Obsidian Learning

MARCH 11, 2015

Building on the concept of communities of practice , Etienne Wenger (2009) has proposed a social theory of learning. The focus of this theory is “learning as social participation,” in which learners actively participate in the practices of social communities and construct personal identities in relation to these communities.

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Learning with e's

MAY 29, 2013

If you are immersed in technology mediated communication, there are no apparent barriers to membership of your community of practice. It is your virtual community. It is tribal because the global online community exhibits many of the characteristics of traditional, territorial tribal practice.

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Global Digital Social Networks Social Media 91

Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Steve Wexler who runs eLearningGuild research has been producing some really interesting information recently. He recently provided me some information about what learning delivery methods were being used and particularly if they were trending up or down. So here's the graph showing all of the trending information.

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Methods Wiki Trends eLearningGuild 140

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality. open up exciting opportunities for people to access relevant information where and when they require it. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2008

Business Intelligence, CLO magazine, December 2008. For all the talk about networks and knowledge sharing, it appears many organizations aren’t practicing it. In the middle of 2008, a notice appeared on the Informal Learning blog (informl.com) requesting participation in a survey of informal and Web 2.0

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Network Communities of Practice Trends Wiki 36

Janet Clarey

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Much of the information I presented is pulled from existing literature and I’m still working through it so it’s a bit disjointed in my opinion. I couldn’t really articulate differences between networks and communities of practice when Tony asked. Didactics of Microlearning: Concepts, discourses and examples.

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LearnTrends microlearning Brandon Hall Social Networks 36

EI Design

DECEMBER 11, 2015

According to Mason and Renniet (2008)*, there are four major benefits of learner-generated content that these tools provide: Users have the tools to actively engage in the construction of their experience, rather than passively absorbing existing content. It can also be leveraged as an effective tool for collaborative or social learning.

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Social Networks Collaborative Learning Social Learning Collaboration 47

CrossKnowledge

OCTOBER 21, 2015

According to Mason and Renniet (2008)*, there are four major benefits of learner-generated content that these tools provide: Users have the tools to actively engage in the construction of their experience, rather than passively absorbing existing content. It can also be leveraged as an effective tool for collaborative or social learning.

Social Networks 40

Social Networks Collaborative Learning Social Learning Collaboration 40

eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Hot Topic #2 - Social Media , Social Networks , Social Learning , and Informal Learning. Social media, social networks, communities for learning both formal and informal is bigger than I think we can even imagine at this point. I was really struck by the kinds of things emerging this year and some of the interesting examples.

Social Networks 49

Social Networks Google Wave LearnTrends Virtual Classroom 49

Living in Learning

JULY 12, 2009

Last November I had the privilege of participating in a panel of experts at the Learning 2008 Conference sponsored by Elliott Masie in Orlando. The focus of the panel, moderated by Dr. Conrad Gottfredson and Bob Mosher, zeroed in on best practices intended to improve accessibility of learning to learners in their moments of learning need.

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Performance Support Agile Support Performance 100

Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of great learning architects in action. No ability to gather global management information, including costs. As Charles explains, “We learn through experience, through conversations, through practice and through reflection.

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Performance Support Global vendor Learning 73

Learning Visions

JANUARY 3, 2008

Thursday, January 03, 2008 Instructional Designers with Degrees: Survey Update Over 50 instructional designers have now responded to the survey: Do You Have a Degree in ID? For example, I know Dr. Karl Kapp does some amazingly innovative projects for his students. I focused on Communities of Practice and learned quite a bit.

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Instructional Design Survey Instructional Instruction 100

eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

8 Dirty Words - Informal Learning , January 24, 2010 CLO online edition Dirty Words by Jay Cross L ast year I led workshops in London, Madrid , San Jose, Quebec, and Berlin on how to sell social networking and informal learning to senior management. Beware critics of Connectivism ! And for good reason.

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Google Wave PKM SharePoint Podcasts 46

The Learning Circuits

MARCH 3, 2008

Karl Kapp helped me with the March 2008 Big Question which is: What is the Scope of our Responsibility as Learning Professionals? One was a Chief Learning Officer panel discussion where it seemed that supporting informal learning or communities of practice was not something they were considering.

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Long Tail Big Question HTML Learning Objects 40

Convergence Training

APRIL 22, 2019

She’s a great source of information and I think you’ll really enjoy this. So let me give you an example to show what that might look like to make it a bit more real life if that’s OK? So classic examples would be things like the taxi industry being Ubered or Lyfted… Michelle Ockers : Absolutely.

Organization 65

Organization Diversity Training Learning Environment 65

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Microlearning – the learning that results from “micro” content published in short form and limited by the software and devices used to view it – offers alternatives to traditional development methods for workers who deal with web-based information as part of their job. Pathway to community; you have to be embedded in the community to help.

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LearnTrends microlearning Learning Objects PLE 262

eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Bozarthzone , August 11, 2010 Discussion of objectives in training could be a topic for a book all by itself, but lately I’ve run across 2 excellent examples of problems with learning/performance objectives. Which reminded me of an old post of mine from 2008: Essential Reading for Instructional Design. concepts and practices.

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Augmented Reality Blended Learning Social Learning Social 83

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2009

At the same time, we are shifting into an era in which knowledge work and learning occur where re-engineered business processes collide with a participative and interactive ecology of information flows. On paper, Google’s net worth was about $30 billion at the end of 2008. Stock market investors value Google at $125 billion.

ROI 66

ROI Social Networks Network Authoring Tools 66

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What are they doing – how do they display information and what they’re teaching us about their product? For example, one of the typical patterns for learning design echos PPT presentation design. We're trying to move away from this model to a natural knowledge access and practice model. 30-90 seconds.

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