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Virtual Communities Of Practice: 9 Tips To Engage Participants

eLearning Industry

Do you want to create a community of practice online? Learn how to engage participants in virtual communities of practice when everyone is in different locations and cannot see one another (which can be quite challenging). Have you tried using a webinar format but people aren’t talking?

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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. Jung Archetypes and Synchronicity 19.

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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. Synchronous-based learning is what I am referring to here. What really is Synchronous Based Learning (SBL)? COPs – Communities of Practice.

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Asynchronous learning

Ed App

If you’re not familiar with this term yet, then it may be best to start by taking a look at its counterpart: synchronous learning. Synchronous Learning: Everyone on the Same Page. Synchronous learning is characterized by a highly structured learning environment. Synchronous applications are only part of the story.

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PKM is our part of the social learning contract

Jane Hart

The PKM framework is based on eight years of practical research and use. Finding your voice: Using a probe-sense-respond approach, participants can test out a new medium within our community of practice. Network weaving: How to maintain, shape and cull your online networks and becoming a powerful, contributing node.

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From novice to expert

Learning with e's

Lave sees the social context of this kind of situated learning as vitally important, because novice learners can be closely supported by experts, and their behaviour and knowledge can be scaffolded by more experienced members of their learning community. The role of stronger, or more knowledgeable learners within a learning community (e.g.

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LearnTrends: Extending Learning to the Edges of Organizations

Experiencing eLearning

This is not a synchronous platform–experts can use a webcam and easily record and upload content. Support communities of practice around domains. Community ratings help judge what’s valuable–self regulating. Posted in e-Learning, Learning Communities, LMS, Workplace Learning.