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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties. Learning and development professionals should remember the Weak Ties theory when designing social learning systems.

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27 Books for L&D Folks.

ID Reflections

They are not predominantly directly related to learning or instructional design or theory (except for one or two); however, they all helped me to see the larger picture, to understand where workplace learning and training fits in, and why and where change is needed. . 9 Training/Performance Management/HPT First Things Fast Allison Rossett.

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Connectivism and the modern learner

E-Learning Provocateur

Recently, I read a blog article about connectivism by Debora Gallo. So after several hours of unenlightened googling, I decided to bite the bullet, go back to first principles and read George Siemens’ seminal paper, Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. Theoretical foundations. Learning in the digital age.

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The Social Learning Revolution in eLearning

TalentLMS

While retouching social learning theories is a requirement for this article, we cannot overstate the benefits this effort can incur for training professionals. Social learning theories explain this form of learning as learning with and from others. Effective organizational knowledge management stems from this type of learning.

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The Changing Nature of Workplace Learning

Learnnovators

“ Wilkinson proposed building out the entire GLG office to accommodate “activity-based working”–the theory that employees no longer need personal workstations so much as they need many different settings in which to meet, collaborate, or focus, depending on which tasks they’re working on.

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How Social Learning is Powering Up Today’s Workplaces

Learnnovators

” – Albert Bandura (Originator of Social Learning Theory). “ Social Media is not Social Learning : In this article, Dan Pontefract elaborates why social media is NOT social learning, and also points out the significance for organizations to define and support social learning at their workplaces. The research isn’t heartening.

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Learning and Performance Ecosystems

Association eLearning

Knowledge Management: Having relevant, updated information available in an easily accessible place and format can go a long way. Note that this article was inspired by, and draws heavily from, some of the wonderful resources on this subject that the eLearning Guild has produced. This is an extreme summary of this concept.