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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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Effective Community Management: Best Practices for Success

learnWorlds

So, as we kick off this journey into effective community management, let’s keep these stats in mind. We’re not just talking numbers; we’re uncovering the real-life impact of building awesome online communities.

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The ‘Mastermind’ effect: Leveraging resources to support upskilling and reskilling for the future

CLO Magazine

There are numerous ways to use internal resources to support learning, including coaching, mentoring, apprenticing, job shadowing and engaging in trial or stretch projects. Leveraging internal resources for skill building is one of the most important tools in the learning and development leader’s arsenal.

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Situated Cognition In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

TalentLMS

Situated cognition is based on the idea that learning is most effective when it is in context. For example, if an individual needs to learn how to complete a complex task, learning by doing is more effective than simply reading out it in a manual. 4 Situated Cognition Best Practices. Foster learning communities of practice.

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At the edge

Clark Quinn

Communities of Practice served as a model for this thinking. The solution includes continuous assessment, mobile performance support, and coaching. Coaching also played a role in the case study Jane Bozarth provided. This included and Enterprise Social Network and a Knowledge Management system.

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Creating Tomorrow’s Life Sciences Sales Leaders: 3 Strategies

PDG

With about 65,000 pharmaceutical sales representatives reflecting an annual cost of about $13 billion, developing effective leaders from those ranks stands as a critical success factor for a company’s overall commercial effectiveness. Developing Leaders at the Speed of Business. Building Blocks. More Resources.

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Eight Leader Habits of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

This could be information about such things as how to improve individual performance, how to work more effectively as a team, how to plan and make decisions as an organization, how to help customers use products and services, and how to find out what is needed in the marketplace. We want to find out what they know and what they need to learn.

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