New hires receive a brief orientation and are then let loose to learn by walking around and asking questions. The HR director explains “New employees are given time to look around and get to know the products, ask questions, go online, read literature and shadow experienced employees. Is customer service key to your success? Just Jay MORE >>

The role of technology is to place learners into these environments. We become, for example, more mentally agile by analyzing and creating arguments (as opposed to by remembering arguments). Probably others have a much greater base of knowledge regarding pedagogy particularly, so I hesitate to offer models for specific situations. MORE >>

Monday, January 31st, 2011 News Feed Comments Home What We Do The Learning Place Team Blog Display Uncategorized Contact You are here: Home / Uncategorized / Sunday morning questions Sunday morning questions 2 A couple of links came my way this week that caught my attention.  That is, to me, an interesting statement. If so, how? MORE >>

(Crossposted on Technology for Communities and Network Weaving CoP ). conversation emerging in the Network Weaving Community of Practice ( NWWCoP ) focuses on this question: how can/do we use social media for intentionally weaving our networks? What is a Technology Configuration? For example, see [link] ). MORE >>

Here’s a question about using Facebook as an extension of work or classroom learning. ask this question to organizational community managers, teachers, professors and even companies. For those of us who understand these technologies, are we doing a disservice by not promoting a free & open web? Communities Technology MORE >>