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The Case for Communities of Practice

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

In his 2001 book Kitchen Confidential , Anthony Bourdain describes how he became a professional chef and how he continues to support the community of professional chefs. Chefs are a community of like-minded individuals who identify with one another, advance the practice of their profession and help new entrants join the industry.

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

CLO Magazine

The groups become, in essence, communities of practice where participants build strong relationships across the organization so employees see reasons to stay and curate their futures rather than job hop due to lack of a rooted connection. Be thoughtful about the participants.

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9 Strategies to Make Your Peer Learning Program Thrive

CLO Magazine

If you’re sponsoring or developing a peer learning program, you know that professional communities of practice are a cost-effective way to leverage the collective wisdom and experience of a group of leaders with similar roles, challenges or interest areas. Align around the peer learning community’s purpose.

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Workscaping, 4 of n

Jay Cross

The book Kitchen Confidential (Harper, 2001) by Anthony Bourdain describes how he become a professional chef and how he continues to support the community of professional chefs. Ten years ago, the common wisdom was that you could not establish a community of practice. Professional Development.

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Get an E-Learning Job with these Simple Tips

Rapid eLearning

For some of you, the work you do is confidential. There’s lots of power in the elearning community of practice. No one expects you to sit on the couch, eating bonbons and surfing the community. Only a handful in the community is actively engaged. Replace it with generic content. Most people loiter and lurk.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

Of course, you can try to improve those percentages through: Incentives or requirements (students must blog - it's graded) Community cohesion Focus (short time frame, limited topic) Integrated as natural activity and other adoption models. Privacy / Confidentiality - Limit the visibility. No problems getting things here.

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Top Posts from August - Augmented Reality - Social Learning

eLearning Learning Posts

primarily used the eLearning Learning and Communities and Networks sites and used Conference , Online Facilitation of Conferences , Online Interaction in Conferences , Moderating Online Interaction , and others. I’ve found these dimensions very usefull in consulting about communities, exploring its value for the organization.