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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

The meaning of ‘community’ has changed drastically with the spread of the internet and the rise of all the social networks. No longer confined by geography, people who share the same interests can connect, share and grow as a community online. Main difference between social and professional communities.

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Communities of Practice in your LMS: A hidden KM tool

TalentLMS

Extend this to the Subject Matter Experts and popular spokes-person through a defined communication framework and you have a community of practice in action! Tacit knowledge is hard to capture, as it is passive in expression but active in implementation! How would that help you create better eLearning? It’s Business 101.

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Communities of Practice in your LMS: A hidden KM tool

TalentLMS

Extend this to the Subject Matter Experts and popular spokes-person through a defined communication framework and you have a community of practice in action! Tacit knowledge is hard to capture, as it is passive in expression but active in implementation! How would that help you create better eLearning? It’s Business 101.

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Re-imagining Work & Learning in a Networked World

ID Reflections

Will we still continue to speak about learning as an activity to be undertaken in order to be effective at work? Working adults will make the best use of all available resources to connect, collaborate, cooperate and build communities of practices. And that future is rapidly becoming our present. Only adults doing their work.

Network 202
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Unpacking collaboration and cooperation?

Clark Quinn

That’s why you see it in networks…. I wondered whether there are two types of cognitive actions, e.g. collaboration and communication. In the other, you’re actively working with someone to generate a new interpretation. Or you could be part of a Community of Practice and actively trying to improve something.

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Personal Learning Networks: For Ongoing Learning in a Connected World

ID Reflections

The four topics we are planning to deep dive into in the first two weeks are: a) Networked learning, b) Personal Learning Networks, c) MOOCs, and d) Communities of Inquiry. Here''s a list of related posts on learning in a networked world. Why is building a PLN so critical, especially today?

Network 100
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Why your Enterprise Social Network is your most valuable social learning platform

Jane Hart

For this reason the new enterprise social platforms (like Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs) that underpin social collaboration are your most valuable social learning platforms. as these platforms are designed to foster collaboration, communication and knowledge sharing among employees.