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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

The meaning of ‘community’ has changed drastically with the spread of the internet and the rise of all the social networks. No longer confined by geography, people who share the same interests can connect, share and grow as a community online. Main difference between social and professional communities.

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Community of Practice and the TorranceLearning Download

The Performance Improvement Blog

One of many methods of organizational learning is a “community of practice”. TorranceLearning has created a kind of community of practice that they call the Torrance Download. This is a terrific model for a community of practice, either for people from different organizations or for people internal to one organization.

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ASAE 2010 Annual: Leaders of Communities of Practice

Web Courseworks

Associations are the hub of activity for "communities of practice.” Communities of practice are voluntary. Professionals join to gain access to peers, best practices, and education. What makes associations successful as communities of practice?

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What does change(d) look like?

Clark Quinn

In an post this past spring, I opined that we do have to change. One obvious related question is what that change would look like. And it only is for upskilling new employees (and only when needed), or when a significant change is happening. Similarly social would play a much more central role, arguably our first recourse.

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2023 ITA Jay Cross Memorial Award: Keeley Sorokti

Clark Quinn

As an instructor, she co-teaches the Creating and Sharing Knowledge class in the Master of Science in Learning and Organizational Change (MSLOC) program at Northwestern University.

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Yes, you do have to change

Clark Quinn

Think performance support first, and communities of practice, only resorting to courses as a last result. The industry is going to have to change. And that means you will have to change. The best way to change is to take that first step. Hiding your head in the sand isn’t going to cut it. So lead the way.

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End User Perspective to Managing Change in Learning: Part 5

Connect Thinking

Over the last several weeks I’ve blogged about change management when introducing a learning technology (e-learning) strategy (see Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 ). Today is the final post on the topic of change management, exploring things to think about to manage end user expectations and accountability.

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