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Quotes and excerpts on the need for Learning 2.0 from the Best of T+D: 2007-2009

ID Reflections

Professionals are anyone who does work that cannot be standardized easily and who continuously welcomes challenges at the cutting edge of his or her expertise. Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Professionals immeresed in communities of practice have a larger zone of proximal development.

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LearnTrends: Backchannel

Jay Cross

Jenna Papakalos: Communities of practice belong to training. Plug for ASTD - CPLP Certification includes all of these areas of expertise. Moderator (Harold Jarche): @Tammy does certification = expertise? Judy Muller: Intuit.great idea to implement active practice of it's core "customer focus". Cynan: yeah.

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Not Your Father’s ROI

Jay Cross

But like Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles, old-school ROI’s day in the sun is waning. At CapGemini, six months after the informal launch, the 900 communities of practice were using 500 forums, 500 wikis and more than 250 expertise- or project-focused blogs. Increase in Connection to Valuable Third Parties.

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