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ASAE Annual: A Gathering of People Who Build Communities of Practice

Web Courseworks

Associations can create communitites of practice. What makes the Association market space so interesting to me and others involved in eLearning is that for individual professional development and for community building, Associations is where it all takes place; or at least, it should. Tags: ASAE.

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The Case for Communities of Practice

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

They see that their apprentices learn to create satisfying yet economical food. Chefs are a community of like-minded individuals who identify with one another, advance the practice of their profession and help new entrants join the industry. In time, they pay back the community by shifting from "what's known” to "what's next.”.

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TCC08: Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking

Experiencing eLearning

Wachovia is testing social networking for sharing information and developing community within the community. Businesses fear the lack of message control, but some hope that by creating a safe and pleasant environment internally that employees will talk internally rather than out in public. More communities of practice.

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Creating a Vibrant Learning Community

Kapp Notes

Today I am presenting at Immaculata University on the topic of Creating a Vibrant Learning Community as part of a faculty workshop. Communities Of Practice View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. A Learning Community is a group whose members regularly engage in sharing and learning, based on common interests.

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Exploring Social Learning and Smarter Working (eLearning Guild Webinar) #inttime

Learning Visions

Companies are outsourcing their course development so internal L&D can focus on communicating and connecting. Becoming CURATORS of information – tagging, editing. Moderate social communities. Creating “cultures of continuous learning” Will mobile fundamentally alter the way we learn? Clark says yes.

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The dynamics of managing/nurturing networks of practice

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Keeping the Wheels Turning: The Dynamics of Managing Networks of Practice. Journal of Management Studies, 47(1), 85-108 The authors make a distinction between NoPs and CoPs; networks of practice and communities of practice. Managers should support and energize communities, not neglect and ignore them.

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Book review: Social media for trainers

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I learned picked up some new interesting tools like SocialOomph , Twaitter and Brizzly that allow you to create tweets ahead of time. Here, she defines learning and social learning and links social learning to personal learning networks and communities of practice. Tags: online facilitation elearning.