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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

The meaning of ‘community’ has changed drastically with the spread of the internet and the rise of all the social networks. No longer confined by geography, people who share the same interests can connect, share and grow as a community online. Organizational value of online communities.

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Lurking is Not a Static State

ID Reflections

Lurking and its role in communities has been on the forefront of my mind for the past few days. It has received a lot of attention in the past from the thought leaders in the realm of learning and the role of communities in personal as well as organizational learning. This is especially true of communities in enterprises.

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Success Formula for Discussion Forums in Financial Services

Tony Karrer

One of the things that this group has identified as one of their “problems” is that they receive too many emails. I also checked out Nancy White’s Communities and Networks site under Discussion Forums , Case Studies of Discussion Forums , and Community Building and Discussion Forums. I found a lot of great stuff.

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Learn Informal Learning Informally

Jay Cross

Collaborate with a self-organizing team to solve problems. Form an on-going community of practice. Network socially with Socialcast, Buddypress, GoToMeeting, Google+. experience learning hands-on through collaborative work, community, search, social software, blogs and tweets. spot the fakes, e.g.

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Performance - Collaboration - Social Network Analysis - eLearning Hot List

Tony Karrer

World Part 2 - Social Enterprise Blog , June 6, 2009 Should you Care about Google Wave? yes, they went there - WISE Pedagogy , June 1, 2009 Time Spent - The Learning Circuits Blog , June 1, 2009 Top Other Items The following are the top other items based on social signals. Can We Enhance People's Cognitive Outcomes?

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Come Together

Jay Cross

Expertise locators connect workers to people with answers; social software connects them with friends and colleagues. The social learning revolution has only just begun. The problem? Furthermore, far too many CLOs take no responsibility for the social media that makes collaboration work.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

People at the big events are talking about informal learning, social learning, simulations, webinars, mobile, virtual classrooms, community, interactivity, and web 2.0. Social & Collaborative Activities. Personal & professional networks & communities. Training is not the same as learning. Know where.