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Lurking is Not a Static State

ID Reflections

From a community of practice perspective, lurking is interpreted as “legitimate peripheral participation,” a crucial process by which communities offer learning opportunities to those on the periphery. (p. There are communities where we continue to remain as lurkers. Etienne Wenger, Nancy White and John D.

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eLearning Learning - Best of May

Tony Karrer

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Learning and KM: Separated at birth?

Jay Cross

Practical ways of influencing educational needs, as well as enterprise strategies, are highlighted as the solutions for knowledge worker evolution are considered. People already share knowledge within the enterprise. Many government organizations are struggling to figure out how they can practically apply Web 2.0

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PDR Design Model Supports Shift to Learning Design in the Work Context

Living in Learning

If knowledge workers are not in training, they must be at work. Harvesting (moderating) actually becomes a job role when social media is utilized and communities of practice begin to blossom. Not only does that change our rules of engagement, it changes our approach to discovery. Expanded Scope of Discovery.

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Determinism, Best Practice, and the ‘Training Solution’

Performance Learning Productivity

Best practice is the result of deterministic behaviour and exists only in relatively simple systems. If a chemical engineer is looking to design a new process or parameters for distillation in a chemical plant she may be able to identify the volumes and sequences that produce the highest amount of pure distillate.

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Top 68 eLearning Posts from April - Hot Topics iPad Google Buzz

eLearning Learning Posts

The first question for most Ning community owners not willing to pay up is “where do I take my online community of practice now”? How to Get Employee Generated Content… - Visual Lounge , April 27, 2010 At your company, you have people who know the best practices and are experts in certain subjects, right?

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

Now it’s often more effective to take control by giving control, by letting “the invisible hand” self-organize worker learning. The organization establishes the goals and gives the workers flexibility in how to meet them. How workers learn now. Think about a go-getter knowledge worker learns something new. [6]