A while back I blogged about the possibility of networks and blogospheres cutting into the need for communities. More importantly, the structure of blogging supports that model directly. What I mean is that if you network you know how to tie all the scattered content together as you blog about it and bookmark it. Top-down. MORE >>

Knowledge-at-work Personal thoughts about learning, community and social affordances for knowledge creation « When learning and knowledge collide | Main | Knowledge managers » November 05, 2006 KM practices Which KM practices are the most important in your opinion? IT systems, libraries, blogs, wikis, etc. MORE >>

Tweet This month, The Learning Circuits blog asks how do we break down organizational walls when it comes to learning? Communities of Practice, supported by skilled community managers and appropriate knowledge-sharing tools can bridge these two areas. This often has to be done behind the firewall to protect competitive secrets. MORE >>

Over the past week or so there have been several blogs that have helped me pull together a bunch of things I’ve been trying to connect in my mind for a while. Is that just aspirational, or is deliberative practice also studied for quick attainment of proficiency? am open to any suggestions to improve this. MORE >>

I’m reviewing my resources on communities of practice and synthesizing some of the articles I’ve come across and added to my social bookmarks or blogged about on my Communities Thread. One of the best sources of practical knowledge on online community building is Anecdote from Australia. MORE >>