Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I will use IceRocket to search for your post. If you don't come up in the search, then drop a comment here to let me know about your post. You can test that search here. He's the host of com-prac, the longest-running conversation about communities of practice on the 'Net.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

In my experience Linkedin has become the go-to place for developing professional connections, conducting job searches, and communicating with communities of practice. If Linkedin has truly been able to create and maintain that kind of culture given its growth, I'm very impressed.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I’d expect to see more performance support, easily accessible via user-centric portals and search and delivered when and where needed. Employees would be tightly coupled to their work teams, and more loosely coupled to their communities of practice. Teams would be diverse and flexible, and group work would be the norm.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2012

In 1996, most pre-Google online searching was done using Yahoo! (a This mind tool effect can be observed today in large social networks and across distributed communities of practice, and might be explained through connectivist theory which holds that we now store our knowledge more with our friends than we do in any physical repository.

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Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 3, 2011

A search for “Angry Bird Walkthroughs” on YouTube returns 18,500 results. That means more than 16,000 videos were contributed by members of the Angry Birds Community of Practice. By tapping this vast cache of video content, I can quickly learn how to solve each level (once I’ve tried and given up).

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Degreed

MARCH 14, 2023

Create communities of practice nurtured by recognized experts. And when people can click “Next” instead of searching and not finding what they’re looking for, you’re showing them it’s easy to make time to learn in a frictionless experience. Ask senior management to promote to share that learning isn’t a “nice to have.”

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Obsidian Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Learners not only expect but demand that microcontent be easy to search for, easy to access, and easy to run, see, and interact with on their device of choice. Call things what I call them so I can find them when I search, and be confident that you know what you’re talking about, and that I understand what you mean. Use my words.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 18, 2009

community of practice. Isn’t it more efficient to use search for a lot of this? Chat discussion on different types of searches–this makes sense to me. I wanted to actually participate in the chat and watch Twitter too, and I couldn’t juggle all of it at the same time. This is post 3 of 3. George Siemens.

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Obsidian Learning

MARCH 24, 2015

One particularly intriguing feature of Slack is that most chats are archived and available for searching. And we’ve also looked at using social learning to build communities of practice and personal learning networks. This makes Slack a powerful tool for managing knowledge and understanding team dynamics.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 12, 2008

For example, I see GeoLearning relates to Learning Portals , Community of Practice, Mentoring , IntraLearn , Learnframe , ViewCentral , GeoMaestro , WBT Manager , WBT Systems , KnowledgeNet , Generation 21 , and GeoConnect. It's also interesting to me to drill down another level on a couple of the companies to see what pops for them.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

If it was me I'd want to go to something like GenericElearningContent.com and search for 2 things: 1) colleagues that have done this before, and 2) existing courses, or resources used for similar projects. Shouldn't we ALL be able to come together and work as a community of practice to share the work we've done?

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E-learning Uncovered

JANUARY 20, 2014

I highly recommend the Articulate community forum: E-Learning Heroes. I’ve solved many of my development issues by searching or posting on this forum. eLearningGuild.com : Serves as a global community for designers, developers, and managers of e-learning. Books: Search Amazon.com for “e-learning” to find over 74,000 results.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Which is usually confounded by only one way of organizing, a lack of ways of reorganizing, and sometimes not even a search capability! And , then, you should also empower communities of practice to create their own portals as well. Bad usability. Though fortunately that’s now being baked into most tools.).

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learnWorlds

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Combine search filters to select the target audience. Your learners will search for your brand, company, and app in the app store marketplace. Monitor your learners’ progress with detailed analytics on each course, exam, assignment, and combine search queries for data-driven decisions. ? Vibrant Learning Community.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Users/Learners are empowered to search, create, and collaborate in order to fulfill intrinsic needs to learn new information.&#. Communities of practice and wikis are highest 2.0. Communities of Practice increased 12.3%. What is e-learning 2.0? What approaches are people using? Classroom instruction still highest.

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Leo Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Half of the suggestions would be off-kilter with user intent, and when you did engage, Clippy’s search functionality left a lot to be desired. These technologies, however, were still new and—in a learning and business context—often only adapted by specific communities, like the technology sector itself. Xerox: Communities of Practice.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Too much of the other, and you are abandoning your learners to the vagaries of an internet search. Lombardozzi: My doctoral research was on developmental relationships, so I’ve done a lot of reading of the research in the area of mentoring, peer development, and communities of practice. Or from Amazon.

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Jay Cross

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Becoming a search ninja. Participating in a community of practice. How people learn in organizations. Casting your net into the feeds and flow to extract the good stuff. How to learn – and demonstrate mastery – with curation. Refining your crap detectors. Strengthening your memory. When to take breaks. Sketching things out.

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Janet Clarey

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

However, I think we’ve got to slow down before we flood search engines with models that are not models and definitions grounded in little more than what someone else said. Tags: Uncategorized clusterfuck communities of practice groupthink social learning systems social learning theory social media.

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 11, 2024

Someone came up with the idea of an LCMS (RIP) Community of Practice (yuck, first it went the way of the dodo bird, then has made a comeback – just like the dodo bird – which is being re-created genetically). Instead, it was someone from Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is software for building websites.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

We are now seeing organizations emphasize strategic use of performance support technologies, such as decision support software, AI-based search engines, AR or VR gadgets, knowledge repositories, etc. These technologies could provide on-demand support to employees in the context of the workflow, at the point of need, whenever they need it.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2010

Image via Wikipedia "Collaboration is a process through which people who see different aspects of a problem can constructively explore their differences and search for the solution that go beyond their own limited vision of what is possible." ~ Anecdote And informal learning is hinged on collaboration.

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Mindflash

MAY 10, 2012

Just do a Google search for on-boarding , and you’ll find plenty of ideas. Design New Hire Classes as Communities of Practice. So ultimately, L&D pros are in a unique position to make a direct and measurable impact on employee retention and performance by rethinking the on-boarding process. Rethinking On-Boarding.

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Vignettes Learning

JANUARY 18, 2019

They opined that, "In discovery learning, participants learn to recognize a problem, characterize what a solution would look like, search for relevant information, develop a solution strategy, and execute the chosen strategy. In collaborative discovery learning, participants, immersed in a community of practice, solve problems together."

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Tony Karrer

JULY 21, 2010

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

JUNE 13, 2012

Form an on-going community of practice. The month-long event is appropriate for decision-makers, designers, CLOs, innovation leaders, managers of communications, and others who want to accelerate learning in their organization. Develop and sell your implementation plan. Four to twelve hours/week for five weeks.

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Litmos

DECEMBER 16, 2019

You’re also likely tapping into expertise from their community of practice. There’s also what comes through social media, including community groups and trusted relationships. If an individual searches for something, a system can look for appropriate things to recommend. Several mechanisms can come into play.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Communities of Practice Facebook as a Learning Platform We Need a Degree in Instructional Design Learning styles don't exist 90-9-1 Rule aka 1% Rule in Collaborative Environments How long does it take to create learning? Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0:

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

My ongoing question has been about transitioning from wrapping social networking around formal learning to being members of communities of practice. I looked at myth and ritual a while ago (I look at lots of stuff), searching for how we might make changes beyond knowledge to beliefs & behaviors.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 10, 2012

This includes one-to-one learning through on-job instruction, coaching and mentoring; social interaction from conferences, webinars and communities of practice; as well as the stimulation we receive individually through reading, listening to podcasts and watching videos.

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Adobe Captivate

APRIL 18, 2018

They need constant feedback and instant gratification of their search for knowledge and day-to-day requirements. Their liking for collaborative experiences can be leveraged using forums and communities of practice that facilitate social learning, collaborative learning, knowledge sharing, and curation of learner created content.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/28/2010 The most updated and informative e-Learning community on Twitter On Twitter exists a resourceful community of e-Learning professionals. Hi Karyn, thank you for the info.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 6, 2012

recommend software for social networking, content management, video production, and multivariate search as well as fexible, simple systems to administer mandated training. equip the learning & development staff with skills of performance consulting, business analysis, community- building, collaboration, and social media.

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Obsidian Learning

MARCH 11, 2015

Building on the concept of communities of practice , Etienne Wenger (2009) has proposed a social theory of learning. The focus of this theory is “learning as social participation,” in which learners actively participate in the practices of social communities and construct personal identities in relation to these communities.

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Vignettes Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

They opined that, "In discovery learning, participants learn to recognize a problem, characterize what a solution would look like, search for relevant information, develop a solution strategy, and execute the chosen strategy. In collaborative discovery learning, participants, immersed in a community of practice, solve problems together."

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Matrix

AUGUST 7, 2018

We live in an age when we don’t search for news, the news find us. Internet based communities of practice can act as useful hubs for people who work in the same areas. If the organization can’t afford to give away so much time there can be a couple of days per semester when people can team-up and work on what they like.

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ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

And a training “event” can stretch and evolve into a community of practice, bridging distances and overcoming silos…think about it!!! New Twitter tools appear all the time, so search the web for other similar products. Imagine the ROI in this case. There are exciting times ahead for trainers.

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