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Book instead of blogposts

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

When I started in 2005 with communities of practice, few organizations were interested. There is now much more buzz around learning in communities. It is still a question of where we want to focus our advisory practice. I also understand that the technology has helped to put social learning into focus.

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The differences between learning in an e-business and learning in a social business

Jane Hart

networked mindset). Training often outsourced, on-demand access to self-paced learning, f2f networking important, facilitated collaborative/peer-learning available in the workflow. Community management. Increasing interest in building and managing learning communities as part of blended programmes. automation).

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Making Connections: Trends in Social Learning

Obsidian Learning

Building on the concept of communities of practice , Etienne Wenger (2009) has proposed a social theory of learning. The focus of this theory is “learning as social participation,” in which learners actively participate in the practices of social communities and construct personal identities in relation to these communities.

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Quotes and excerpts on the need for Learning 2.0 from the Best of T+D: 2007-2009

ID Reflections

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.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): "Object-Centered Sociality" or What is Really at the Heart of Social Networks

Mark Oehlert

Now I saw this post in the Adaptive Path blog like a week or two ago; " The Shelf Life of Social Networks." " The post seems to be asking about why there seems to be a rise and fall to social networks and should we worry about that or just go along with it.

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Reach out and connect

Learning with e's

One of the digital literacies I identified in yesterday's blogpost was effective social networking. What else do we need to learn about social networking that can help us or our students to learn better? Wendy Earle's 2005 discussion on the nature of literacies is a useful starting point. So what's the big deal about this?

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Microlearning presentation at LearnTrends

Janet Clarey

I couldn’t really articulate differences between networks and communities of practice when Tony asked. Social networks that matter: Twitter under the microscope. This is one of those research areas where I’m reading and thinking, crap these people are brilliant. Hoping some rubs off. Innsbruck, Austria.