Psyberspace

Article – Communities of Practice
(Learning and work as social activities)

by David Stamps
associate editor of TRAINING Magazine.
Copyright © 1999 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Learning is social. Training is irrelevant?

As the end of a century draws near, the air is sure to thicken with prophecies about the future, including the future of work. The “knowledge worker” will be a favorite topic of management soothsaying; so will “the learning organization.”

But for a clear vision of how learning should happen in a business setting, you need only talk to Dede Miller, a customer service representative for Xerox Corp. For two years she was treated to a tantalizing glimpse of the future. Today she finds herself wishing she could go back to it.

To know her story is to understand just how wide a gap still separates learning theory and common training practice – and how hard it will be to apply new approaches to workplace training, even those that make incontestable sense.

Internet addiction report

URL:s These are the ones that are most interesting in my opinion. More can be found by exploring the collections of links within these sites. These links are not in order of my preference. I drew the line at twenty links, since I think any sane person will find this is enough to read.

useful list of urls.

The Making of a Virtual Professor
Richard B. Kettner-Polley
Professor of Business Administration
International School of Information Management University

ABSTRACT

The role of the professor is changing dramatically. Lectures endure despite the fact that they were outmoded as soon as books became readily available to students. This is a case study in the transformation of one traditional professor into a virtual professor. On one level this is only one person’s story. On another level it is a sign of the times. Jorge Klor de Alva’s choice to leave one of the most prestigious universities in the country for the University of Phoenix is a signal event. Traditional academia will change, and it is the quiet transformation of traditional professors into virtual professors that tells the true story behind this revolution.

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Online Learning Resources

Just added some links which could do with some more annotation, so if you have comments let me know!

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Distance Education

distance education, online learning, elearing bibliography references
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UMUC-Bell Atlantic Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology

Welcome to the UMUC-Bell Atlantic Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology.

Module 1 provides resources for use in the selection of appropriate media to accomplish specific learning objectives.

Module 2 provides resources for faculty using technology in research assignments, small group projects, and discussions to encourage activity.

Degree.net Central

Welcome to Degree.net: the web’s number one resource for information on distance learning, provided by John Bear, Ph.D., author of the long-time best-selling Bears’ Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally.

Distance learning is a booming field: More and more schools are making it possible for people to get the degree they want or need without ever setting foot on a college campus. It can also be a baffling field, fraught with misinformation, false expectations, complexities such as accreditation, and outright dangers such as diploma mills.
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