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People versus Systems: Let’s acknowledge the difference

Connect Thinking

A number of years ago I was impressed by the writing of Stephen Kemmis , in particular his 2004 article Five traditions in the study of practice. Various parts of an organisation, such as IT, HR, information and knowledge management, are engaged with a systems approach to organisational efficiency. Organisations as a system.

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Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Coursy

They won't, however, be positioning themselves well for informal learning, performance support, or knowledge management. I've instructed with various platforms, and the most difficult/disorienting challenge for new learners is figuring out how the interface works and where to get the information she/he needs.

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Using Social Media to Improve Workplace Learning

Janet Clarey

. “We are moving toward a knowledge-era model of education with large-scale social networks involving complex communities and individual identify construction.&# (Wenger, 2004). A strong collaboration platform links continued knowledge acquisition, development, and learning.&# (Bruck, 2007).

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The most updated and popular E-Learning Blogs

eFront

e-Learning Post by Maish R Nichani The goal of this blog is to explore news, views and stories around corporate learning, community building, instructional design, knowledge management and more. Anyone--and everyone--can contribute to the LC Blog. Jeff Jeff Cobb [link] November 28, 2010 9:34 AM Kevin Siegel said. Powered by Blogger.

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Something is Going on Down there in the LMS Market

eLearning 24-7

Same issue occurred with various other alternative browsers – many of which were built on similar IE like platforms, uh, Opera was not. For the LMS vendors with the split angle, I recall one vendor (who shall remain nameless) telling me that 60+% of their end users were using their LMS, but the rest were using the Talent Management features.

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MOOCS IN WORKPLACE LEARNING – PART 2: DESIGNING A MOOC

Learnnovators

Ally (2008) Connectivist Theory: According to Siemens (2004), Connectivist Theory is for the digital age, where individuals learn and work in a networked environment. This is the defining theory behind how a MOOC is designed. Thus, a MOOC takes advantage of the affordances of the social, mobile and networked nature of today’s participants.

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MOOCs In Workplace Learning – Part 2: Designing a MOOC

Learnnovators

Connectivist Theory: According to Siemens (2004), Connectivist Theory is for the digital age, where individuals learn and work in a networked environment. The discussions, if energizing and inspiring, will spill over outside the limit of the MOOC platform into coffee hours, lunch conversations, twitter, and other offline and online spaces.