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Recommended Reading Summary: A Chapter of “From Practice Fields to Communities of Practice”

Adobe Captivate

Chapter 2: From Practice Fields to Communities of Practice by Sasha Barab and Thomas Duffy (2012). There are a range of opinions and positions within the constructivist and situativity communities regarding even the basic concepts laid out in this text. Here is this month’s chapter summary.

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PKM is our part of the social learning contract

Jane Hart

PKM is also a key skill of being an effective autonomous learner – as we can see from the many individuals who are already organizing and managing their own personal learning strategies in the organization – and consequently a key aspect of BYOL (Bring Your Own Learning). PKM is therefore the key to successful social learning.

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Study: L&D Spending on the Rise

CLO Magazine

Money spent on training rose 12 percent on average in 2012, according to a new study, a sign that, amid greater financial stability, firms are focused on the development of their workforces. The research showed that spending and resource allocations differ markedly, depending on the learning organization's focus and effectiveness.

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Stats on Workplace Learning

Marcia Conner

From Training Magazine’s 2012 Training Industry Report (full download available for free): Total 2012 U.S. After rebounding last year, the training industry hit a bump in the road in 2012 as it followed the downward economic trend that dogged the U.S.: Total 2012 U.S. Total 2012 U.S. In 2012, U.S.

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Learning You Can Take to the Bank

CLO Magazine

Furthermore, the Project Management Institute’s report “The Competitive Advantage of Effective Talent Management” from March 2013 discovered that organizations with strong talent management programs met 72 percent of their project goals as compared to 58 percent for organizations with a weaker career development focus.

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Social, Informal Learning Can Be ?Measured

CLO Magazine

A 2012 Towards Maturity benchmarking study (Figure 1) showed that: • 95 percent of companies surveyed want to use technology to increase best practice sharing, but only 25 percent are achieving this. The goal is to measure the effect of these types of learning on learning goals, behaviors and business objectives,” he said.

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Five Must-Have Skills for Learning Professionals: An Update

Mindflash

But if you believe that communities of practice are an effective tool, then you also understand that learning and practice go hand in hand. ” More : Three Great Takeaways from ASTD 2012. Whereas social learning is about connecting people — with or without technology — enterprise 2.0 Enterprise 2.0