Category Archives: CoPs

More on Yammer (2)

Posted on September 4, 2010 by thand

With NSW DET Yammer now with over 5 000 users and growing, its now far outpaced more established collaborative tools in DET. After 17 months of Yammer use Deloitte, have hit paydirt with its deployment, as CIO peter Williams declares: … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities, CoPs, innovation, knowledge, Leadership | 2 Comments

Yammering

Posted on June 29, 2010 by thand

Nearing  2,200 members on the NSW DET Yammer community its undoubtedly the most subscribed (and active)  professional online network in NSW DET.   So I thought it might be timely to look at emerging patterns of use and engagement. Sampling the … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities, CoPs, Informal learning, knowledge, Leadership, Social networking | 8 Comments

BlogEd

Posted on October 7, 2009 by thand

The DET blog (BlogEd) is nearing full release – dates to be confirmed for Term 4. Below I’ve summarised key features which differentiate it from any ‘open’ blog. I’ll post a slide show after the hols.

Posted in blogging, Change mangement, Communities, CoPs, Cybersafety, Internet safety, Opensource, Social networking | 26 Comments

CoPs as subversive agents?

Posted on July 14, 2009 by thand

With the world of Web 2.0 comes the need for new strategies for implementing ICT within the organisation. I’m convinced we no longer need to throw buckets of money at f2f training and comms campaigns. Rather pepper the various communities … Continue reading →

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The problem with sharing

Posted on August 18, 2008 by thand

One of the biggest issues we face in collaborative learning is the problem of sharing. Jerry Leeson recently put me onto Julita Vassileva’s work in relation to communities of sharing. Her work in relation to the development of a social … Continue reading →

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CoPs- Behaviours

Posted on June 28, 2008 by thand

John Smiths diagram [below]-(part of a new book on CoPs authored with Nancy White & Etienne Wegner), to be soon released– looks at the vital behavours of CoPs. The aspects that intrigues me are the open ended conversations, I’m not … Continue reading →

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CoPs

Posted on September 23, 2007 by thand

Graham Attwell’s post on a chaired presentation to the Alt C conference in Nottingham on International CoPs, included this excerpt by George Roberts- “Communities of practice are emergent organisations with tacit but clearly identifiable rules and other signs of identity: … Continue reading →

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