Harnessing informalsocial learning and collaboration

Colin WarrenDeakin University

Harness

Unproductive

Workplace?

Balance?

Making the shift from traditional formal learning methods

to social learning and knowledge transfer

One

Traditional

Modern http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/344832591/

How do you learn?

Individual differences

Informal/Formal?

Why bother?

Social Media

Building a supportive and effective online learning community

to enhance learning

Two

Community

Members

Participation

The Consumer

The Creator

The Connector

The Carrier

The Caretaker

“Focus on connection & collaboration. The management of assets is mostly obsolete by the time it is stored.”

@mneffhttp://twitter.com/mneff/status/12524816331

Collaboration

Curiosity

Connecting

Using social networks to improve learning

opportunities

Three

Networks

the “best argument for Social Networks over Knowledge Management is shift in perspective from static content to dynamic interaction“.

James McGeehttp://www.kmers.org/chattranscript/transcript-world-without-km

The Tools

Facebook

The Blog

Twitter

Yammer

Outcomes?

Balance

Don’t constrain people, provide the environment

and support the tools so that they can harness informal

learning for themselves

Culture

The Future

Thankyou

Slide photo credits:

Q&A

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Colin WarrenFaculty of Business and LawDeakin UniversityMob: 0407688306colin.warren@deakin.edu.auTwitter: @colwar