Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

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The dynamics of managing/nurturing networks of practice

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Keeping the Wheels Turning: The Dynamics of Managing Networks of Practice. Journal of Management Studies, 47(1), 85-108 The authors make a distinction between NoPs and CoPs; networks of practice and communities of practice. Managers should support and energize communities, not neglect and ignore them.

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My takeaways from OEB18: communities, AI and 3D-smarts and some very practical stuff

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

My thinking was sharpened, but I also took away really practical lessons for the things I am working on (like the idea to embed peergradio in Moodle for instance.) Communities of practice are powerful but not appealing A powerful things happened in the very last session at 17.00 and new relationships. We decided to exchange.

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Can you engage introverts in social learning?

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Maybe extroverted learners are especially active in a community of practice and the introverts read along and 'lurk'. In Quiet we read about examples which support this line of thought. But is that true? Avril Thorne did an experiment with women in conversation in pairs.