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Knowledge, practice and community

Learning with e's

In this post, I extend this idea into the work Lave did with Etienne Wenger, which has become known as Communities of Practice. The work of Lave and Wenger advances this concept, turning its focus to the people who make up the learning communities we are all a part of. Previous posts in this series: 1.

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PLN or CoP?

Learning with e's

In the context of this post, PLN stands for Personal Learning Network , and CoP stands for Communities of Practice. In CoPs, connections are generally more deliberate, focused upon practice, often of a professional nature, and the interactions are focused largely upon the shared business of that community of practice.

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Are we wasting our time?

Learning with e's

We are connecting with our peers, creating and communicating with our professional communities of practice, and we are expressing our learning to an audience of knowledgeable others. by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Design for life

Learning with e's

It takes several hours to learn a systems such as typing on a keyboard, and several more months to become competent to the point of expertise. The payoff for all the practice, says Norman, is not only increased typing speed and accuracy, but also a reduction in mental effort, freeing up the mind to process other things.

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Five tools for global educators

Learning with e's

We are connected educators, linked in to a number of powerful global communities of practice, and we have access to resources, dialogue and audiences we would not enjoy in a traditional learning and teaching role. But what tools do we use to enable us to connect with these communities, resources, audiences around the globe?

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Ambient learning

Learning with e's

They can draw upon archived content written by experts, or upon the live expertise of knowledgeable members within their professional learning network. Ambient learning by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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E-Learning 101: Straightforward Answers to Fundamental Questions

ATD Learning Technologies

What is Creative Commons? Creative Commons is a type of copyright license wherein the creator of the content still retains the rights but allows others to use it free of charge with certain stipulations. Use of Creative Commons content is already pre-authorized with the terms and conditions set by the owner.