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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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Quotes and excerpts on the need for Learning 2.0 from the Best of T+D: 2007-2009

ID Reflections

Excerpts from the Best of T+D | 2007 - 2009 Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : As knowledge workers, we are like actors--only as good as our last performance. Professionals are anyone who does work that cannot be standardized easily and who continuously welcomes challenges at the cutting edge of his or her expertise.

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Success Formula for Discussion Forums in Financial Services

Tony Karrer

In terms of finding people with experience on this, my first suggestion was using LinkedIn and particularly looking through LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers , LinkedIn for Finding Expertise , and Searching for Expertise - LinkedIn Answers. This is in process. I’ll also reach out via twitter.

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Jay Cross – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Jay: The Internet Time Alliance is a community of practice. Forming the Alliance community was easily the best professional development move of my career. Jay: That’s a giant issue and it’s a bit out of my area of expertise. However, we think it (the alliance) is still a bit of a mystery to many people in the industry.

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JAY CROSS – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Jay: The Internet Time Alliance is a community of practice. Forming the Alliance community was easily the best professional development move of my career. Jay: That’s a giant issue and it’s a bit out of my area of expertise. However, we think it (the alliance) is still a bit of a mystery to many people in the industry.

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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

People learn to build the right network of associates and the right level of expertise through informal, sometimes even accidental, learning that flies beneath the corporate radar. Now it’s often more effective to take control by giving control, by letting “the invisible hand” self-organize worker learning. How workers learn now.