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Social Learning vs. Communities of Practice

Janet Clarey

When it comes to the terms “Social Learning” and “Communities of Practice”, many people in the corporate learning realm are confused, myself included. We think we know what these mean one day, and then the next day a new theory or idea emerges that turns the whole idea of each upside down and inside out. Communities of Practice.

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Detailing the Coherent Organization

Clark Quinn

I had, as Harold’s original model provided the basis for, separate groups for Work Teams, Communities of Practice, and Social Networks. As I did so, some commonalities emerged. As a start, I wanted to go back and look at these elements and see if I could be more systematic about it. Within each were separate elements.

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Enterprise Community Management: “joining up” learning and working

Jane Hart

This emerging practice is known as Enterprise Community Management (ECM), and is much wider than just supporting one small team or community of practice within an organisation, but is about having responsibility for building and sustaining a community across the whole of the organisation.

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The Changing Face of Work and Workplace Learning

ID Reflections

3D printing or Additive Manufacturing is evolving rapidly and we don''t yet know of all the emerging possibilities. What will emerge is a network of diverse and connected workers skilled at PKM learning together to develop skills they can apply to their work. L&D will have to don the hat of community managers and become learners.

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LearnTrends: Microlearning

Experiencing eLearning

Current definitions: Microlearning emerges from microcontent. Pathway to community; you have to be embedded in the community to help. Complex communities of practice where individual identity is constructed. We are all in these communities so it’s easier for us–how do you help average knowledge workers?

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Lurking is Not a Static State

ID Reflections

After digging through the references and some old articles I had saved, these are some of the key points that emerged. From a community of practice perspective, lurking is interpreted as “legitimate peripheral participation,” a crucial process by which communities offer learning opportunities to those on the periphery. (p.

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Video:Bringing Mobile Phone Development to the classroom

Kapp Notes

The ICT Center Community of Practice supplies educators with the classroom content and information they need to educate technicians by making the knowledge of subject-matter experts readily accessible to industry and academia in a variety of formats.

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