Skilful Minds

JANUARY 31, 2013

In Social is the plural of personal JP Rangaswami contends that institutional innovation is required to achieve the potential that social software offers organizations in general, and for-profit companies in particular. JP's voice is one of several important contributions to current thinking about innovation.

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Innovation Social Software Design Voice 52

Big Dog, Little Dog

NOVEMBER 23, 2006

A personal list of the most powerful and innovative learning approaches that can be achieved using digital mobile technologies. When it comes to knowledge, which survival strategy (hoarding or sharing) is more likely to be effective in today's fast-paced, information-intensive world? The use of social software (Web 2.0)

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Case Study Authoring Tools Knowledge News 32

Jay Cross

AUGUST 3, 2012

Knowledge workers learn three to four times as much from experience as from interaction with bosses, coaches, and mentors. They learn about twice as much from those conversations compared to structured courses and programs. The only way to keep up is to work and learn with others. Social software facilitates conversation.

Social Networks 62

Social Networks Compliance Training Jive Yammer 62

Jay Cross

MARCH 26, 2010

The 50,000 foot view of what’s going on in social networks and informal learning has changed very little In the last five years. Here’s a mid-2003 article from an internal newsletter from Deloitte: Social Software: Get Affiliated. Knowledge management and corporate learning may never be the same.

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Social Networks CD-ROM Social Software Groupware 37

eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 7, 2009

eLearning Learning Hot List. The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. New skills for learning professionals - Informal Learning , July 1, 2009. Learning Visions , June 26, 2009. New Skills for Learning Professionals - The Learning Circuits Blog , July 1, 2009.

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Enterprise 2.0 Storyboard Enterprise Collaboration 40

eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 19, 2009

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Jane Bozarth: Better than Bullet Points - Learning Visions , August 11, 2009. Social Software Adoption - eLearning Technology , August 10, 2009. Informal Learning 2.0 - Internet Time , August 7, 2009. Lights, Camtasia, Action!

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Twitter Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting 46

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 30, 2009

If we don’t pump more resources into learning, we’re going to be flying blind. This morning I received an email asking… How are people using social software to support learning? I think most of us agree that there is an important social dimension to learning.

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Social Networks LinkedIn Social Bookmarking Social Software 44

Janet Clarey

JANUARY 23, 2009

By way of background, Jeff told me that OutStart has two flavors: Participate, their general social software solution and TrainingEdge.com, their SaaS solution which includes LMS, collaborative authoring, and social media specifically configured to support learning. This week’s featured system is OutStart.

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Outstart Cornerstone OnDemand Brandon Hall Social Media 36

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Expertise locators connect workers to people with answers; social software connects them with friends and colleagues. Software such as Second Life allows executives — in avatar form — to give presentations to one another in virtual boardrooms. The social learning revolution has only just begun. The problem?

Social Networks 40

Social Networks Wiki IBM Metrics 40

Jay Cross

MARCH 2, 2009

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for March is “If you peer inside an organization in 10 years time and you look at how workplace learning is being supported by that organization, what will you see? What will the mix of Push vs. Pull Learning; Formal vs. Informal supported by the organization? Social software.

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Network Instructional Design Internet Social Software 36

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

MARCH 30, 2009

If you are good, or knowledgable, at something, then you simply start teaching. Jay Cross posted an interesting story this morning about his reply to this email question, "How are people using social software to support learning?" Read his complete post at the Informal Learning Blog. Well said, Jay.

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Social Networks Teach Social Network Network 36

eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

How to effectively architect information for your elearning course - Free as in Freedom , February 6, 2010 As Instructional Designers, its always a challenge to balance meaningful instruction with information. I’ve been ranting about informal and computer-supported learning in organizations for twelve years now.

Case Study 40

Case Study SharePoint Association Learning Management System Taxonomy 40

Jay Cross

APRIL 8, 2009

Yesterday on video I heard myself stumbling to describe the April 21 session of Corporate Learning Trends & Innovation. I said our theme is improving performance with “natural/informal/web 2.0/connected/social connected/social learning. This new learning is strategy, not support. Informal Learning 2.0

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Learning 2.0 Informal Learning Informal Mash-up 38

Jay Cross

MAY 23, 2008

Informal Learning – the other 80%. “learning (co-creation of knowledge)&#. “If we look at learners positively, we see that their learning creates new knowledge. Learners can give more than they take by sharing what they learned and how they learned it with others.

Groupware 38

Groupware Social Networks Wiki Wink 38

Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

… Informal learning and social learning are no doubt stealing the tarts. But there is no point attempting to introduce new informal and workplace learning approaches without a clear plan and a framework.” ” 7 - 5 social business truths , Social Business, 21 January 2012.

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Resources 196

Xyleme

JULY 21, 2010

To stay relevant, George believes training vendors should do two things: Stop talking “learning” and start talking “capacity” and “execution” like the rest of the C-suite. Augment their systems with components that provide opportunities for people to interact in social systems for informal learning. Blow up your LMS.

Social Networks 109

Social Networks Social Learning Social Blended Learning 109

Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The first question from new hires, accustomed to doing their homework and living their lives with friends on their networks is “Where’s the social network? How do I search for information?”. No one learns alone either. Stronger outcomes from knowledge intensive work. Reduced email traffic and information overload.

Social Networks 79

Social Networks Social Network Network Social 79

Janet Clarey

APRIL 2, 2009

Goals pretty evenly spread among rapid e-learning (consumption and development), reduce costs, support informal learning, improve productivity. Other notes: Definition of social media vary among attendees (~160). Noted main difference between main stream media and social media. Provide a way to filter information.

Brandon Hall 36

Brandon Hall Social Learning Blended Learning Learning Technologies 36

Jay Cross

JULY 17, 2012

What worked twenty years ago doesn’t work well in the social, always-on, networked world of business we now inhabit. Service industries challenge workers to acquire tacit knowledge — the kind of know-how one learns on the job, not in the classroom. The 1980s saw the shift from an industrial to an information economy.

Corporate eLearning 71

Corporate eLearning Compliance Training Blended Learning Training 71