The Learning Circuits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As Ryann mentioned in a previous post, I’m the Community of Practice Manager for Learning Technologies at ASTD. In this role, I engage with the community and help build ASTD’s portfolio of content—from T+D articles to books to educational programs to conferences and beyond.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 15, 2019

A recent article caused me to think. The article is about a (hypothetical) learning journey, and talks about how learning objects are part of that learning process. My issue is with the locus of the curation of those objects; should it be the organization, an AI, or the community? . Always a great thing!

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Instancy

MARCH 9, 2023

This article will introduce one such platform, Instancy, and its features that help learners to make the most of their social learning experience. Every participant is an expert and may share articles, videos, images, events, and links to other sites.

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PDG

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Create a community of practice by linking members of the cohort with one another and having mentors encourage communication outside of curriculum activities. Align program assignments with strategic activities and planning that developing leaders can complete both with their mentors and the community of practice.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It could be papers, articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, webinars, what have you. You may have a community of practice or a mailing list that is appropriate. Not wanting to minimize, nor overly emphasize, the role of ‘content’, I put it in as well. It includes social interactions as well. That builds the culture.

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Web Courseworks

AUGUST 24, 2017

National associations or “communities of practice” have been in the business of content curation for many years: publishing journals, books containing the community’s body of knowledge, and face to face educational sessions. It is true we are all curators when we collect interesting articles and SHARE with our colleagues.

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ID Reflections

JULY 20, 2011

I recalled some of the posts and articles I had read in the past about lurking as a behavior in online communities and what it indicated, and decided to dig through those again. Finally, are lurkers considered as community members? Does that mean they should always continue to lurk? I don't quite think that happens.

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This article first appeared in TrainingZone on 9 September 2011, but is reproduced here for those who don’t have a TZ account. During social learning month I am writing some weekly articles with some key resources about social learning. A nice overview article. But we still talk about ‘management’ of communities!

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Adobe Captivate

APRIL 22, 2019

Here are some ways we can do that: Create communities of practice that either meet in person or virtually. See this article on blended learning. Sometimes we as learning professionals don’t need to have “the answer” for the learner. Find ways to actively involve the learner.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JUNE 3, 2010

Image by D'Arcy Norman via Flickr I received a beautiful article (thanks to Julie Ferguson!). Unfortunately it is not freely accessible online, but this is the reference to the article: Agterberg, M., Keeping the Wheels Turning: The Dynamics of Managing Networks of Practice. Van den Hooff, B., Huysman, M., &

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 29, 2011

Here is an interesting article about how to bring mobile phone development to the classroom. The ICT Center Community of Practice supplies educators with the classroom content and information they need to educate technicians by making the knowledge of subject-matter experts readily accessible to industry and academia in a variety of formats.

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Dashe & Thomson

AUGUST 11, 2011

Two weeks ago Jane Hart wrote an article titled, Social Learning: to be or not to be? , Informal learning includes certain social learning tools like wikis, communities of practice, expert directories, etc., in which Jane expresses her dislike of the term Social Learning (big S, big L).

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Web Courseworks

JULY 25, 2017

Every so often a book is published that provides a community of practice with a fresh perspective on current issues. The intention of this review is to describe a few chapters, reiterate the book’s importance to the community of practice, and provide our readers with one of the editor’s commentary. Rayburn, Mary G.

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Avilar

MAY 18, 2022

One Forbes article identifies these three leadership skills as necessary for managing remote employees: Empathy. “If Communities of practice. We recommend a more comprehensive skills and competency-based approach to building and assessing management skills. External hires.

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Jane Hart

APRIL 2, 2011

In terms of my professional reading, I added around 25 articles to my 2011 Reading List, but here are 3 that I’ve marked as must-reads. Social Learning Community. I launched the Social Learning Community on 7 March, and in the few weeks that it has been active, there are now over 550 members.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 28, 2016

A recent Harvard Business Review article, What do you really mean by business “transformation” describes three different “categories of effort, and this is valuable to help us understand workplace learning transformation. The HBR article concludes. This is a re-work of a previous post. But what does it actually mean?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2011

The future of the training department” (article by Harold and Jay) L&D people should be focused on removing barriers – helping people work smarter or better. What are the ingredients of building a Community of Practice? Also changes in management. Enterprise 2.0 kinds of things – inverting the traditional management pyramid.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The other day, I discovered an interesting article, Presence Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning in a 3D Virtual Immersive World , which describes an educational approach for conducting a learning event in a virtual immersive environment. Flying around in VirtualU: Sense of space is important in virtual learning environments.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 31, 2012

See my recent article, Facilitating collaborative learning: a recipe for success , which describes our experiences at the Social Learning Centre. Want to find out more Online Communities ? See Harold Jarche’s article on Modeling not shaping. See my article Using a collaboration platform for brilliant learning.

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TalentLMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In this article, we share with you some innovative ways to use your company’s online portal to change the way employees are brought into a company. Online support questions need to be answered and mentored in a “community of practice” manner. And what about the “first impression is the last impression?” And much more.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 5, 2009

He coaches and consults on issues ranging from event design and community facilitation, to community design and evalua tion, and technology selection and configuration. He's the host of com-prac, the longest-running conversation about communities of practice on the 'Net.

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Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It also involved helping teams understand what it actually meant to set up and sustain a project group or community of practice; and again it wasn’t simply about using the technology, but included offering tips and techniques to encourage and value participation of the members, as well as keep the group or community alive.

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

This article first appeared on TrainingZone on 25th September 2011. This is the fourth and final instalment of my weekly articles curating key social learning resources for TrainingZone’s social learning month. Jay Cross in a recent article for CLO Magazine, Making sense of the world, has a similar theme. ” [link].

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Obsidian Learning

DECEMBER 2, 2019

When an employee needs to build specific technical skills, he or she might be directed to the company’s Community of Practice in that area. These are often websites where experts in the field can post research articles, project updates, and other key information. Click here to read some Community of Practice success stories.

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PDG

OCTOBER 6, 2022

You can also create internal communities of practice around skill sets that need continual attention or specific projects or tasks. The network these communities of practice create can extend far beyond the initial intent of the group and build strong connections among your team. Never Miss an Article from PDG.

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Logicearth

MAY 26, 2022

In a recent article for this very blog, I wrote about the importance of cohort-based learning as a way to motivate and empower learners. To return to Serenity Gibbons’ article , she argues that cohort-based courses can “bridge the gap between mainstream online education, which is typically solitary, and that of traditional in-person classes.”

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Logicearth

MAY 26, 2022

In a recent article for this very blog, I wrote about the importance of cohort-based learning as a way to motivate and empower learners. To return to Serenity Gibbons’ article , she argues that cohort-based courses can “bridge the gap between mainstream online education, which is typically solitary, and that of traditional in-person classes.”

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Degreed

MARCH 14, 2023

Even if they’re simply asking their employees to pre-read and then discuss an article, that’s making time for learning. Create communities of practice nurtured by recognized experts. Ask senior management to promote to share that learning isn’t a “nice to have.” On the contrary, it’s expected.

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PDG

MAY 17, 2021

You can also create internal communities of practice around skill sets that need continual attention or specific projects or tasks. The network these communities of practice create can extend far beyond the initial intent of the group and build strong connections among your team.

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Obsidian Learning

MARCH 24, 2015

As Stewart Butterfield, Slack’s co-founder and chief executive, states in the article, “Being able to scroll back over the last couple weeks, you get a whole bunch of ‘soft knowledge’ about how the company operates — how people relate to one another at this company, who knows the answers to most questions, who really makes the decisions.”.

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 10, 2023

In this article, we will explore answers to some questions like these. It can simulate real-life scenarios and environments, enabling employees to practice skills and scenarios in a safe and controlled environment. Social Learning: It enables learners to interact and collaborate, share knowledge, and build communities of practice.

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PDG

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Create a community of practice by linking members of the cohort with one another and having mentors encourage communication outside of curriculum activities. Align program assignments with strategic activities and planning that developing leaders can complete both with their mentors and the community of practice.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 6, 2011

I am very much a fan of guided discovery learning (not the unguided discovery learning that was used as a straw-man opponent to instructivist in the Kirschner, Sweller, Clark article ), but I do believe guidance is necessary until learners demonstrate self-learning capability.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Certainly, ‘sanitized’ work, where critical details are obscured but the thinking is shown should be supported in going out to communities of practice. And the end result, when the business advantage isn’t threatened, could and should be shared through articles or webinars or conference presentations.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 22, 2017

Here is a complete list of benefits included with ATD’s Professional Plus Membership: Unlimited Access to Community of Practice: Multiple communities that focus on different topics such as Career Dev, Management, Government, etc. You get access to these through a Member Center portal.

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Adobe Captivate

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

I’ve since started writing chapter summaries (here is the last article ) so people can “preview” some of the great books out there and hopefully end up reading them! Teaching and learning practices benefit from the collective knowledge that social technology provides. Below is this month’s chapter summary.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 2, 2011

• News articles. • Communities of practice. I’m referring to things like: • Blogs. • Slides. • Videos. • Podcasts. • Webinars. • Social networks. • E-Journals. Why waste money reinventing the wheel? Furthermore, I contend they have an obligation to do so. • Wikis.

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