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Communities of Practice in your LMS: A hidden KM tool

TalentLMS

Extend this to the Subject Matter Experts and popular spokes-person through a defined communication framework and you have a community of practice in action! Engage all learners in a transparent, open-to-all discussion board directly under the course. Communities of practice are created by developing explicit knowledge.

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Communities of Practice in your LMS: A hidden KM tool

TalentLMS

Extend this to the Subject Matter Experts and popular spokes-person through a defined communication framework and you have a community of practice in action! Engage all learners in a transparent, open-to-all discussion board directly under the course. Communities of practice are created by developing explicit knowledge.

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Community of Practice and the TorranceLearning Download

The Performance Improvement Blog

One of many methods of organizational learning is a “community of practice”. TorranceLearning has created a kind of community of practice that they call the Torrance Download. Between noon and 3:00 on a Friday, five concurrent, 30-minute discussions were held for a total of 20 topics.

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Social Learning vs. Communities of Practice

Janet Clarey

When it comes to the terms “Social Learning” and “Communities of Practice”, many people in the corporate learning realm are confused, myself included. Are Social Learning and Communities of Practice different? It’s learning in the wild, via conversations, social media and the learning 2.0 Communities of Practice.

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A little more conversation

Learning with e's

It is informal by nature and is essentially conversational. What strikes me most about learning through PLN conversations is that the topics are always fresh, the discussions are on point, and the subsequent outcomes continue the learning process, through blogging, videos and other activities lead to further dialogue.

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Success Formula for Discussion Forums in Financial Services

Tony Karrer

I received a question this week related to Discussion Forums for Knowledge Sharing at Capital City Bank : I successfully launched a discussion forum for a small group of lending assistants within my bank. Of course, there’s no easy answers here, but lots we can discuss and learn around this. That forum is still up and running.

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Situated Cognition In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

TalentLMS

Cognitive Apprenticeships and communities of practice also go hand-in-hand with situated cognition. Below you’ll find 4 best practices and 5 tips that can help you integrate situated cognition into your eLearning strategy. 4 Situated Cognition Best Practices. Foster learning communities of practice.