The Learning Circuits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As Ryann mentioned in a previous post, I’m the Community of Practice Manager for Learning Technologies at ASTD. In this role, I engage with the community and help build ASTD’s portfolio of content—from T+D articles to books to educational programs to conferences and beyond.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 21, 2010

I received a question this week related to Discussion Forums for Knowledge Sharing at Capital City Bank : I successfully launched a discussion forum for a small group of lending assistants within my bank. Of course, there’s no easy answers here, but lots we can discuss and learn around this. That forum is still up and running.

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GnosisConnect

OCTOBER 31, 2017

A discussion forum is an online asynchronous communication board, where a user can read or add messages for various communities of practice. The forum feature allows online communication in an LMS and messages can be posted or read by anyone at anytime. A discussion forum is organized into discussion threads.

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GnosisConnect

OCTOBER 31, 2017

A discussion forum is an online asynchronous communication board, where a user can read or add messages for various communities of practice. The forum feature allows online communication in an LMS and messages can be posted or read by anyone at anytime. A discussion forum is organized into discussion threads.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The spread across contexts necessity plays out in practice, too. From an engagement perspective, as we discussed last week, we need appropriate challenge, and a settings that’s both appealing to the learner and relevant to the goal. This could include connecting them to their new community of practice.

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TalentLMS

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Cognitive Apprenticeships and communities of practice also go hand-in-hand with situated cognition. Below you’ll find 4 best practices and 5 tips that can help you integrate situated cognition into your eLearning strategy. 4 Situated Cognition Best Practices. Foster learning communities of practice.

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ID Reflections

JUNE 9, 2010

I am copying a discussion we have been having on LinkedIn as a part of the Training&Development group. I started this discussion to understand the roles (tacit and explicit) that a learning consultant plays. I have found it to be very useful information and also something which can be practiced in your own organization.

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bozarthzone

JANUARY 24, 2009

While a true community of practice is usually characterized by its lack of formal oversight, the moderators did a good job of blocking out blatant marketing attempts and people phising for email addresses, and refocusing/refereeing discussions when needed. And, really, they said, they're tired.

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Instancy

MARCH 9, 2023

Each learning community can include social components such as discussion forums, expert and peer listings, learning activity feeds, and more. Creating Communities of Practice Instancy’s social learning tools help learners to create communities of practice based on their interests.

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Matrix

AUGUST 5, 2021

To counteract that, it’s important to build communities of practice. Even if it takes effort and excellent organizational skills to set up communities of practice for geographically dispersed employees, the benefits are worth it. Read more: The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice.

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Learningtogo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

If you want to learn more about this exciting frontier, join the Human Capital Institute (HCI) at their Augmented Cognition conference in Greece later this year or discuss the issue here in the Science of Learning Community of Practice. The Internet of Everything Is Us.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I had, as Harold’s original model provided the basis for, separate groups for Work Teams, Communities of Practice, and Social Networks. And in Social Networks I had put: share, contribute, listen, care, interact, and discuss values. Within each were separate elements.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2021

Discussion board. ” The instructor is supposed to review each discussion thread and respond. COPs – Communities of Practice. Communities of practice started to appear as both standalone systems an within a system in the early 2000s. Discussion boards, forums and text chat were common.

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Jane Hart

MARCH 8, 2011

Yesterday I launched the Social Learning Community – a new Community of Practice intended for those interested in the use of social media to work and learn smarter.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I was having a discussion the other day with my ITA colleague Jay Cross, and the topic wandered over to how to use the social approaches we foster under the umbrella of the Coherent Organization to help organizations become one. And I went feral. Do we work top down, or bottom up?

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Adobe Captivate

APRIL 22, 2019

My favorite new feature has to be the discussion boards, which allow groups of learners to share web based and user generated content easily. Here are some ways we can do that: Create communities of practice that either meet in person or virtually. You can find out more in the below video.

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ID Reflections

JULY 20, 2011

No one can see the engrossed look on my face when I read discussion threads in the Learning and Skills group. From a community of practice perspective, lurking is interpreted as “legitimate peripheral participation,” a crucial process by which communities offer learning opportunities to those on the periphery. (p.

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Jane Hart

JANUARY 27, 2012

Each day there will be an “activity” that consists of an introduction to the topic with links to additional reading (if desired), an individual or group activity, and a group discussion question to encourage the exchange of thoughts, ideas, experiences and resources of participants. Here are three upcoming programmes.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 22, 2014

In this post, I extend this idea into the work Lave did with Etienne Wenger, which has become known as Communities of Practice. The work of Lave and Wenger advances this concept, turning its focus to the people who make up the learning communities we are all a part of. Previous posts in this series: 1. Unported License.

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learnWorlds

JANUARY 12, 2024

B2B Best Practice Example Imagine you’re a B2B course seller specializing in professional development. Your community’s purpose could be to create a social community where industry experts, learners, and professionals come together to share insights, discuss emerging trends, and foster a culture of continuous learning.

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Web Courseworks

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

MedBiquitous is an international health organization and ANSI-accredited developer of information technology standards for healthcare education and quality improvement and a true community of practice fr innovative technologists in health education.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 17, 2015

There are three layers: work teams composed of members from different communities of practice, that are connected outward to broader social networks. This latter naturally implies good communication and collaboration tools as well, but here the community is not only within the organization, but outside as well.

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Web Courseworks

AUGUST 24, 2017

National associations or “communities of practice” have been in the business of content curation for many years: publishing journals, books containing the community’s body of knowledge, and face to face educational sessions.

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Jane Hart

APRIL 24, 2012

The PKM framework is based on eight years of practical research and use. Finding your voice: Using a probe-sense-respond approach, participants can test out a new medium within our community of practice. Network weaving: How to maintain, shape and cull your online networks and becoming a powerful, contributing node.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 3, 2012

In an insightful piece , Harold Jarche puts together how collaboration and cooperation are needed to make organizations work ‘smarter’, integrating workgroups with the broader social network by using communities of practice as the intermediary.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 13, 2011

An instructional designer by profession who started her career anlayzing learner needs, creating micro-design documents, writing story-boards and discussing the nitty-gritty of course navigation with visual designers, I have long been interested in the power of social, collaborative and informal learning. Rangaswami , Venkatesh Rao , et al.

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Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The ASAE Tech conference is designed for CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, CXOs, technology professionals, and marketing communications strategists. Those engaged in applying educational technology for communities of practice are also targeted. Marketing Communications & Technology. Questions discussed will be: .

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Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The ASAE Tech conference is designed for CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, CXOs, technology professionals, and marketing communications strategists. Those engaged in applying educational technology for communities of practice are also targeted. Marketing Communications & Technology. Questions discussed will be: .

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Nick Leffler

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Defining Communities of Practice (CoP). It’s hard to define a Community of Practice, but I think a good start would be to quote a Tweet I recently saw from another MSLOC430 participant. As long as you’re changing your practice, you know you’re in a community of practice. Not exactly.

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PDG

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The leader discussed the highest priorities for the organization: “I’m most concerned about the development of tomorrow’s sales leaders. Create a community of practice by linking members of the cohort with one another and having mentors encourage communication outside of curriculum activities. Building Blocks.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2023

Groups work with a professional facilitator who encourages participants to align issue discussions with organizational objectives and key data points associated with their industry’s financial benchmarks. This helps participants begin to take on an entrepreneurial growth mindset when engaging in solution-oriented discussions.

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Association eLearning

APRIL 30, 2014

Corporate training departments have carried this further, by implementing coaching and communities of practice (CoP). Likewise, associations can leverage their membership to create virtual and ongoing communities of practice. If you have an online course, consider assigning these SMEs as coaches for their learners.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 18, 2013

A number of years ago, I discussed a valued model that talks about how we solve problems in the world. When we have an information need, we might need directories to people with various expertise (associated with Communities of Practice, presumably).

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Web Courseworks

JULY 25, 2017

Every so often a book is published that provides a community of practice with a fresh perspective on current issues. In our interview, Dr. Hicken and I prompted Dr. Turco to discuss editorial decisions and specific chapters she felt deserved special call out for the readers of this blog. Editors William F. Rayburn, Mary G.

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Logicearth

MAY 26, 2022

In other words, interacting with your peers via debate and discussion online. They came up with the concept of ‘Communities of Practice’, in which the participants can co-create a “shared repertoire of resources: experiences, stories, tools, ways of addressing recurring problems” ( Lave and Wenger, 1991 ).

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Learningtogo

AUGUST 27, 2019

If you want to learn more about this exciting frontier, join the Human Capital Institute (HCI) at their Augmented Cognition conference in Greece later this year or discuss the issue here in the Science of Learning Community of Practice. The Internet of Everything Is Us.

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Learningtogo

JUNE 9, 2017

If you want to learn more about this exciting frontier, join the Human Capital Institute (HCI) at their Augmented Cognition conference in Greece later this year or discuss the issue here in the Science of Learning Community of Practice. The Internet of Everything Is Us.

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