Clark Quinn

JANUARY 31, 2018

Another response to my request for topics asked about moving from the classroom to the ‘fringe’ Here, I have a very simple response: the case studies in Revolutionize Learning & Development. Communities of Practice served as a model for this thinking. Each also represents a diversity of settings and needs.

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Obsidian Learning

DECEMBER 2, 2019

One of these is social needs. Though not as basic as the need for food, water, and shelter, the desire to belong to a community, to build positive relationships with others, is high on our list of priorities. Many of us fulfill at least part of our social needs through work. So how can we meet social needs at work?

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Social Communities of Practice Performance Support Forum 56

Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

What should learning & development (L&D) be doing? With an affordance perspective, you can see that Second Life was about social and immersive 3D (at any scale). Remember going to an event in Second Life, only to be subjected to a slide show? Yet, it’s also been said “Never predict anything, particularly the future”.

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Trends Cognitive Virtual World Second Life 148

Matrix

AUGUST 5, 2021

Blended learning has proved it’s not an L&D fad but an organic development in the business world. There may be several counterarguments, from “But we have such good results with what we are doing now” to “Switching to blended learning sounds very impersonal, and we may lose all control over what people do for their development”.

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Blended Learning Blended Communities of Practice Community 97

Jane Hart

MARCH 18, 2013

More and more organisations are beginning to adopt enterprise social networking technologies (like Yammer) more formally as business tools, so there is a growing need for a dedicated resource to manage and support this activity – not technically but in human terms. planning the new community’s strategic approach.

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Community Enterprise Social Networks Management 210

Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It’s no secret – recently social media has had a rough ride. So why should we celebrate technologies that enable social learning experiences? After a decade of affordable high-speed internet access, smartphones, mobile apps and social networks, it’s easy to take our digital connections for granted. 1) Connections.

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Social Learning Diversity Training Social Association Learning Management System 49

Xyleme

JULY 6, 2023

The buzz surrounding this immersive event was well-deserved, as it served as a melting pot of ideas, a hub where industry professionals converged to exchange knowledge and embrace the latest trends and technologies propelling our field forward. While AI is only beginning to make an impact in learning and development, its potential is vast.

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learnWorlds

JANUARY 12, 2024

From defining your community’s essence to choosing the perfect platform, nurturing a team of dedicated moderators, and fostering a sense of belonging, these practices lay the foundation for a vibrant and purpose-driven digital forum. Focus on empowering your community members to share user-generated content (e.g.,

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Community Social Networks Effectiveness Management 98

ATD Learning Technologies

JANUARY 14, 2016

The ATD and i4cp study Instructional Design Now: A New Age of Learning and Beyond reported in early 2015 that social learning was in use by fewer than three in 10 organizations. Here’s a look at the full results: Make access to social learning easy and fast; 68%. Provide motivation for learners to sign in to social media; 46%.

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Social Media Social Learning Social Media 40

Clark Quinn

JANUARY 22, 2013

I decided to take this on, thinking about an org that was already in operation, with it’s goals, processes, and practices, and what I might do if I were to come in and get it going (with the support of the executive team to do what I thought was right). Another emphasis would be on developing individual capability for self-learning.

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Cognitive Performance Support Screencast Compliance Training 180

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

In contrast, social and experiential learning continue to be veritable goldmines of productivity, placing learners at the centre of their story and demanding a major shift from Learning & Development professionals. social networks (yammer, chatter). Here’s a quick recap for those just tuning in….

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Web Courseworks

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The event that I am referring to is the Great Ideas Conference that is taking place in Colorado Springs from March 13 th -15 th ; and this year, the event has a special focus: Next Generation Learning. As you may or may not already know, I like to refer to associations as our real “communities of practice.”

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Communities of Practice Social Media Association Conference 140

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Last week (May, 2021) I attended my first ever totally online event since the pandemic started in March 2020. AulaCon 2021 , from Aula, a fully online event hosted on Hopin (check it out, it worked really well!) Why does community and belonging matter? ?– Powerful technology is social and social media.

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Community Diversity Training Teach Lesson 74

E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

If a job applicant lists some MOOCs on their CV, I think it demonstrates an aptitude to drive their own development. What about online social education and Communities of Practice? Beyond the technology, the success of social learning is predicated on the culture of the organisation. The moot point of MOOCs.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 6, 2012

At the recent Up To All Of Us event (#utaou), someone asked about the 70:20:10 model. One is the rise of social networking tools: blogs, micro-blogs, wikis, and more. In the past, other than courses, there was little at could be done except providing courses on how to coach, and making job aids. But that’s changed.

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Social Networks Wiki Mentoring Coaching 185

Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

I write this as I travel to Birmingham to participate in a panel discussion with Nick Shackleton-Jones and Robin Hoyle on the role of social media in learning. The discussion forms part of the agenda for the World of Learning Conference, an event that I have enjoyed participating in for something like ten years now.

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Social Media Social Networks Media Roles 75

Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 12, 2010

In preparation for an event, he makes a blog post to organize his thoughts. I like his thinking, so I’ll let him introduce my post: Next week, at our Working Smarter event hosted by Tulser in Maastricht, NL, we will have a series of short sessions on selected topics. Social Formal Learning.

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Brain Performance Support Calendar Communities of Practice 174

CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2014

Key performance indicators for social and informal learning identify knowledge hubs and lead to better results. Just as social learning and technology have modernized the way learning occurs in companies today, they also have made a mark on the key performance indicators learning leaders should capture and measure.

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Informal Learning Social Informal Brandon Hall 64

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 5, 2009

E-learning outside the training box with Nancy White and John Smith Once you've mastered enough of the new social media tools, training and development professionals are figuring out that technologies can change the boundaries around training itself, just as they can interrupt organizational boundaries.

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Actio Learning

JANUARY 27, 2022

and methods of collaboration (social, communities of practice , etc.). mixes various event-based activities, including face-to-face classrooms, live eLearning, and self-paced learning." ". Over time, new technologies and approaches have expanded the definition to include instruction (classroom, e-learning, etc.),

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Blended Learning Compliance Training Blended Authoring Tools 52

Clark Quinn

APRIL 21, 2020

Clawson’s Creating a Learning Culture book to accompany the event they held on the topic. For each of these there are organizational corollaries that we can consider, and then we can look at how technology and learning & development can help. It also means helping individuals develop active monitoring skills.

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Leo Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2019

This post from Andrew Joly, LEO’s Director of Strategic Design, looks at how digital learning has evolved to become connected learning—where social learning and data-led learning ecosystems combine to deliver game-changing opportunities for learning and organizational performance. Xerox: Communities of Practice.

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OpenSesame

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The OpenSesame team is incredibly proud of our partnership with LINGOs (Learning in NGOs), a leader in providing learning and development resources to humanitarian organizations like the Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and CARE. My series of blog posts on social learning. Ford’s social media guidelines.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

Leaders communicate that learning can happen in many different ways: face-to-face and online instruction, push training and pull learning, on-the-job activities, and social interaction. Managers encourage their direct reports to acquire new knowledge and skills and develop competencies that make them more valuable to the organization.

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Culture Create Metrics Performance Support 127

Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

He distills lessons from cognitive science, social networking, business strategy, futures research, and psychology to boost sales, improve customer service, and spark innovation. He travels the world, but increasingly delivers presentations and events virtually over the web. Jay: The Internet Time Alliance is a community of practice.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Internet Informal Learning 167

Web Courseworks

MARCH 22, 2010

When it comes to eLearning, the Guild is a trusted source of information, networking and a true community of practice. This is topped only by the way they organize events to promote the professional development of those of us in eLearning. I also encourage everyone to revisit his book Engaging eLearning.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We’re developed in communities of practice, with our learning distributed across time and across resources. We provide resources, and communication channels, and meaning representation tools. Across all organizational knowledge activities, you may still design and develop, but you nurture as much, or more.

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Informal Pedagogy Communities of Practice Network 158

The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

Leaders communicate that learning can happen in many different ways: face-to-face and online instruction, push training and pull learning, on-the-job activities, and social interaction. Managers encourage their direct reports to acquire new knowledge and skills and develop competencies that make them more valuable to the organization.

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Culture Create Metrics Performance Support 100

Matrix

JULY 4, 2017

Another recent study at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School found that the structural core of the brain receives sensory information from different regions and then assembles bits of data into a complete picture that becomes a memory of an event.

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Learning Environment Environment Simulations Virtual World 55

Jane Hart

APRIL 20, 2012

An increasing number of the workforce – smart, social, autonomous workers – are already doing their own thing and solving their own learning and performance problems much more quickly and more easily by using their own tools and devices. For an individual it means they: Take responsibility and control. Reflect and review.

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Matrix

AUGUST 11, 2020

There is evidence to suggest that the modern learner requires mobility and flexibility, the ability to take ownership of learning, social workplace learning experiences, and modules that are succinct yet packed with information as time is very limited. Social learning appeals to most employees, regardless of demographic. Gamification.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2014

Other transformative learning events can occur when the individual critically reflects on their actions, or experiments with their life in new and unfamiliar or uncomfortable roles. It is, in Kevin Burden''s terms, the event horizon of learning, the transformation horizon. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Knowles Andragogy 24.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

MAY 23, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes Introduction The Training, Learning, and Development Community recently hosted Learning by Doing: Games and Gamification for Instructional Design. I’ll share my five key takeaways from the event in this post, along with resources that were shared throughout the event.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 6, 2011

And I definitely think we can and should be developing that capability, but I’m not sanguine that we’re very good at it yet. Idealistically, I would like communities to become more other-supporting, but I think such a system would have desirable properties in terms of developing people over time.

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Cognitive Communities of Practice Community Pedagogy 172

The Learning Circuits

JULY 9, 2012

What we do (rather, how we do it) is influenced greatly by technologies that support more flexible means of communication and collaboration. Of course, our response to this turn of events should be elation - finally, Charles Jennings can stop talking about 70-20-10 ! Do you document successes of social learning ?

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Network Personal Learning Personal Personalization 83

Web Courseworks

MAY 18, 2016

While this was most pronounced in the medical field—where advances were occurring at a dizzying pace—it also occurred within organizations for teachers, lawyers, business professionals, social workers, psychologists, accountants, and even clergy. It was during this time that “continuing professional education” entered our lexicon.

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Performance Support Performance eLearning Strategy Strategy 133

Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

He distills lessons from cognitive science, social networking, business strategy, futures research, and psychology to boost sales, improve customer service, and spark innovation. He travels the world, but increasingly delivers presentations and events virtually over the web. Jay: The Internet Time Alliance is a community of practice.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Internet Informal Learning 113