"A "whiteboard culture" helps teams collaborate, improves the development and testing process, and - oh yeah - also secures long term savings."--Ahh so this is why there is a whiteboard behind me!
Interesting post flagging the info overload things that we have all come across. The second point in the 5 point list is part of the concept that Downes & Siemens have used in the Connectivism MOOC i.e. don't even attempt to read everything - that's not what it's about. Instead choose & filter your information, create networks and trust platforms for 3rd party filtering.
Learning design should define the design of the learning platform. Michael Feldstein considers what it is we are really trying to do with education. Some of it covers trust and recommendation.
"Towards Maturity is here to help you improve the impact of learning technologies at work, the diagram below demonstrates our trusted model for e-learning success"