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Knowledge Acquisition? Skill Develop? Go COP

eLearning 24-7

What if we have been trained to think and follow a method that isn’t as effective as they have told us – in school, in research, in studies after studies? What if that method works only for this group, but not that group? EdTech uses SBL; it is their main method of learning. COPs – Communities of Practice.

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How to Create a Learning Culture in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

communities of practice). Is there an app or social networking forum you can communicate through? In this suggestion, he is imploring managers to adapt the method of learning that they use to how particular individuals and networks learn best given the content. training) and informal learning experiences (e.g.,

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Reprise: How to Create a Learning Culture in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

communities of practice). Is there an app or social networking forum you can communicate through? In this suggestion, he is imploring managers to adapt the method of learning that they use to how particular individuals and networks learn best given the content. training) and informal learning experiences (e.g.,

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How to Improve Learning Outcomes With Performance Support

Dashe & Thomson

Unfortunately, traditional training methods – and even most eLearning – overestimates the capacity for human memory. Forums and discussion groups have been around a long time, and provide effective support for those looking to solve a problem while they’re still “in the flow” of their work.

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Social Learning: An Ongoing Experiment

CLO Magazine

Among the most adopted technologies are secure instant messaging, discussion forums, video channels, online shared work spaces and internal blogs. Only 17 percent cited cutting costs related to other delivery methods, a more concrete outcome. The intangible nature of these top motivators makes them harder to quantify.

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Proliferating Portals

Clark Quinn

I use portal as the overarching term as well (also including discussion forums, blogs, profiles…). And , then, you should also empower communities of practice to create their own portals as well. The problem isn’t really the number, however, it’s how they’re being organized.

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How to Create a Successful Community of Practice

CrossKnowledge

<div class=”page-chapo”>Communities of practice have existed within organizations for many years, usually taking the form of a group of people gathering together to share knowledge, to motivate each other, and build their expertise.</div> How do communities of practice work?