Comments on: eLearning: Communities of Practice and the Quarantining of Knowledge http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/elearning-communities-of-practice-and-the-quarantining-of-knowledge/ Dyspeptic grumblings about tertiary education Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Recent Links Tagged With "jaycross" - JabberTags http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/elearning-communities-of-practice-and-the-quarantining-of-knowledge/#comment-58 Recent Links Tagged With "jaycross" - JabberTags Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:49:23 +0000 http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-58 [...] upon: Enterprise 2.0, intranets and cognitive surplusses Saved by sahawut on Fri 23-1-2009 eLearning: Communities of Practice and the Quarantining of Knowledge Saved by princesscandy899 on Tue 13-1-2009 Would You Help a Reporter? Saved by mertalemdar on Sat [...] [...] upon: Enterprise 2.0, intranets and cognitive surplusses Saved by sahawut on Fri 23-1-2009 eLearning: Communities of Practice and the Quarantining of Knowledge Saved by princesscandy899 on Tue 13-1-2009 Would You Help a Reporter? Saved by mertalemdar on Sat [...]

]]> By: mullygrub http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/elearning-communities-of-practice-and-the-quarantining-of-knowledge/#comment-19 mullygrub Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:36:21 +0000 http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-19 I very much agree with your post and have really been enjoying reading your blog. Even though the way we communicate and develop ourselves is changing, as your post clearly shows, organisational expectations around such things are not. They wouldn't stop us talking at the watercooler or going to a convention... so why stop us doing the same thing in a more modern medium - online? Crazy. I wish you the best of luck with "the powers that be" in getting this up and running. I very much agree with your post and have really been enjoying reading your blog.

Even though the way we communicate and develop ourselves is changing, as your post clearly shows, organisational expectations around such things are not. They wouldn’t stop us talking at the watercooler or going to a convention… so why stop us doing the same thing in a more modern medium – online? Crazy.

I wish you the best of luck with “the powers that be” in getting this up and running.

]]> By: The educational mechanic http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/elearning-communities-of-practice-and-the-quarantining-of-knowledge/#comment-8 The educational mechanic Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:07:40 +0000 http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-8 Thanks Colin. You're right - it's the networks we have - the PEOPLE in our personal learning networks - that will make the necessary paradigm shift happen. We *will* approach the ideal - albeit asymptotically! Thanks Colin. You’re right – it’s the networks we have – the PEOPLE in our personal learning networks – that will make the necessary paradigm shift happen. We *will* approach the ideal – albeit asymptotically!

]]> By: Colin Warren http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/elearning-communities-of-practice-and-the-quarantining-of-knowledge/#comment-7 Colin Warren Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:55:09 +0000 http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-7 Like Carol, I feel the pain too. Just this week had a request to install a new social software application for a colleague who wants to be to use and be able demonstrate said software (front and back end). Response from the gatekeepers was predictable and the language included; proposal, full support, funding, implications, ramifications, etc. There's no, What can we do for you? How can we help? When do you need it? I can understand there's a need to a corporate 'position' and a line as to what and how things should be done. But I reckon the 'line' need to be flexible - not rigid. Any what about some acknowledgment of staff who have this enthusiasm and a willingness to take risks. This all makes for very slow and ineffectual change. Lucky I have a solid network fo people who do want to make a difference and can help in other ways. ;-) The link to the document that Carol referred to above is broken. Found the correct link after negotiating some German. Here 'tis. http://www.uni-siegen.de/fb5/wirtschaftsinformatik/paper/2005/huysmanwulf_it_to_support_knowledge_sharing_in_communities_2005.pdf Like Carol, I feel the pain too. Just this week had a request to install a new social software application for a colleague who wants to be to use and be able demonstrate said software (front and back end). Response from the gatekeepers was predictable and the language included; proposal, full support, funding, implications, ramifications, etc. There’s no, What can we do for you? How can we help? When do you need it?

I can understand there’s a need to a corporate ‘position’ and a line as to what and how things should be done. But I reckon the ‘line’ need to be flexible – not rigid. Any what about some acknowledgment of staff who have this enthusiasm and a willingness to take risks. This all makes for very slow and ineffectual change. Lucky I have a solid network fo people who do want to make a difference and can help in other ways. ;-)

The link to the document that Carol referred to above is broken. Found the correct link after negotiating some German. Here ’tis.
http://www.uni-siegen.de/fb5/wirtschaftsinformatik/paper/2005/huysmanwulf_it_to_support_knowledge_sharing_in_communities_2005.pdf

]]> By: Carol Daunt Skyring http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/elearning-communities-of-practice-and-the-quarantining-of-knowledge/#comment-5 Carol Daunt Skyring Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:55:56 +0000 http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-5 We feel the pain Vyt. As you know I'm a great Ning user but believe you need to keep the community vibrant with a little nudge every now & then. This article 'IT to Support Knowledge Sharing in Communities, Towards a Social Capital' addresses some of what your Masters are concerned about - loss of valuable 'knowledge'. (It also contains a lot of IT stuff.) Download: www.uni-siegen.de/.../paper/2005/huysmanwulf_it_to_support_knowledge_sharing_in_communities_2005.pdf Thanks for your link Alan - you've now been RRSd! I'm now moving the discussion into Twitter ;-> We feel the pain Vyt. As you know I’m a great Ning user but believe you need to keep the community vibrant with a little nudge every now & then.

This article ‘IT to Support Knowledge Sharing in Communities, Towards a Social Capital’ addresses some of what your Masters are concerned about – loss of valuable ‘knowledge’. (It also contains a lot of IT stuff.) Download: http://www.uni-siegen.de/…/paper/2005/huysmanwulf_it_to_support_knowledge_sharing_in_communities_2005.pdf

Thanks for your link Alan – you’ve now been RRSd!

I’m now moving the discussion into Twitter ;->

]]> By: The educational mechanic http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/elearning-communities-of-practice-and-the-quarantining-of-knowledge/#comment-4 The educational mechanic Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:36:43 +0000 http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-4 Not necessarily ... if my crowd had objected to a possible Ning community based on the thought-provoking info on your blog, I would have had a different reaction. Or not posted at all. But their response was based on distrust of ALL external platforms and a desire to silo "our" knowledge ... and that would wipe FaceBook and most of the others off their little map. I like your blog - thanks for your response! Not necessarily … if my crowd had objected to a possible Ning community based on the thought-provoking info on your blog, I would have had a different reaction. Or not posted at all.

But their response was based on distrust of ALL external platforms and a desire to silo “our” knowledge … and that would wipe FaceBook and most of the others off their little map.

I like your blog – thanks for your response!

]]> By: ajcann http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/elearning-communities-of-practice-and-the-quarantining-of-knowledge/#comment-3 ajcann Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:10:42 +0000 http://thwartwise.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-3 Noooooooo, not another Ning ghetto! http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.com/2008/07/in-ghetto.html Noooooooo, not another Ning ghetto!
http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.com/2008/07/in-ghetto.html

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