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Are We Approaching Collaborative eLearning Wrong? - The Individual is the New Group

Tony Karrer

I ran across a recent article by Stowe Boyd - Matthew Glotzbach on Consumer Collaboration that is an interesting look at how the workforce is changing and it has some implications for learning professionals. Instead, " emergence " - the ability of the system to be fairly open and allow patterns to emerge.

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Moving from One to Many - LMS Products are Two Generations Behind

Tony Karrer

We need to build the collaborative aspect of learning back into these experiences if we're going to achieve the collective outcomes we want. Collaborative learning environments and strategies such as virtual classrooms, discussion forums, mentoring and coaching need to be enabled and mandated as part of the learning experience.

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The key to understanding what’s going on

Jay Cross

In yesterday’s presentation for Collaborative Learning 04, we asked “In business culture, where’s the pendulum this year?&#. Want to understand the emerging world of social software? And the group replied: Emphasis on institutions 0. In the middle 60%. Emphasis on individuals 40%. Social Software: Get Affiliated.