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Social Learning vs. Communities of Practice

Janet Clarey

When it comes to the terms “Social Learning” and “Communities of Practice”, many people in the corporate learning realm are confused, myself included. Are Social Learning and Communities of Practice different? Social Learning is hard to track and it’s going to happen whether we try to implement it or not.

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ASAE Annual: A Gathering of People Who Build Communities of Practice

Web Courseworks

Due to a cancellation of this year’s Technology Conference, a lot of focus will be put on the learning labs for the Business of Technology track, and I have a feeling it will not be a disappointment. Associations can create communitites of practice. According to Wikipedia here is the definition. “A

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Tracking sentiments

Learning with e's

This is known as sentiment tracking, a method that may well come in useful in education in the future. The Twitter example above is a very primitive form of Sentiment Tracking and Analysis (also known as opinion mining). Several tools are available for sentiment tracking on Twitter and other social media channels.

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EcoVadis Academy: accessible, impactful sustainability education

Docebo

With the training content covering policies, actions, and results (such as how to create effective policies, how to set appropriate targets, and how to track and report progress), EcoVadis Academy was born. says Mark Sugden, VP of Community of Practice. At the end of each course, learners are tested on their knowledge.

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At the edge

Clark Quinn

Communities of Practice served as a model for this thinking. For an internal self-help solution, Allison Anderson developed a community of practice with events, portal, and a networking platform. For that matter, you should find and track these folks!

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How Does Implementing Formal Measures to Ensure Continuous Improvement Build Organisational Capability?

Acorn Labs

Formal measures for continuous improvement include implementing communities of practice (a group of people with a shared concern or interest), training evaluation, training assessments and post-training tracking. Continuous improvement is a persistent endeavour to bring improvements across the whole organisation.

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Community of improvement?

Clark Quinn

In a conversation I had recently, specifically about a community focused on research, I used the term ‘community of improvement’, and was asked how that was different than a community of practice. First, let me say that a community of practice could be, and should be, a community of improvement.

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