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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

There is special emphasis on developing communities of practice (both within the organization and outside it) to encourage the professional development of employees in a friendly, effective and non-invasive manner. Main difference between social and professional communities. Communities of practice focus on a subject.

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John Seeley Brown Keynote at #ASTD2013

Learning Visions

These are my live blogged notes from the opening session at the ASTD International Conference and Expo (ICE) -- happening this week in Dallas, TX. 10,000 or so training and development people here to extend their practice. Building a community of peer-mentors. Forgive any typos or incoherence!

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Top 100 eLearning Items

Tony Karrer

Introducing The Conversation Prism eLearning Trends 2007 and 2008 TechCrunch White Label Social Networking Platforms Chart How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations LinkedIn Tips and Tweaks: Do More with your LinkedIn Account Introduction to Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and RSS Corporate Policies on Web 2.0

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Windmills on the mind

Learning with e's

Other conclusions included the comment that metatagging when used outside of a community of practice or interest may make no sense to anyone else. Great conference - pity it's the swansong for the Bazaar project, as the funding has now ended.

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Favorite 2009 posts on Informal Learning Blog

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

This morning I received an email asking…”How are people using social software to support learning?” Rethinking conferences. W hen I signed up for Spaces for Interaction: An Online Conversation about Improving the Traditional Conference , I didn’t appreciate how timely the topic would become. Too much technology.

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LMSs that kick ass: Saba

Janet Clarey

A: Ben Willis- Saba has had social & collaborative capabilities in our product suite for a very long while (since 2004 and the 3.x Saba Social is a productivity tool designed to engage employees & customers, build connected corporate communities and accelerate high-quality knowledge exchange. x generation of the suite).

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

However, go to any training conference, including ASTD’s own International Conference and Exhibition, and you don’t hear much about instructor-led training or self-paced learning. Most workers have better connections to the Internet and social software at home than on the job. They don’t want to be told what to do.