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8 Types of Online Communities: Examples & Tips on How to Build Yours

learnWorlds

The rise of online communities has transformed the way we connect, share, and engage with others. Online communities have become pivotal in fostering social interaction , offering support, facilitating professional networking, and enhancing learning opportunities. Online communities are popular.

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Creating a Vibrant Learning Community

Kapp Notes

Today I am presenting at Immaculata University on the topic of Creating a Vibrant Learning Community as part of a faculty workshop. Communities Of Practice View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. A Learning Community is a group whose members regularly engage in sharing and learning, based on common interests.

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What is an intelligent learning platform for businesses?

Matrix

Among the main features that distinguish LXPs, you will find usage-based content recommendations, skills-based tagging, AI analytics, content indexing features, and content pathing. Effective mentoring. However, employees can also act as mentors and coaches for each other. More diverse training resources.

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Resources for Texas Technology Forum Keynote

Kapp Notes

Keynote at Texas Community College Technology Forum. Smartphones, Batman and Virtual Mentors. Tags: Content Guide. Here are links to some articles which discuss, in more detail, the concepts and ideas addressed in the keynote and here are the slides from the talk. View more presentations from Karl Kapp.

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Short-Term Jobs and Long-Term Employment

The Performance Improvement Blog

The federal government announced recently that $234 million will be given to Americorps to put 57,000 additional people to work doing projects in low-income communities around the country. Tags: Communication Human Resource Development Training Americorps jobs mentoring supervision training unemployment.

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TCC08: Transitioning from WebCT to Sakai

Experiencing eLearning

Institutional support, especially one-on-one mentoring. Mentoring will reduce anxiety (I like this idea–wonder if we could do something like this). I need somebody&# due to the recurring theme in the responses about the mentoring. Q: Is the mentoring face-to-face or online? Technology changes especially disruptive.

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The Case for Communities of Practice

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

In his 2001 book Kitchen Confidential , Anthony Bourdain describes how he became a professional chef and how he continues to support the community of professional chefs. Chefs are a community of like-minded individuals who identify with one another, advance the practice of their profession and help new entrants join the industry.