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Personal Learning Networks: For Ongoing Learning in a Connected World

ID Reflections

Ubiquitous connectivity, mobile devices and social platforms ensure that work can happen from anywhere. Learning networks are based on the theory of Connectivism, or learning from diverse social webs. I would also like to emphasize that PLN is intricately linked to one''s personal knowledge management (PKM) capabilities.

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What Makes a MOOC a MOOC?

ID Reflections

Most organizations (hopefully) have accepted that learning is crucial to their strategy for growth and performance, and if done right, has a direct impact on the bottom line. However, the flipside is that training and other forms of structured, top down learning—the pillars of organizational learning so far—are tottering.

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The Changing Nature of Workplace Learning

ID Reflections

This trust also promotes individual autonomy and can become a foundation for organizational learning, as knowledge is freely shared. Read in conjunction, the two pieces shed a lot of light not only on how today''s workplace is changing but also on its impact on how we learn. It''s the principles behind these tools.

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Working out Loud and Serendipity

ID Reflections

I have been thinking for a long time about what we, as L&D, need to and can do to foster a culture of sharing and collaborative learning to meet the challenges of a distributed workplace with dispersed expertise and complex work situations. In my mind, working out loud can be one of the means to strengthen organizational learning.

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eLearning Innovation 2010 – Top 30

Tony Karrer

These are topics that are coming up in the participating blogs more during this time than they have in the past and that have good social signals. Google Buzz , Google Wave and PKM PKM stands for Personal Knowledge Management, which is a definite passion of mine (see Work Literacy and Social Media for Knowledge Workers ).

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The Changing Nature of Workplace Learning

Learnnovators

This trust also promotes individual autonomy and can become a foundation for organizational learning, as knowledge is freely shared. ” Read in conjunction, the two pieces shed a lot of light not only on how today’s workplace is changing but also on its impact on how we learn.

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Pick of the Month: August 2012

Jane Hart

1 – Importance of self organised learning. The month started with a survey, reported in Social Business News, that showed that Professionals spend 40% of their time in online peer communities. Imagine an interview beginning with, “Good day, Mister Jones, please sit down and tell us about your PKM.” With whom do you learn?