Comments on: Meerkats, Ostriches & The New Learning Ecosystem https://engagedlearning.co.uk/meerkats-ostriches-the-new-learning-ecosystem/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 21:36:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.8 By: David https://engagedlearning.co.uk/meerkats-ostriches-the-new-learning-ecosystem/#comment-435 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 15:14:22 +0000 https://engagedlearning.co.uk/?p=2488#comment-435 Hi Douglas,
Glad you liked it. The pattern with most of the predictions keeps moving upwards. Most commentators see a sharp increase over the next couple of years – partly as a result of the GFC and the rise of ‘underemployment’ (i.e. young people who would like more work than they currently have, but can’t find enough of it) – and are revising their predictions upwards. Here’s just a few:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2013/11/25/how-an-exploding-freelance-economy-will-drive-change-in-2014/
https://gigaom.com/2011/12/08/mbo-partners-network-2011/
http://fu-web-storage-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/content/filer_public/c2/06/c2065a8a-7f00-46db-915a-2122965df7d9/fu_freelancinginamericareport_v3-rgb.pdf
http://blog.careerfoundry.com/the-move-to-freelancing-why-are-we-giving-up-the-9-5/
http://www.newgeography.com/content/004222-the-part-time-freelance-collaborative-economy
http://www.businessinsider.com/americans-want-to-work-for-themselves-intuit-2013-3?IR=T
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cdescomm/cdes_memo/Thomas_Fisher_Public_Sector_Spring2012.pdf
The Australian predictions came from some privately commissioned work by AMP.

]]> By: Douglas Archibald https://engagedlearning.co.uk/meerkats-ostriches-the-new-learning-ecosystem/#comment-434 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 14:17:46 +0000 https://engagedlearning.co.uk/?p=2488#comment-434 Hi David – enjoyed your post. Do you have a link to the below research:

“Given that recent research in the US, Australia and the UK is predicting that 50% of all jobs will be freelance in only six years time”

Douglas

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