CorpU Weekly Digest: Social Learning (2012-Apr-23)

Topics: Social Learning

Here are this past week's headlines in social learning: 

• (1) Designing learning experiences with social and collaborative learning in mind, or how to avoid ending up with social networking platforms just because they have "social" in their name ; 
• Books: The 3 Power Values: How Commitment, Integrity, and Transparency Clear the Roadblocks to Performance and The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics ; 
• Webinars ; 
• Conferences

 Designing learning experiences with social and collaborative learning in mind, or how to avoid ending up with social networking platforms just because they have "social" in their name.
There's no denying that Web 2.0 technologies have forever changed the way organizations look at corporate training. As a result, we now have a host of buzz words and phrases out there to describe these "new" flavors of learning. These days, of course, the term social learning is immediately aligned with social media specifically, which isn't surprising. As a result of this, many companies hear the term social learning and are immediately left wondering how they can integrate social media into their learning and development programs. But if you look at the origin of the approach back with Albert Bandura's research in the 1970s (long before social media, let alone e-learning and the internet), chances are there's already a component of social training and collaboration within their programs: things like group projects and live Q&A sessions could all technically be considered social learning, and none of them are anything new. What is new are the options available with technology: live chat rooms, wikis, blog comments, IMs, emails, and screen sharing can be brought under the social learning umbrella. Now obviously, social platforms and networks are beginning to play a role in corporate training as well, especially as more professionals build networks on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. But in some cases, sites like YouTube and Wikipedia could become even more appropriate for social learning. As Jane Hart writes in a recent article for E-Learning Council, titled "Why The Social Learning Approach Goes Beyond Social Media", these are tools that not only support the sharing of content, but the creation and co-creation of it. Read the blog commentary of Jane Hart's article "Why the Social Learning Approach Goes Beyond Social Media"

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 The Business of Learning: New Major Products, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Partnerships

No major news in mergers, acquisitions, or product releases.

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 Books To Read

A healthy corporate culture is the secret to an organization's performance. The good news is that employees already embody the values needed to propel the organization to its goals, but institutional roadblocks get in the way. All too often leaders don't know how to diagnose their culture in order to clear these roadblocks to performance. The latest book from David Gebler, The 3 Power Values (to be released May 1, 2012), presents a breakthrough model that permits leaders to measure and manage culture. To create a fully aligned high-performing culture, leaders need only focus on nurturing three catalyst values: Commitment, Integrity, and Transparency. The book offers leaders at all levels a unique and accessible approach to identifying the behavioral challenges that are hindering their corporate culture and to removing them effectively. Buy Now 

The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics is a comprehensive treatment of the field of business ethics as seen from a philosophical approach. The volume consists of 24 essays that survey the field of business ethics in a broad and accessible manner, covering all major topics about the relationship between ethical theory and business ethics. The chapters are written by accomplished philosophers who offer a systematic interpretation of their topics and discuss various moral controversies and dilemmas that plague business relationships and government-business relationships. Readers are thus presented with the major views that define the topic of the essay with critical discussions of those views, as well as topical bibliographies that identify key works in the field. In addition to philosophers who work in this area, the volume will be of interest to those in business and society seeking an up-to-date resource on this vital field. Buy Now

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 Webinars 

The Human Capital Financial Statements Webcast Series
Date: N/A
Presenter: Jeff Higgins Register now

How to Facilitate Live Online Training - Techniques for Adult Learning Engagement 
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT
Presenter: Traci Adolph and Erica Angel Register now

Practicing Authentic Leadership and Ditching the Drama
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 11:00 AM PT
Presenter: Anne Bruce and Stephanie Montanez Register now

Mobile End User Experience
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 11:00 AM ET
Presenter: Aternity Register now

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 Conferences

Delivering the Strategic Role of HR
Date: May 2, 2012 
Location: New Zealand Register now

Global Management Conference: Fourth Annual Conference on Globalization, Sustainability and Development, 2012
Date: May 2-5, 2012
Location: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Register now

First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Education and Training
Date: May 7-10, 2012
Location: Tunisia Register now

1st Annual People Effectiveness @ Work Conference
Date: May 8, 2012
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Register now

HR Summit 2012
Date: May 9-12, 2012 
Location: Singapore Register now

The Mining and Resources Accelerated Learning and Workforce Development Conference 2012
Date: May 15, 2012
Location: Australia Register now

Corporate University Xchange's Global Leadership Congress
Date:  May 15-17, 2012
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Register now 

Social Recruiting Strategies Conference
Date: May 22-25, 2012
Location: Chicago, IL, United States Register now

National Institute on the Assessment of Adult Learning
Date: June 6-8, 2012
Location: Atlantic City, NJ, USA Register now

Leading Across Generations: Workforce Challenges and Opportunities
Date: June 13-15, 2012
Location: Berlin, Germany Register now

The Talent Management Summit
Date: June 14, 2012
Location: London, UK Register now

Gamification Summit
Date: June 19-21, 2012
Location: San Francisco, CA, United States Register now

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