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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. After digging through the references and some old articles I had saved, these are some of the key points that emerged.

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Key Social Learning Resources: Part 2

Jane Hart

Michael then provides some examples of how organisations like IBM and The Cheesecake Factory see social learning. Communities of practice or learning communities are another hot topic at the moment, since for many they seem to be an easy way to get started with social approaches. A nice overview article.

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What Exactly is Business Agility?

Rob Hubbard

As IBM succinctly put it ‘to act with agility, organisations have to increase communication and collaboration, and improve decision-making processes’. Failure to do this will result in being left in the competition’s dust and in this delicate economic environment that is definitely not a good place to be.

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The differences between learning in an e-business and learning in a social business

Jane Hart

IBM describes it succinctly. “A A Social Business is one that embraces and cultivates a spirit of collaboration and community throughout its organization—both internally and externally.”. Community management. Increasing interest in building and managing learning communities as part of blended programmes.

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

ID Reflections

Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Creativity is a conversation--a tension--between individuals working on individual problems, and the professional communities they belong to. In a flattened learning system, there are fewer experts and more fellow learners on paths that may cross.

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Effective Community Management: Best Practices for Success

learnWorlds

Your professional looking Academy in a few clicks Start FREE Trial Deloitte even jumped into the mix in 2020, showing that employees hanging out in online learning communities are more likely to stick around with their companies. So, as we kick off this journey into effective community management, let’s keep these stats in mind.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

IBM I only briefly mentioned how other organizations are adopting these tools in a big way - The Wall Street Journal - June 18 2007 - social networking at IBM 26,000 registered blogs. Ranking, tagging, top stories Tags link back to the tagger's BluePages profile IBM owns more than 50 islands in Second Life. No anonymous users.

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