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ASAE Annual: A Gathering of People Who Build Communities of Practice

Web Courseworks

What makes the Association market space so interesting to me and others involved in eLearning is that for individual professional development and for community building, Associations is where it all takes place; or at least, it should. According to Wikipedia here is the definition. “A

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Knowledge, practice and community

Learning with e's

The previous post highlighted issues around the situated learning theory of Jean Lave. In this post, I extend this idea into the work Lave did with Etienne Wenger, which has become known as Communities of Practice. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Unported License.

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Our mutual friends

Learning with e's

This is number 28 in my series on learning theories. I''m gradually working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. My most recent post explored Jack Merizow''s Transformative Learning theory. Watts, 2003, p38.)

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Social Learning: An Ongoing Experiment

CLO Magazine

Psychologist Albert Bandura’s social learning theory suggests that people learn from one another through observation, imitation and modeling. Interestingly, the top motivators cited for using social learning technologies are more abstract than tangible. All percentages rounded.

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Learning as dialogue

Learning with e's

Many of the earlier learning theories place the learner in splendid isolation. From the neo-behaviourist theories of Thorndike, Watson and Skinner, we were led to believe that learners respond to stimuli and make associations between the two, and that these links represent learning.

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The clusterfuck known as social learning

Janet Clarey

Anyway, here’s the quote: “learning through the use of social media is a set of implicit assumptions that if people are using something called “social media&# , then “social learning&# must be taking place. This is a confusion of the means with the ends.&#. Think about it.

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The Social Learning Revolution in eLearning

TalentLMS

The boom in social media and the round-the-clock need to connect in communities is doing wonders for the eLearning industry. Social learning is an age-old learning and teaching strategy, backed by many cognitive scientists. Let’s examine some top benefits of social learning in organizations. Why Social Learning?