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Community of Practice and the TorranceLearning Download

The Performance Improvement Blog

One of many methods of organizational learning is a “community of practice”. This is a term coined by Etienne Wenger to describe “…groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.”

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How to Create a Learning Culture in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

In this post , she writes that workplace learning is: Structured learning experiences (e.g., training) and informal learning experiences (e.g., communities of practice). Helping workers learn continuously on the job. Peer-to-peer learning that is “ lite on content and rich in interaction”.

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Reprise: How to Create a Learning Culture in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

In this post , she writes that workplace learning is: Structured learning experiences (e.g., training) and informal learning experiences (e.g., communities of practice). Helping workers learn continuously on the job. Peer-to-peer learning that is “ lite on content and rich in interaction”.

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Symbiosis

Clark Quinn

Of course, this is only in the case of known problems, the ‘optimal execution’ phase of organizational learning. What that means is that we have to be providing tools for people to communicate, collaborate, create representations, access and analyze data, and more. Just like a tire, interaction requires friction.

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Lurking is Not a Static State

ID Reflections

It has received a lot of attention in the past from the thought leaders in the realm of learning and the role of communities in personal as well as organizational learning. I have recently taken on enterprise community facilitation and was curious to see how people are interacting on our enterprise collaboration platform.

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The role technology plays in the knowledge creation process

Docebo

Interaction and collaboration between individuals promotes the sharing of knowledge and helps generate new knowledge. The resulting shared knowledge is a product of the interactions between employees rather than any one individual employee’s contributions. Networks or social groups result out of relation to others.

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Supporting the Social Workplace Learning Continuum

Jane Hart

We need to remember, that (social) learning doesn’t just take place in a training room, but anywhere where people congregate. 3 – Think “activities” not “courses” It’s also time to start using different terms to refer to the “learning-focused” work that L&D does in the organisation.