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Integrating Social Learning In The Workplace

Learnnovators

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Social learning has become a buzzword in the workplace learning space, and every other organization is claiming to have “social learning” as a part of the mix.

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How Social Learning is Powering Up Today’s Workplaces

Learnnovators

.” – Albert Bandura (Originator of Social Learning Theory). “ We’re still seeing an avoidance of social learning, the continual use of courses as the only solution, and consequently organizations that can’t adapt fast enough.” – Clark Quinn. How will social learning evolve in the coming years?

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The key to informal learning is autonomy

Jane Hart

Jay Cross, the author of the 2007 seminal book, Informal Learning, Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance , recently wrote a blog post in which he explained that although there has been a lot of talk about “informal learning” in the last five years, there has been very little action.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

They’re sources of novelty and innovation (because they know quite different things than we do) and bridges to other social networks (because they know quite different people than we do). Instead, they might want to help us build, maintain, and exploit a large network of weak ties. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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INTEGRATING SOCIAL LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE

Learnnovators

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Social learning has become a buzzword in the workplace learning space, and every other organization is claiming to have “social learning” as a part of the mix.

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HOW SOCIAL LEARNING IS POWERING UP TODAY’S WORKPLACES

Learnnovators

.” – Albert Bandura (Originator of Social Learning Theory) “ The research isn’t heartening. We’re still seeing an avoidance of social learning, the continual use of courses as the only solution, and consequently organizations that can’t adapt fast enough.” – Clark Quinn. THE JOURNEY. What are the trends? OUR FINDINGS.

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Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does!

Jane Hart

Simply replace the word “business&# in the quote above with the word “learning&# and it still makes sense. So, for instance the first paragraph would now read: “Social Learning ” is not about technology, or about “corporate culture&#. Any learning outside training is not of any significance of interest to us.