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The Inimitable Jay Cross

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As little as a fortnight ago, he was contemplating different platforms for hosting the Real Learning community. He had an almost indefatigable zest for learning, for enjoying life, and a childlike curiosity for exploring. He never stopped thinking of new ways of looking at things, of learning and helping others learn better.

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The Seventh Hat of a Community Manager: UX Design

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An online community hosted using a social platform is asmuch about usability as it is about collaboration and communication. Oftentimes, anout-of-the-box implementation of the platform one is going to use to host thecommunity may not work. Nevertheless, a community manager needs tounderstand the basic tenets of good usability.

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MOOCs in the Workplace and Heutagogy

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The course is hosted on the Udacity platform, but otherwise taught and managed by Georgia Tech faculty. In some cases, the professors have been known to host hangout sessions as well. “In 2014, Udacity will offer an online-only computer science master degree in partnership with Georgia Tech and AT&T Inc.,

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HPT and Social Learning: David Wilkins via Skype #ISPI -Sharing some key points.

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I just attended an #ISPI session hosted by the Massachusetts ISPI chapter (@ MASS_ISPI ). The session was on HPT and Social Learning: Organizational Performance in the Cloud b y David Wilkins, VP of Product Marketing at Learn.com. Jean Marrapodi (@jmarrapodi) in her inimitable fashion made it possible for me to attend this session via Skype.

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L&D's Role in a Purpose Driven Workplace

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This post is inspired by last week's # ihrchat on Twitter hosted by Dr. Tanvi Gautam and supported by Team #ihrchat. The chat was full of insights and learning, as always. Flood of tweets poured in with inputs and suggestions on this thought-provoking topic - Reinventing HR for a Purpose Driven Workplace (PDW).

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The Big Question: Stuck? Getting Unstuck.

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Not at all! I have just taken off those rose tinted specs and put on plain white ones—the better to see with. I can now see the challenges for what they are.

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MOOCs in Workplace Learning - Part 5: Skills Learners Need Today

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MOOCs, unlike typical on-line courses hosted on corporate LMS''s operate on very different principles. I have written about these in my earlier posts and won''t delve into the principles here. I will just call out a few to set the context.