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Are your community's lurkers healthy lurkers?

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I've blogged about lurking before , investigating whether lurking in online forums is a sort of legitimate peripheral participation that leads to people learning about the practices of a community of practice. Or scanning a wide variety of online forum to know what's happening in other fields (helps boundary crossing).

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Business applications of Twitter

E-Learning Provocateur

With upwards of 20 million Twitter users around the world, companies should at the very least be scanning this massive public forum to keep tabs on what people are saying about them. But of course, tweet scanning also falls into the Customer Service portfolio. Tweet scanning is one thing, but active tweeting is something else again.

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Knowledge Acquisition? Skill Develop? Go COP

eLearning 24-7

I bring all of this up, because in the L&D and Training communities too many people follow a routine when it comes to learning and training. COPs – Communities of Practice. Communities of practice started to appear as both standalone systems an within a system in the early 2000s. A Community is best when?

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Where is L&D heading?

E-Learning Provocateur

What about online social education and Communities of Practice? My go-to success stories for social learning are Coca-Cola Amatil, who have cultivated active communities of practice across state-based factory floors; and Deloitte, who are the poster child for enterprise social networking. Community of Practice Case Study.

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Next generation learning

Learning with e's

Social media are enabling learners everywhere to connect and work together with each other, forming convenient communities and networks of shared interest. No longer is the computer your only mind tool and extension of your memory - now you can also call on everyone else in the world. The full power of the Learning 2.0 Learning 3.0

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Close the Digital Skills Gap in the Workplace with Technical Training

IT Training Department Blog

In case you’re scanning (I don’t blame you), the digital skills gap is when there’s a gap between the digital skills an employee has and the digital skills the workplace needs. You may even implement simple communities of practice or some other type of ongoing support through your enterprise social network (ESN).

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Boost your eLearning ROI

eFront

The human mind scans a new item with rapid decisions to associate it with positive or negative emotions. Develop Communities of Practice. Exchanging and internalizing each other’s perspectives is a major component of “communities of practice”. Do not underestimate the power of first impressions. The Halo Effect.

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