Technological infrastructure for social learning. Work and learning are converging, and as this change happens, the infrastructure of the old corporate learning must go – things like traditional one-size-fit-all in-person training seminars. In its place enters social and informal learning hubs like on-demand content, live online discussions, wikis and forums, and searchable content archives. Social networks are the ideal platform for the new corporate learning, so let’s briefly examine how they support corporate learning. We are a learning organization. MORE >>

research collaborative learning paper social scienceFour days ago I came across this wonderful post from Patrick Dunleavy on why he choose Mendeley to become his personal research library organizer. He gives a good account on how he uses it, but what I was missing in the post was a comprehensible quick userguide, introducing the Mendeley features. Luckily my esteemed and warm-hearted colleague Prashanth Srinavas just finalized a presentation right on the subject. This made all the difference for me. Here is his Prashanth's presentation. MORE >>

what’s broken, let’s imagine what ideal corporate learning would look like if we could start over from scratch. Continuous learning is the only way they can keep up. Their work has become learning, and learning is the bulk of their work. The ease of sharing of information has lead to a cultural phenomenon, which relates to our topic at hand; people are used to being able to get the answers to their questions – to learn – of their own accord through. But this way of learning – autonomous searching and social collaboration – has not yet been re?ected MORE >>

It’s not that seasoned and elder employees weren’t learning; we all learn all the time. Rather, they weren’t learning as well as they might. HR and training departments overlooked experienced employees because they learn experientially, from stretch assignments and mentors rather than from courses and workshops. Learning by experienced employees was left to chance. Two out of three Chief Learning Of?cers wise Collaborative organization focuses its efforts where they’ll have the most impact. Co-learning builds trust. PEOPLE. Generations. MORE >>

What are the benefits of collaborative learning, for the students? These are good, but not aspects of collaboration I had considered. Enhances student satisfaction with the learning experience. Creates an environment of active, involved, exploratory learning. Distance Learning / Distance Education. Blogging Collaboration eAssessment Wiki Well, here are my selection from the 40 or so listed on the Global Development Research Centre’s website which I had not considered before; 1. Develops higher level thinking skills. MORE >>