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Social Software Adoption

Tony Karrer

Not surprising, the terms most closely associated with Adoption are Adoption of Social Software and Adoption of Enterprise 2.0. There are some great resources on this such as: Ten tips for choosing & using social software Adoption of Web 2.0 You were somewhat forced into learning the skills required.

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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. They hold the key to tapping into the collective knowledge in order to improve employee skills and innovate.

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4 Benefits of Collaborative Learning [Infographic]

CommLab India

In the article “ Social software: E-learning beyond learning management systems ”, Christian Dalsgaard of the Institute of Information and Media Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark, says online learning needs to “ engage students in an active use of the web as a resource for their self-governed, problem-based and collaborative activities .”

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10 Tips on How to Use Your LMS for Knowledge Management

Ed App

There are the day-to-day operations that the employees perform, and each operation has an entire package of information and skills needed. Using it effectively means that you make the best use of current and future resources. A top-level Learning Management System ( LMS ) can help with effective knowledge management.

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Want People to Learn? Get Them to Collaborate

Mindflash

Of all the sections in my book on critical skills learning professionals need to know now, “enterprise 2.0 collaboration” seems like the most unlikely “critical” skill. However, as the speed of business keeps increasing, learning pros are having to adjust their goals, and the skills they need to fulfill them.

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Mentoring or Coaching: What’s Best for Your Company?

CLO Magazine

But it pays to know the key differences between coaching and mentoring to implement an effective program. One of the major effects of the recession was a lack of investment in developing business skills for younger, midlevel workers. Immediate performance improvement or a longer-term development of management skills?

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Learning Power Laws

Tony Karrer

Several of them I regularly talk about: Amara’s Law ( backstory ) states that " we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. " – I cite this in Work Skills Keeping Up? But over time it often has pretty incredible effects that sneak up on us.

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