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What’s in a Name? Digital Learning

InSync Training

Would it surprise you to learn that, on Wikipedia, the following three phrases are equivalent? Having so many ways of saying the same thing is understandably confusing the people not in the learning and development community. Online Learning --> eLearning > Educational Technology.

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The grassroots of learning

E-Learning Provocateur

Here’s a common scenario: I “quickly” look up something on Wikipedia, and hours later I have 47 tabs open as I delve into tangential aspects of the topic. In a sense, participating in the community is the curriculum.” I suggest that the content created by the members of community is the curriculum.

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Lurking or Legitimate Peripheral Participation

Experiencing eLearning

I have lots of online communities where I sit on the periphery and lurk, long past the initial phase of learning how the community works. I read several newspapers and blogs, all of which have commenting or community features. Wikipedia, for example, can be pretty intense and nasty. But is that always necessary?

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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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My Personal Knowledge Management Approach

Clark Quinn

Here I typically use DuckDuckGo as my search engine, and often end up at Wikipedia. So workgroups and communities can do a similar approach to continually processing. Most seeking is two-fold, and mine’s no exception. First of all there’s the ‘as needed’ searches for specific information.

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What it Takes to Build Community around Video

KZO Innovations

Last week, KZO Innovations interviewed learning influencer and expert community builder, Brent Schlenker. The conversations focused on two key areas: How L&D professionals can build communities of learners around new learning technologies and new learning modalities?

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What is Radical Collaboration?

Webanywhere

The Wikipedia project is another example of radical collaboration. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that is written and edited by volunteers from all over the world. Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world, and it is a testament to the power of radical collaboration. Facilitate brainstorming sessions.