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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! For example, the number 500 is a piece of data, as is the name Amy Jones. Knowledge in this wiki is “community managed and owned”. It’s Business 101.

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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! For example, the number 500 is a piece of data, as is the name Amy Jones. Knowledge in this wiki is “community managed and owned”. It’s Business 101.

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Situated Cognition In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

TalentLMS

For example, if an individual needs to learn how to complete a complex task, learning by doing is more effective than simply reading out it in a manual. Cognitive Apprenticeships and communities of practice also go hand-in-hand with situated cognition. 4 Situated Cognition Best Practices.

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Learning Decathlons, Circles and Other Conversations at Accenture

CLO Magazine

Rahul Varma, chief learning officer at Accenture, took time to discuss how the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company designs and manages its social learning conversations. Varma: We are designing and coordinating conversations around various subjects rather than designing social learning content.

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Lurking or Legitimate Peripheral Participation

Experiencing eLearning

I have lots of online communities where I sit on the periphery and lurk, long past the initial phase of learning how the community works. A few examples: YouTube : Most of the time on YouTube, I’m just watching. I read through the forums and chat sometimes, but rarely jump into the conversation. Most likely.

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Social Learning: How to Build Conversations into Your eLearning Courses

Mindflash

In fact, adult learning theory and communities of practice address the important of social interactions and learning. A simple example of this is that before a customer service training course, ask enrollees to describe a prior good and bad customer experience they have had. eLearning Helps Deliver New Content.

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Effective Community Management: Best Practices for Success

learnWorlds

What are the values that will guide your community? Once you have a clear purpose and values, you can start to attract the right kind of like-minded people and build a strong community culture. ?B2B B2B Best Practice Example Imagine you’re a B2B course seller specializing in professional development.