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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

There is special emphasis on developing communities of practice (both within the organization and outside it) to encourage the professional development of employees in a friendly, effective and non-invasive manner. Main difference between social and professional communities. Communities of practice focus on a subject.

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Learn Informal Learning Informally

Jay Cross

Form an on-going community of practice. Network socially with Socialcast, Buddypress, GoToMeeting, Google+. The month-long event is appropriate for decision-makers, designers, CLOs, innovation leaders, managers of communications, and others who want to accelerate learning in their organization.

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Favorite 2009 posts on Informal Learning Blog

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

This morning I received an email asking…”How are people using social software to support learning?” I’ve learned a whale of a lot from these events over the last twenty years. In these explosive times, I’d like to see more of all forms of learning. If we don’t pump more resources into learning, we’re going to be flying blind.

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Social Learning: Key resources from January

Jane Hart

. “Given how successful Facebook and other social experiences are on the consumer Web, why wouldn’t every organization flock to this vision of agile, spontaneous, transparent, and people-centered corporate collaboration? The explosion of social software tools is a source of great innovation, but also a lot of confusion.

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5 Ways to Engage Deskless Workers with Learning

Degreed

As you look for new ways to help people build skills, consider a hot topic in L&D: social learning. Social learning can take many forms, including peer conversations, team collaboration, self-directed study, forums and networks, communities of practice , and even blogs.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

People at the big events are talking about informal learning, social learning, simulations, webinars, mobile, virtual classrooms, community, interactivity, and web 2.0. Most workers have better connections to the Internet and social software at home than on the job. Training is not the same as learning.