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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

The meaning of ‘community’ has changed drastically with the spread of the internet and the rise of all the social networks. No longer confined by geography, people who share the same interests can connect, share and grow as a community online. Main difference between social and professional communities.

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Come Together

Jay Cross

Then, along came the Internet. Expertise locators connect workers to people with answers; social software connects them with friends and colleagues. Furthermore, far too many CLOs take no responsibility for the social media that makes collaboration work.

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Favorite 2009 posts on Informal Learning Blog

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Internet culture. T he Internet is so pervasive that Internet values are blowing back into real life. I expect attitudes like Internet values to underpin exemplary corporate learning in the future. This morning I received an email asking…”How are people using social software to support learning?”

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Co-creation

Jay Cross

I post to Internet Time Blog almost daily, and I hope my words retain more value than yesterday’s newspaper. The “Community&# topic turned out to cover many potential topics: collaboration. social software apps. Communities of Practice. social network analysis. Co-creation.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Chief Learning Officers aren’t satisfied with the outcomes of current corporate learning practices. Fewer than one in four Chief Learning Officers surveyed by Internet Time Alliance said their employees were learning fast enough to keep up with the needs of the business. Chief Learning Officers know training is not working.