management. How do we share ideas, how do we ensure that our knowledge, skills, expertise are being shared throughout an organization? My own personal exploration into knowledge management highlighted an aspect of my life that I hadn't even thought about until the question was posed, how does someone with Attention Deficit Disorder manage knowledge?
This question generated a personal needs analysis to find out what kind of knowledge management system is used and if it was adequate to meet the needs of a person with ADD. In the process of my analysis, I came to the conclusion that I really didn't have an established personal knowledge management (PKM) system that was useful or effective. I simply did what I've always done, cobbled together whatever notes I was able to remember or copy down in a hope that I captured everything. While this has been moderately successful on some level throughout my life, my analysis told me that I could do better.
That drove me to find a better system, a way that a mind that runs a million miles a minute in ten different directions can reasonably capture and organize information when it appears rather than trying to remember later what I was thinking about.
Thankfully in today's age of interconnected technologies, I was able to develop and implement a system that I feel is better suited to take advantage of technology and augment the way my ADD mind works to maximize the amount of data and knowledge that I can capture and organize.
Chaotic Designs Podcast - ADD and PKM
This question generated a personal needs analysis to find out what kind of knowledge management system is used and if it was adequate to meet the needs of a person with ADD. In the process of my analysis, I came to the conclusion that I really didn't have an established personal knowledge management (PKM) system that was useful or effective. I simply did what I've always done, cobbled together whatever notes I was able to remember or copy down in a hope that I captured everything. While this has been moderately successful on some level throughout my life, my analysis told me that I could do better.
That drove me to find a better system, a way that a mind that runs a million miles a minute in ten different directions can reasonably capture and organize information when it appears rather than trying to remember later what I was thinking about.
Thankfully in today's age of interconnected technologies, I was able to develop and implement a system that I feel is better suited to take advantage of technology and augment the way my ADD mind works to maximize the amount of data and knowledge that I can capture and organize.
Chaotic Designs Podcast - ADD and PKM
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