Matrix

MARCH 22, 2018

A sound L&D strategy can mean many things: from face-to-face formal courses to mentoring relationships to full-featured learning management systems and all the technology that helps people share ideas and learn. But it must also support all the informal learning that happens organically in the workplace.

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Companies Strategy Communities of Practice Community 49

ID Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2010

Image via Wikipedia "Collaboration is a process through which people who see different aspects of a problem can constructively explore their differences and search for the solution that go beyond their own limited vision of what is possible." ~ Anecdote And informal learning is hinged on collaboration.

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Instructional Design Pattern Wikipedia Collaboration 137

Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 18, 2009

community of practice. meet challenges/solve problems. Posted in Informal Learning, Learning Communities. Tags: Informal Learning Learning Communities learning learntrends. This is post 3 of 3. Beyond Networks. George Siemens. inspiration. reality check.

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Network LearnTrends Metrics Movie 170

Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Internet Informal Learning 167

ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Creativity is a conversation--a tension--between individuals working on individual problems, and the professional communities they belong to. In a flattened learning system, there are fewer experts and more fellow learners on paths that may cross.

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Learning 2.0 Blended Learning Social Networks Gartner 132

Jay Cross

JULY 7, 2013

The mental model of “I teach/you learn” is fraught with problems. We’re seeing a more interactive model of learning. Think about how you learn a new software program. Communities of practice , a term coined by Institute for Research on Learning staff. It’s always informal. Barn raising.

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Communities of Practice Community Learning Research 85

Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 3, 2011

That means more than 16,000 videos were contributed by members of the Angry Birds Community of Practice. Which brings us to the big problem with workplace collaboration tools and processes: motivation to participate. Unfortunately, this sounds too good to be true, and it is.

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Social Learning Community Social Social Media 167

Litmos

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Here, we need to share our different ideas, actively reconcile them, and then use that collective approach to solve the problem. How social learning works. Both approaches, just getting feedback and collaborating, are true for both informal and formal learning. A necessary component is a " culture of learning."

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Diversity Training SAP Cognitive Social Learning 76

Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Even without that, however, there are big offerings on the table for informal learning, via access to resources and networks. Social Formal Learning. The best, of course, is when learners work together to discern how the concepts get applied in a particular context, by asking them to solve a problem together.

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Brain Performance Support Calendar Communities of Practice 174

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 8, 2012

Given that the goal of instructional designers and training developers is to improve employee performance, it’s surprising that many continue to create blended learning programs with little or no reliance on performance support tools or systems. Build performance support into every blended learning effort.

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Performance Support Blended Learning Support Performance 190

Adobe Captivate

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Teaching and learning practices benefit from the collective knowledge that social technology provides. Social media practices can facilitate new forms of collaborative knowledge construction. It encourages civic engagement in broader communities of practice.

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Social Networks Summary Emergent Classroom 66

Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

After my last blog post , a commenter asked a pertinent question: Many organizations/companies have multiple intranets, wiki sites, and so forth, often making it difficult for employees to know where to go when they want an answer or more information. Typically, each business unit is providing a portal of their information for others to use.

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Portal Wiki Communities of Practice Site 150

Jane Hart

JUNE 4, 2012

Although, modern office spaces do provide open meeting areas which support informal gatherings, remember too that we also learn with others virtually – even when we are sitting on our own – so we also need to provide similar virtual informal (learning) spaces.

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Performance Support Social Support eLearning Guild 210

Jane Hart

AUGUST 27, 2012

Recognises that formal learning accounts for small % of how people learn in the organisation. Training often outsourced, on-demand access to self-paced learning, f2f networking important, facilitated collaborative/peer-learning available in the workflow. Informal learning. Social learning. Technology.

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Blended Learning Social Business Performance Support 198

Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.

Blended Learning 113

Blended Learning Social Networks Internet Informal Learning 113

Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

There was also a discussion on ITFORUM that expanded to discuss how experts are losing the problem-solving skills and how to develop them. There’s problem-solving, experimentation and evaluation, and more. I’ve also been thinking about a set of talks I may be giving, and how to break them up.

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Pedagogy Instructional Design Learning Communities of Practice 140

The Learning Circuits

JULY 9, 2012

Social media and mobile technologies have turned the spotlight on social learning concepts, which in turn have made more of us think about the large, ill-charted dark matter of culture : informal learning. Their work here is done , because everyone in your care now understands the value of social and informal learning.

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Network Personal Learning Personal Personalization 83

Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Asynchronous e-learning is high. Communities of practice and wikis are highest 2.0. Communities of Practice increased 12.3%. You don’t have to have formal learning to prepare learners to use these tools–lots of informal learning opportunities. What approaches are people using?

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Learning 2.0 Research Wiki Simulations 170

ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

It’s eventually what makes us all more humans… But I have a problem. Working from home offers me plenty of solitude but not the intellectual stimulation and those over-the-shoulder conversations so crucial to serendipity, ambient awareness, and informal learning. You name it.

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Stock Skype Knowledge Worker Community 124

CLO Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

However, this move will require more technology-based learning, performance support systems, goal-directed social and informal learning avenues and on-demand learning in the flow of work. When there is a problem, employees tend to seek help from their immediate peers.

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Metrics Lesson Performance Support Unison 89

Learnnovators

MAY 11, 2015

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. The catch is that “social learning” cannot just be implemented or enforced. And therein lies the problem.

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Social Learning Social Integrate Blended Learning 176

Clive on Learning

APRIL 29, 2011

Rob has achieved success by integrating formal and informal learning activities in pursuit of clear strategic business objectives. The President of the company attends the last session in which they present their solution to a current work problem. For this profile we turn to Rob Bartlett from Farm Credit in Canada.

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Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 77

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of great learning architects in action. Rob has achieved success by integrating formal and informal learning activities in pursuit of clear strategic business objectives.

Communities of Practice 75

Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 75

Tony Karrer

JUNE 16, 2009

- eLearning Technology , June 3, 2009 Student Guide: Introduction to ‘Wikis’ in Blackboard - Don't Waste Your Time , June 12, 2009 Discovering Instructional Design 11: The Kemp Model - The E-Learning Curve , June 10, 2009 I Say Instructional Designer, You Say Tomah-toe - Learning Visions , June 9, 2009 Attribution in a Web 2.0

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Social Networks Social Network Analysis Social Network Network 100

Litmos

JANUARY 16, 2019

There are other causes of performance problems in organizations besides skill gaps. One of the wrong ways to do courses is to get information from SMEs and present it to the learners (whether or not you add a knowledge test). And information without practice – applying it to problems in context – doesn’t lead to new skills.

Social Networks 51

Social Networks Performance Support Cognitive Diversity Training 51

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Great post by Denham Grey - Perennial KM issues that are very similar to the core problems that we deal with in eLearning: How to speed learning, increase awareness and share experiences. Providing environments, tools and processes that encourage informal learning, knowledge sharing of effective practices and stimulate innovation.

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Issue Knowledge Management Knowledge Wiki 100

TalentLMS

MAY 16, 2016

Social learning creates the much in-demand informal learning setting where learners can network, share, collaborate, and exchange ideas on problem-solving. Let’s examine some top benefits of social learning in organizations. What is Social Learning? This has led to a positive growth in job performance.

Social Learning 74

Social Learning Social Cognitive eLearning Strategy 74

Learnnovators

JULY 6, 2015

I spent the greater part of the weekend mulling over the practice of working out loud, what makes some folks adopt the habit with ease while others struggle, and what could be some of the possible enabling factors that support working out loud. A community grows through conversation, collaboration, and showcasing of work in progress.

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eLearning Strategy Strategy Blended Learning Community 133

Learnnovators

MAY 10, 2015

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. The catch is that “social learning” cannot just be implemented or enforced. And therein lies the problem.

Social Learning 100

Social Learning Social Integrate Blended Learning 100

CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Social knowledge management consultant Harold Jarche suggests there are multiple layers, from collaborating in work teams, to collective learning in communities of practice, to cooperative learning with peers and friends in our networks (Figure 1). Learning leaders should facilitate this learning to optimize outcomes.

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Performance Support Performance Suite Mentoring 72

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2008

For all the talk about networks and knowledge sharing, it appears many organizations aren’t practicing it. In the middle of 2008, a notice appeared on the Informal Learning blog (informl.com) requesting participation in a survey of informal and Web 2.0 learning practices. Communities of Practice: Hot or Not?

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Network Trends Communities of Practice Wiki 36

EI Design

AUGUST 19, 2020

You can use it to meet the entire spectrum of your training needs, including Formal training, Instant/Just-in-time learning aids, Informal learning, Self-Directed Learning, as well as Social or Collaborative Learning. eLearning Trends in 2020 – Mobile Apps for Learning.

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Trends Blended Learning Compliance Training eLearning Strategy 75

EI Design

JANUARY 28, 2020

Mobile Learning. Mobile Apps for Learning. Personalized Learning. Digitization of ILT to Blended or Fully Online Learning. Informal Learning. Social Learning. Self-Directed Learning. Section 2: Trends featuring learning strategies that deliver high impact and immersive learning experiences.

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Trends Blended Learning eLearning Strategy Corporate eLearning 52

Marcia Conner

JANUARY 26, 2012

If people in your company learn what your company needs to know and do, you can get smarter. The only problem is that we have very little idea how real learning occurs. Sometimes people do learn. Most real learning—the kind that sticks to the walls of the brain—is informal. Such access was a first for me.

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Blended Learning Instant Messaging Simulations Virtual Classroom 70

ATD Learning Technologies

JANUARY 14, 2016

” She notes that the environment includes “social learning communities of practice that are tied to courses, along with formal and informal learning events. Even in commercial companies I think you’re going to have that same problem.

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Social Media Social Learning Social Media 40

Mindflash

DECEMBER 30, 2013

One of the biggest problems with social learning is that it is an informal type of learning and organizations can’t help but to try to formalize it in any way possible. Tailor-made for Informal Learning. We really do try to formalize something that is tailor-made for self-directed learning.

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Informal Learning Informal Yammer eLearning Strategy 82

The Learning Circuits

AUGUST 23, 2005

Recently while researching on the web on topics regarding Communities of Practice I came across the Community Intelligence Labs (CoIL) website. Among them I found the following 14 guidelines on How to Optimize Organizational Learning written by Entienne Wenger in the summer of 1996 for the Healthcare Forum Journal.

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Organizational Learning Communities of Practice Guidelines PENS 40