eLearning Industry

JANUARY 24, 2022

In this article, I give you some tips on how you can introduce book discussion clubs as communities of practice that can enhance your L&D strategy and provide great benefits for your organization. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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. This idea of a shared set of resources and stories is where an online, social learning community can really come into its own, particularly in teams spread out across different countries around the world.

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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. This idea of a shared set of resources and stories is where an online, social learning community can really come into its own, particularly in teams spread out across different countries around the world.

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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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TalentLMS

DECEMBER 7, 2015

In this article, I’ll shed light on the situated cognition theory, from its core principles to tips that will help you use it in your next eLearning course. Cognitive Apprenticeships and communities of practice also go hand-in-hand with situated cognition. 4 Situated Cognition Best Practices.

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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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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. Learners can design one or more learning communities with a built-in site editor. Every participant is an expert and may share articles, videos, images, events, and links to other sites.

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ID Reflections

JULY 20, 2011

Lurking and its role in communities has been on the forefront of my mind for the past few days. It has received a lot of attention in the past from the thought leaders in the realm of learning and the role of communities in personal as well as organizational learning. This is especially true of communities in enterprises.

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Web Courseworks

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

magazine invited me to author an article on “Five Ways Associations Can Use Online Games”. The way people learn from games, what game mechanics make online games addictive, and how to successfully utilize games to build community and optimize web traffic are important topics for discussion. I plan not to disappoint! Associations Now!

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dashe & Thomson

AUGUST 11, 2011

Two weeks ago Jane Hart wrote an article titled, Social Learning: to be or not to be? , Although I usually agree with Jane and am humbled by her otherworldly stature within the learning community, I’m going to pick a bone here. in which Jane expresses her dislike of the term Social Learning (big S, big L).

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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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Avilar

MAY 18, 2022

One Forbes article identifies these three leadership skills as necessary for managing remote employees: Empathy. “If Find ways to connect new managers into your network of more seasoned managers, so they have a ready community of others facing the same remote work challenges and opportunities. Communities of practice.

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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. Companies are outsourcing their course development so internal L&D can focus on communicating and connecting. Moderate social communities. Enterprise 2.0

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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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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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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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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Nancy has been my go to person for all things Communities and Networks and worked with me to create Communities and Networks Connection. So naturally when Nancy and John (with Etienne Wenger) put out the book Digital Habitats; Stewarding Technology for Communities I was very excited.

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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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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

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

Though not as basic as the need for food, water, and shelter, the desire to belong to a community, to build positive relationships with others, is high on our list of priorities. 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.

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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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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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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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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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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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CLO Magazine

APRIL 13, 2017

If you’re sponsoring or developing a peer learning program, you know that professional communities of practice are a cost-effective way to leverage the collective wisdom and experience of a group of leaders with similar roles, challenges or interest areas. Align around the peer learning community’s purpose.

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Jane Hart

JUNE 1, 2011

Roles in communities of practice , Joitske Hulsebosc, Lasagna and chips, 9 May 2011. Yet another reason I haven’t been blogging is that I have been spending a lot of time in my two new communities: The Social Learning Community on Yammer, and the Share&Learn collaboration platform I set up using open source software.

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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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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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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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