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Social Learning

Explore best practices for enabling collaboration, problem solving and innovation through technology. Read research briefs, case studies, commentaries and tool kits to learn how other learning organizations are evolving from being a training provider to a learning enabler.

Members Only Business 2.0 Books that Inform Learning Leader Practice

A recent CorpU One-Minute Survey was distributed to learning leaders throughout the world in order to ascertain which books are currently informing learning leader practice in regards to social media, social learning, and/or “business 2.0”, a term that refers to business use of online technology that enables users to author and create and/or upload their own content. We asked respondents to list up to five business 2.0 books they have read and found valuable to their work, and up to five books they have not yet read but have an interest in reading. In addition, we ... Read More »
12 Jul 2010

Members Only Project Tasks For Creating a Social Learning Course

Delivering a course in a Social Learning Environment requires course designers to consider several new ideas in their approach to course design. In doing so, it enables the use of new tools and ideas to change the way the learning organization gets participants to apply what they’re learning. This tool outlines the basic tasks needed to create a Social Learning (SL) course and using this checklist, learning leaders can: 1. Get a quick view of the activities involved in creating a SL course 2. Identify activities that will require the L&D team to develop new skills or to ... Read More »
1 Jul 2010

Members Only SLEC 06.29.10 Meeting Recording: Verizon Wireless on Their New Device Blog

This is the recording of the Social Learning Executive Council meeting on June 29, 2010, in which Boeing presented its social media platform to the members of the Social Learning Executive Council. Watch Video »
29 Jun 2010

Members Only What is the latest trend in knowledge management?

Knowledge management (KM) is the compilation of practices used to capture, codify, and distribute information throughout an enterprise. The goal of KM is business success, with a focus on improved performance, innovation, and retention of intellectual capital. Although KM as a discipline has had lofty goals of recording knowledge, generating new knowledge, using accessible knowledge in decision making, embedding knowledge in processes, products, and/or services, and measuring the value of knowledge assets, the actual practice of knowledge management has followed more of a warehouse model, providing a location (physical or virtual) where people can easily add and retrieve documents ... Read More »
25 Jun 2010

Members Only How will the role of the learning professional change in the context of next generation learning?

To understand the new role of learning professionals as enablers rather than providers, it is important to understand the growing importance of how people learn over what they learn. We propose that the skills 21st century employees need are far more about the acquisition and processing of information rather than focusing on specific content. Skills in areas such as critical thinking, observation, research, networking, collaboration and innovation require an environment that promotes and reinforces skills, not one that imparts content in measured doses. Read More »
25 Jun 2010

Creating a Social Learning Environment Checklist

This checklist is the companion Tool to the CorpU “How To” report entitled Creating a Social Learning Environment: A High-Level Overview of the Steps to Designing, Developing, and Piloting a Social Learning Platform. The “How To” report summarizes the purpose and process of each step, and the Checklist provides the steps and sub-steps necessary to create an SLE. It is important to note that each step in this process is complex enough to warrant separate “How To” reports and Checklists. However, as a high-level overview, this set is designed for the learning leader to ensure that the overarching process is ... Read More »
25 Jun 2010

Members Only Creating a Social Learning Environment

CorpU research shows that early adopters are already experiencing significant cost savings, increased speed to competency, and greater employee engagement through the use of social learning strategies. Social learning appears to be a trend that, because of the potential benefits it offers, will find itself incorporated by most, if not all, companies eventually. One critical component of the overall planning process is to build and roll out a social learning environment in which the social learning experience will take place. This How To presents a high level overview of one method to analyze, research, design, develop, pilot, evaluate, and revise ... Read More »
18 Jun 2010

CorpU 10th Annual Research-Building and Expanding the Learning and Talent Technology Architecture

In the Corporate University Xchange 10th Annual Benchmarking Study conducted with learning leaders across the globe, questions were asked regarding technology and how learning organizations are researching, selecting, and applying new technologies to their current Learning and Talent technology infrastructure. What we have found in the survey results is that there are no clear best practices for selecting learning technologies or incorporating them into the technology architecture. Currently, there are many different approaches to learning technology infrastructure integration, as well as several methods for finding and evaluating new technologies. This variety of methods indicates efforts to meet the unique needs of the enterprise. Read this report to find out more. Read More »
11 Jun 2010

Members Only SLEC 05.26.10 Meeting Recording: Video Sharing at Mattress Firm

This is the recording of the Social Learning Executive Council meeting on May 26, 2010. Watch Video »
26 May 2010

Members Only SLEC 04.27.10 Meeting Recording: Leadership and IT Buy-In with McCormick

This is the recording of the Social Learning Executive Council meeting on April 27, 2010. Watch Video »
27 Apr 2010

Members Only The Use of SharePoint as a Learning Platform

This was a quick research study on Microsoft SharePoint usage as a learning platform. There were 432 respondents from small to extremely large organizations. We asked closed ended questions about how companies use SharePoint… particularly as a learning platform. We then analyzed the data to produce the following report. Read More »
6 Apr 2010

Social Learning Case Study: CA

In response to the ever-increasing pace of change, the CA learning team developed a collaborative, social learning solution that enables instructors, mentors, and students to formally and informally support one another throughout a structured learning process. Over the past three years, CA’s Technical Collaborative Learning program has dramatically decreased cost and increased speed to competency. It is also helping to contribute to the company’s leadership bench strength through the roles of instructor and mentor. Read More »
4 Mar 2010
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