ID Reflections

DECEMBER 18, 2011

This is anexcellent thumb rule for designers--and as I got into my role of a communitymanager--I learned the value of this rule for community managers as well. Ihave recently blogged about The Six Hats of a Community Manager , and here isthe seventh one. Does a community manager need to become an UX expert?

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ID Reflections

JUNE 5, 2009

Coupled with the "translation," we are not likely to forget the points about online communities mentioned here in a hurry. Tags: collaborative learning social learning andragogy online communities adult learning. The rhymes reminded me strongly of Edward Lear's "Owl and Pussy cat" in their pea green boat. Enjoy the slideshow.

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ID Reflections

JULY 20, 2011

Lurking and its role in communities has been on the forefront of my mind for the past few days. 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. This is especially true of communities in enterprises.

Communities of Practice 203

Communities of Practice IBM Community Jive 203

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The German word Weltanschauung —used to represent the mode of apprehending reality of a community—was first used by Kant and later popularized by Hegel. Weltanschauung represents the collective consciousness of a community of a certain experience. The discourse of communities doesn’t and cannot hinge on and around scarcity.

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ID Reflections

APRIL 6, 2014

Corporate MOOCs are likely to produce a breed of community managers who will be a cross between enterprise community managers and learning experience designers. Facilitating the building of communities around topics and areas of interest which can potentially become centers of excellence B.

Social Networks 189

Social Networks Benefits Forum Community 189

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

IMHO, the shifts and their impact delineated above will enforce and require collaboration -- between individuals, among organizations, between individuals and organizations, among project teams and communities of practices, and such. Some of the principle drivers and needs around collaboration are given below. Social is NOT a set of tools.

Network 202

Network Diversity Training PKM Communities of Practice 202

ID Reflections

MAY 25, 2015

The more I thought about it, the more it seemed to me that it is one of the fundamental blocks of building a community of practice. A community grows around a domain where practitioners share their insights, knowledge and doubts, the work processes. Community members learn together, share feedback, take onus of building the domain.

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ID Reflections

MAY 31, 2015

Employees today want to be part of a community where the work and the workplace will be an extension of themselves, their passion and vision. I am reminded of Abhijit Bhaduri's post on Talent Communities in relation to this post. Take the Linux community for example. And why should anyone care? For them, work becomes learning.

Roles 100

Roles Social Networks Community Diversity Training 100

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 29, 2011

and Social Business Initiatives Are Likely to Remain Difficult by JonHusband Community Management CommunityManagement: The Strategic New IT-Enabled Business Capability by DionHinchcliffe Communitymanagement: The 'essential' capability of successful Enterprise 2.0

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Enterprise 2.0 Diversity Training Enterprise Community 184

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

While the former reflects the redesigning of workplace as a physical manifestation of this change with its focus on enabling communities and collaboration, the second one squarely focuses on empowering autonomous learning and facilitating the building of trusted networks. IMHO, L&D and HR have to work together--very very closely.

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Change Social Networks Social Network Collaboration 220

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Social learning via an enterprise collaboration platform Mobile enabled learning accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device of the user’s choice MOOCs which straddle the line between social learning and e-learning with learner communities While an organization can facilitate these, the onus lies with the users/learners.

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ID Reflections

JUNE 29, 2014

Managing/facilitating communities and networks – IMHO, learning in the workplace will increasingly take place in communities – these could be communities of interest, communities of practice, or even communities formed out of project groups.

Roles 167

Roles Social Media OER Performance Support 167

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

When I read Rachel Happe’s (@rhappe ) post, The Emerging Career Path of Community Professionals , I was reminded of my older posts on community management and the skills required. I wrote about the tenets of community management based on my experience. As community managers, we have to remove obstacles from the path of change.

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Community Roles Management Screencast 172

ID Reflections

MAY 10, 2010

Soft skills: Good communication & written skills. Quote from Harold Jarche : Skills for learning professionals “Today, active involvement in informal learning, particularly through web-based communities, is key to remaining professional and creative in a field. You should have experience in designing curriculum based products.

Instructional Design 137

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 137

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

This is a continuation of my MOOC series and also a post that draws a lot from the #MSLOC430 community and MOOC ("C" type) that I am participating in -- the open section of the graduate course in the Master''s Program in Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern University.

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ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

I got to learn from the experts – individuals who were charting the path and devising ways to use the tool as an avenue for learning, sharing and innovating – building a strong global community of learning professionals. Sometime later, I stumbled on to my first ever online learning community, #lrnchat. I felt empowered.

Social Media 144

Social Media Media Social Diversity Training 144

ID Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Most organizations (there are exceptions like Buffer, Etsy, and Community Sourced Capital ) see themselves as isolated players in competition with others in the same field. They create financial value as well as social value, which includes non-financial positive outcomes such as purpose, meaning, community, expression, and learning.

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Collaboration Social Learning Social Platform 217

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 15, 2011

In this post, I wantto talk about the different hats that we need to don as community managers.This was well put in the diagram by Andy Wibbels which you can see in this post called Inside the Mind of a Community Manager.It graphically represents a number of things a community manager needs to be aware of in her/his role.

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Community Management Jive Screencast 193

ID Reflections

JANUARY 27, 2012

Even as the Questions buzzed around inside my head, I felt the accolade bring in responsobilites-- a commitment to be authentic, to share what I learn, to continuously learn and enhance my skills, to give back to the community of elearning that is the source of my inspiration. I hope to keep growing and learning from the community.

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HTML Twitter Community Support 132

ID Reflections

AUGUST 8, 2016

Looking forward to writing and conversing with my community once again. They will work in a collaborative manner very akin to a closed community to deliver a project outcome (in the manner of Wikipedia and Linux). An organization that fails to foster an environment where such communities can come together will very likely flounder.

Cognitive 100

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ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Organizations need to become facilitators, communities and platforms for people to explore and express their passion. Connecting them to relevant communities and groups foster that sense of belonging and lessens isolation and disconnect, especially important for those working remotely, from client locations, from home or elsewhere.

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ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

As little as a fortnight ago, he was contemplating different platforms for hosting the Real Learning community. Jay Cross There were so many Aha! moments as I journeyed through Jay’s books and thoughts. They are too innumerable to list down.

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Storyboard Knowledge Worker Community Instructional Design 100

ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

Ever since I started working primarily from home, I realized (even more so than before) the importance of online communities—within my organization and without. Without the support of various online communities, I doubt if I would have had the fortitude or the skills required to do my work effectively.

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Stock Skype Knowledge Worker Community 124

ID Reflections

JUNE 25, 2014

Hence, the role of an enterprise community (learning) manager could become even more imperative in the success of a MOOC. a focus on community management. The learning is not restricted to only the MOOC content. MOOCs designed around relevant content should act as triggers for collaboration and social learning.

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PKM OER Diversity Training Trust 157

ID Reflections

JUNE 30, 2014

MOOCs work very well for a distributed set of learners/workers - A MOOC could be an ideal way to bring a set of workers or learners together virtually, and enabling them to form a community of professionals embarking on the same learning journey.

Performance Support 227

Performance Support Support Performance Case Study 227

ID Reflections

APRIL 14, 2011

The New Learning Architect by Clive Shepherd The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today by Jeanner Meister Pragmatic Thinking and Learning by Andy Hunt The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation (Theory in Practice) by Jono Bacon The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great (..)

Cognitive 144

Cognitive Pedagogy Agile iPad 144

ID Reflections

AUGUST 16, 2011

While the terms community management and community manager are more popular, I have never found them very comfortable to use. I am happier with community leadership or community facilitation. I am happier with community leadership or community facilitation. Create communities (i.e.,

Community 147

Community Jive Diversity Training Enterprise 147

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.

Learning 2.0 132

Learning 2.0 Blended Learning Social Networks Gartner 132

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The emergent nature of MOOCs can have interesting outcomes: They can enable the formation of Communities of Interests (CoIs), which can evolve into Communities of Practices (CoPs) if participants are keen on building the domain knowledge and practices. The desire to reach out with the intent to learn is a mindset.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Skills Learner PKM 100

ID Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

I am a part of a huge global network of educators and learned, a virtual community of practice. Knowledge in this community is constantly being reconstructed through dialogue, conversation, and debate. What I have learned in the last 3 years have been completely via social media. Social, informal learning.

Social Media 124

Social Media Conference Courseware Virtual World 124

ID Reflections

JANUARY 28, 2015

The four topics we are planning to deep dive into in the first two weeks are: a) Networked learning, b) Personal Learning Networks, c) MOOCs, and d) Communities of Inquiry. A PLN is a location and time agnostic community for exchange of thoughts and ideas in a safe environment. We need a new set of skills.

Network 100

Network Diversity Training Personal Learning Social Networks 100

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2014

community_facilitation future_of_work L&D MOOC Workplace Learning'

Micro-Learning 110

Micro-Learning Performance Support Instructional Design Community 110

ID Reflections

JUNE 5, 2009

Tags: corporate training communities of practice collaborative learning social learning informal learning.

Informal Learning 100

Informal Learning Informal Communities of Practice Collaborative Learning 100

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Human beings will be left to do work that is creative, purposeful and adds value to themselves and to the larger community. However, while various parts of the world are going through this “ futurization ” at different speeds, it is happening. And it will eventually reach our part of the world too.

Diversity Training 123

Diversity Training Learner Cognitive Expertise 123

ID Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2015

What working out loud requires is for us to collectively go back to the days when we swapped stories sitting around a fire, the only difference being that the fire has been replaced by a participative medium like a social collaboration platform, communities of diverse individuals and a global mindshare.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Cognitive PKM Network 100

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

6 Knowledge Management Cultivating Communities of Practice Etienne Wegner, et al. 10 Design/Communication/Business/Presentation The Back of the Napkin Dan Roam. 11 Communication/Presentation/Business Made to Stick Dan and Chip Heath. 12 Change management/Communication/Self management/Innovation Switch Dan and Chip Heath.

Social Networks 172

Social Networks Cognitive Enterprise 2.0 Social Network 172

ID Reflections

APRIL 26, 2009

The blogging community is like a huge, gigantic meeting room--where the participants are invisible to each other but nonetheless responding to each other. Blogging is no longer what it used to be--outpourings of an individual's thoughts and ideas. To be honest, a somewhat narcissistic activity.

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Conversation Global Learning 2.0 Social Media 100