Jane Hart

MARCH 8, 2011

Yesterday I launched the Social Learning Community – a new Community of Practice intended for those interested in the use of social media to work and learn smarter.

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Social Learning Community Social Communities of Practice 232

Dashe & Thomson

AUGUST 11, 2011

Two weeks ago Jane Hart wrote an article titled, Social Learning: to be or not to be? , in which Jane expresses her dislike of the term Social Learning (big S, big L). Jane claims that “Social Learning has come to refer exclusively to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.”

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Wiki Social Learning Informal Learning Social 189

ID Reflections

AUGUST 13, 2011

An instructional designer by profession who started her career anlayzing learner needs, creating micro-design documents, writing story-boards and discussing the nitty-gritty of course navigation with visual designers, I have long been interested in the power of social, collaborative and informal learning. The age of social learning is here.

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Instructional Design Community Enterprise Instructional 193

Infopro Learning

MAY 24, 2016

This is a period of learning in which establishing communities of practice is especially beneficial. Prior to joining InfoPro, Kyle served as a research associate on subjects including e-learning, online education, game-based learning, and social media usage in higher education at St. The Student Becomes the Teacher.

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Format Knowledge Performance Information Overload 255

Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 3, 2011

That means more than 16,000 videos were contributed by members of the Angry Birds Community of Practice. The clear distinction between the Angry Birds community and the average workplace community-of-practice is obvious: the AB folks are making money for producing content.

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Social Learning Community Social Social Media 167

TalentLMS

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Cognitive Apprenticeships and communities of practice also go hand-in-hand with situated cognition. Below you’ll find 4 best practices and 5 tips that can help you integrate situated cognition into your eLearning strategy. 4 Situated Cognition Best Practices. Foster learning communities of practice.

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Cognitive eLearning Strategy Simulations Case Study 48

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Very few companies have strategy for social media–many say it won’t work in their culture. Pathway to community; you have to be embedded in the community to help. Complex communities of practice where individual identity is constructed. Discussion of Communities of Practice vs. Networks.

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LearnTrends microlearning PLE Learning Objects 262

Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

I write this as I travel to Birmingham to participate in a panel discussion with Nick Shackleton-Jones and Robin Hoyle on the role of social media in learning. There is no question whatsoever that social media is transforming our personal and business lives. In some cases the results have been transformational.

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Social Media Social Networks Media Social 75

ID Reflections

JULY 20, 2011

I recalled some of the posts and articles I had read in the past about lurking as a behavior in online communities and what it indicated, and decided to dig through those again. At this point, I also "serendipitous-ly" stumbled upon a couple of conversations recently that touched upon lurking (this is why I love social media).

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Communities of Practice IBM Community Jive 203

Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2011

What are the ingredients of building a Community of Practice? Groups of individuals in same team, other teams, other companies even – they come together to improve their practice. Managers often don’t like words like ‘social’ and ‘collaboration’ – but ‘communities of practice’ seems to resonate.

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eLearning Guild Social Learning Social Metrics 208

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I started working within the framework of knowledge management and communities of practice. And communities are hijacked by the marketeers for client communities. Communities of practice as still a very powerful environment to stimulate professional innovation at an individual and collective level.

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Communities of Practice Develop Social Media iPad 146

Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

That''s quite an apt result because Google and many of the other large, supposedly ''free'' social media tools are very much focused on making money to sustain their operations. Nor is it about the morality of social media companies. But this post is not about money. Finally, CoPs are usually something you subscribe into.

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Communities of Practice Social Media Community License 108

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

5 Workplace Learning/Training Social Media for Trainers Jane Bozarth. 6 Knowledge Management Cultivating Communities of Practice Etienne Wegner, et al. 10 Design/Communication/Business/Presentation The Back of the Napkin Dan Roam. 11 Communication/Presentation/Business Made to Stick Dan and Chip Heath.

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Social Networks Cognitive Enterprise 2.0 Social Network 172

Janet Clarey

AUGUST 19, 2009

.&#. and this one “ideal online community&# : Le slides: Using Social Media Tools To Improve Workplace Learning. Couple of additional notes from the presentation: Most of us reported a dramatic change in the way we communicate, collaborate, and interact at work over the last 10 years.

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Social Media Media Social Networks Social 60

Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It also involved helping teams understand what it actually meant to set up and sustain a project group or community of practice; and again it wasn’t simply about using the technology, but included offering tips and techniques to encourage and value participation of the members, as well as keep the group or community alive.

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Community Collaboration Skills Yammer 200

Connect Thinking

AUGUST 4, 2012

Example: An online Community of Practice for client engagement skills doesn’t need to finish at the end of the learning program. Organisation experience in social media. Open the online space to the rest of the organisation and ‘democratise’ the content usually only given out to attendees.

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Blended Learning Learning Strategy Wiki Strategy 157

Connect Thinking

AUGUST 4, 2012

Example: An online Community of Practice for client engagement skills doesn’t need to finish at the end of the learning program. Organisation experience in social media. Open the online space to the rest of the organisation and ‘democratise’ the content usually only given out to attendees.

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Blended Learning Learning Strategy Wiki Strategy 157

Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

. “In social networks we can learn from each other; modelling behaviours, telling stories, and sharing what we know. You will know you’re in a real community of practice if it changes your practices.” ” 7 - 5 social business truths , Social Business, 21 January 2012. ”

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Resources 196

Web Courseworks

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

As you may or may not already know, I like to refer to associations as our real “communities of practice.” This gathering is for creative thinkers who want to discover and reflect on the next big idea for their community of practice. This means more than developing a social media plan! Hope to see you there!

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Communities of Practice Social Media Association Conference 140

E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

In terms of supporting the moocers in the organisation, I envisage L&D pro’s undertaking activities such as facilitating communities of practice, setting up buddy programs, and organising external meetups. Networking. Participating in a MOOC forms connections with people outside of your organisation.

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Diversity Training Blended Learning ROI Classroom 267

Jane Hart

AUGUST 31, 2012

As I showed in my recent blog post , there are some big differences between learning in an e-business and learning in a social/collaborative business. Want to find out more, then in October we are running the Social media for professional development workshop at the Social Learning Centre. In other words, it means.

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Collaboration Performance Support Social PKM 208

Jane Hart

APRIL 2, 2011

I launched the Social Learning Community on 7 March, and in the few weeks that it has been active, there are now over 550 members. This is a Community of Practice intended for those interested in the use of social media to work and learn smarter.

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Community Communities of Practice Social Media Social Learning 191

Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

social , I provided some examples of how I think L&D can learn from what their people are already learning socially (with social media) and how they might encourage and engage others to do so too. In my recent presentation to the Professional Learning Europe Conference in Cologne, The future of learning is.

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Social Learning Social Resources Social Networks 181

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 5, 2009

E-learning outside the training box with Nancy White and John Smith Once you've mastered enough of the new social media tools, training and development professionals are figuring out that technologies can change the boundaries around training itself, just as they can interrupt organizational boundaries.

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LearnTrends Free Digital Wiki 167

LearningGuild

JANUARY 15, 2012

informal and collaborative learning among employees or members of a community of practice. Social and mobile technologies are essential to success, as this case study illustrates. A key activity for learning and development groups is supporting the growth and effectiveness of. essential (and inspiring) reading for all!

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Communities of Practice Case Study Community Collaborative Learning 76

E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

For example, I use Twitter as an international community of practice. Tags: Twitter informal learning social media social networking enterprise 2.0 This is a classic example of informal learning , and it’s central to the evolution and modernisation of workplace training. Personal applications.

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Twitter Scanning Social Networks Business 199

Jane Hart

JULY 17, 2011

RT @ WendyTagg : I’ve blogged about @ c4lpt ‘s 30ways social media programme [link] <Thanks Wendy #. Google Plus Sucks (And Here’s Why) ~ LockerGnome Social Media & Technology [link] <I’m tending to agree with this #. And now we have [link] to shorten ur Google+ username.

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Twitter Yammer Social Media PLE 140

Jane Hart

JUNE 1, 2011

Roles in communities of practice , Joitske Hulsebosc, Lasagna and chips, 9 May 2011. The case for online social networking in education , Jose Picardo, 14 May 2011. Without workflow, social business is doomed , Agency Collaboration, 26 May 2011.

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Social Networks Yammer Social Media Open Source 156

The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

This informal learning is facilitated by coaching, mentoring, communities-of-practice, experiments, action-learning and any of a myriad of other methods including the various forms of social media. Although informal, social learning is not casual; in a learning culture it is very intentional and structured.

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Culture Coaching Trust Social Learning 229

Jane Hart

AUGUST 27, 2012

Recognises that informal learning can’t be designed not managed, and that true social learning can’t be (en)forced. Social learning. Frequently misunderstood as meaning adding social media to the “learning blend” and/or to be achieved by upgrading to a social LMS. Community management.

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Blended Learning Social Business Performance Support 198

ID Reflections

JUNE 29, 2014

Proficiency in social media usage – While we would all like to boast about being social media gurus, using it effectively for learning and enabling others to do the same calls for a different understanding of social media. Some of the related skills required to do this are given below.

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Roles Social Media OER Harbinger 167

Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 18, 2009

This can be the social network. Also need to think about opportunity cost–what are you giving up to spend time on social media? Examples (from The Social Enterprise Blog ): Caterpillar 3000 communities of practice = $75 million saved as of 5 years ago. Is that something we should measure too?

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Social Networks Social Network ROI Network 193

E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 31, 2009

I’ve been seeing a lot more social media icons on websites these days, and you may have noticed that I’ve recently added a few to this blog. Steven Bradley provides an enjoyable review of some of the negative sentiment out there that’s brooding over social media icons. Social media can help them do that.

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Social Networks Social Media Media Social Network 113

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Workers will use mobile devices including wearables to learn at the point of need, access their network and communities of practices to solve challenges, share user-generated content in response to the community needs or just to share their learning. All of these are tectonic shifts and are already taking place.

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Change Diversity Training Cloud Computing IBM 227

eFront

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Researchers have defined social learning in multiple, overlapping ways and confused social learning with the conditions and methods necessary to facilitate social learning or its potential outcomes. Go beyond the individual to become situated within wider social units or communities of practice within society.

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Social Learning Social Networks Social Social Network 110

Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Mathemagenic " PhD conclusions in a thousand words: blogging practices of knowledge workers Web 2.0 Communities of Practice Facebook as a Learning Platform We Need a Degree in Instructional Design Learning styles don't exist 90-9-1 Rule aka 1% Rule in Collaborative Environments How long does it take to create learning?

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Social Networks Blended Learning Authoring Tools PLE 139

bozarthzone

JANUARY 24, 2009

Debates have been long and often spirited, and while I have not always found it all useful (too much parsing of semantics, too many side visits to politics last fall) it did keep me informed about current interests in the training field and what practitioners were really working on (as opposed to what the media often report).

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Communities of Practice Community Yahoo Social Media 51