Jay Cross

AUGUST 28, 2012

A survey last year asked managers how they learned their jobs. Workers value social learning (collaboration, networking, and conversations) and informal learning (community membership, Internet search, blogs, curated content, and self-study). It must be easy to access and understand.

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Collaborative Learning Collaboration Compliance Training Social Networks 61

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Understanding Corporate Twitter , a post from an employee of EMC, got me thinking about the role of corporate culture in implementing the social learning platforms I’ve been calling learnscapes. Traditional instructional design overlooks these natural supporters of peer-to-peer, collaborative learning at its peril.

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Social Learning Culture Social Social Media 36

Jay Cross

AUGUST 21, 2012

x what’s broken, let’s imagine what ideal corporate learning would look like if we could start over from scratch. The Twenty-First Century Corporation. Businesses around the world are transforming into extended enterprise networks but their training departments are stuck in the previous century. In the pursuit of trying to ?x

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Collaboration Collaborative Learning Torrent Slideshare 68

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The underlying concept is that organizations and their people are members of many different types of networks, for example, communities of practice, the company social network, and close-knit collaborative work teams. Harold made a key addition: Work teams collaborate; learning networks cooperate; communities of practice do both.

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Organization Social Networks Communities of Practice Sun 84

Jay Cross

JANUARY 7, 2013

People who know nothing about connectivism or collaborative learning will profit from MOOC’s. Many traditional-thinking organisations will waste a lot of time and energy trying to track social interventions in the hope that they can control and manage “social learning”.

Internet 63

Internet Predictions Confluence Performance Support 63

Jay Cross

MARCH 20, 2011

How to use Twitter for Social Learning - Social Media for Working & Learning , March 20, 2010. It is the structure of social networks that shapes influence… and the structure is changing - Ross Dawson , February 5, 2011. Social Media for Working & Learning , May 4, 2010. What’s Needed First?

Enterprise 2.0 51

Enterprise 2.0 Social Networks Wiki Social Media 51

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The social learning revolution has only just begun. Corporations that understand the value of knowledge sharing, teamwork, informal learning and joint problem solving are investing heavily in collaboration technology and are reaping the early rewards. Skype gives people the ability to place free video calls over the Net.

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Social Networks Wiki IBM Metrics 40