The great news is that social and informal learning don’t require new systems because learning can take place on the same “platform” as the existing social network, if a company already has one. Social networks are the ideal platform for the new corporate learning, so let’s briefly examine how they support corporate learning. itashare. MORE >>

Curtis Ogden at The Interaction Institute for Social Change provides a very good summary of the differences between network-centric and hierarchy-centric thinking, called Network Thinking : Adaptability instead of control. Network thinking can fundamentally change our view of hierarchical relationships. Diversity and divergence. MORE >>

distributed workforce means Automattic can hire talent from around the world–without having to offer the perks and pay of Google, Facebook and Apple. Collaboration Future of business Future of work Global economy Looking for talent Social networksThe article at one point says: Automattic has an idiosyncratic workplace. MORE >>

Network Components In Friday's CCK11 Elluminate session I highlighted some of the properties of networks in the following diagram: Now this isn't the most official diagram in the world, but it suffices to highlight some of the properties of networks we want to include in our discussions. e) Networks tend to be densely knit. MORE >>

Students are clamouring for more choice in the way they learn and, thankfully, institutions are beginning to provide more collaborative and virtual learning options. For example, the study indicates that roughly only 33% of North Americans and 25% of Europeans will take the time to update their Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. MORE >>