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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

There is special emphasis on developing communities of practice (both within the organization and outside it) to encourage the professional development of employees in a friendly, effective and non-invasive manner. Read more: Expanding your company L&D strategy to CoPs. Communities of practice focus on a subject.

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Favorite 2009 posts on Informal Learning Blog

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

This morning I received an email asking…”How are people using social software to support learning?” Everybody knows about network effects: the value of a network increases exponentially with the addition of each new node. Rethinking conferences. In these explosive times, I’d like to see more of all forms of learning.

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2008 2009

Tony Karrer

Strategy (15) PWLE Not PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning (15) Corporate Social Bookmarking Tools (14) Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis (13) Test SCORM Courses with an LMS (13) 90-9-1 Rule aka 1% Rule in Collaborative Environments (13) Social Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results (13) Instruction eLearning 2.0

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LMSs that kick ass: Saba

Janet Clarey

and the Social Social software phenomena, Saba has long held the point of view that these are meaningful technologies and philosophies that can and do drive real productivity. In short, social software tools & philosophies can be powerful enablers of true peer-to-peer learning and people productivity.

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Top 47 Posts and 10 Hot Topics for February

eLearning Learning Posts

How to effectively architect information for your elearning course - Free as in Freedom , February 6, 2010 As Instructional Designers, its always a challenge to balance meaningful instruction with information. While While I’ve presented at dozens and dozens of conferences over the years, this was my first true keynote. for Marketing.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Distance learning—Social software’s killer ap? 17th Biennial Conference of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, 2005. Creating Social Presence in Online Environments, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education (San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2003), p. 2, 2005, pp. Anderson, T. Aragon, S.R.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Person-to-person instruction is no longer cost-effective. However, go to any training conference, including ASTD’s own International Conference and Exhibition, and you don’t hear much about instructor-led training or self-paced learning. Studies) Most corporate training is an example of the “Streetlight Effect.”.