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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? Tags: ASAE 2010.

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Exploring Social Learning and Smarter Working (eLearning Guild Webinar) #inttime

Learning Visions

The role of L&D is to communicate and connect those who are doing the work (at the top of the pyramid) and management whose job is to support them. Companies are outsourcing their course development so internal L&D can focus on communicating and connecting. Becoming CURATORS of information – tagging, editing.

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27 Books for L&D Folks.

ID Reflections

6 Knowledge Management Cultivating Communities of Practice Etienne Wegner, et al. 10 Design/Communication/Business/Presentation The Back of the Napkin Dan Roam. 11 Communication/Presentation/Business Made to Stick Dan and Chip Heath. 12 Change management/Communication/Self management/Innovation Switch Dan and Chip Heath.

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Learning About the Future of Learning

Web Courseworks

As you may or may not already know, I like to refer to associations as our real “communities of practice.” This gathering is for creative thinkers who want to discover and reflect on the next big idea for their community of practice. Hope to see you there!

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Now What? Beyond Networks

Experiencing eLearning

community of practice. Intent was to show that we communicate our goals through things other than verbal. How does that impact online communication? How do you build trust through online communication? Posted in Informal Learning, Learning Communities. This is post 3 of 3. Beyond Networks. George Siemens.

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Driving formal & informal from the same place

Clark Quinn

We’re developed in communities of practice, with our learning distributed across time and across resources. We provide resources, and communication channels, and meaning representation tools. Tags: design meta-learning social strategy. And that’s what we should be shooting for in our formal learning, too.

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Measurement & ROI for Social & Network Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Determine how much info is accurate/valid, communicated well. Examples (from The Social Enterprise Blog ): Caterpillar 3000 communities of practice = $75 million saved as of 5 years ago. Posted in Informal Learning, Learning Communities. Figure out what kind of users are benefited/harmed the most. Hard/soft benefits.