just a quick addition to my previous post on learning environments as I should have referred to this post from Pontydysgu that discusses how/ whether micro-learning objects developed through social learning technologies can and do ‘mature’ into more formalised learning content, eg, through a process of aggregation and validation perhaps. The essence of this for me (ie, placing technology issues aside!) is whether the highly-situated and problem-specific nature of a lot of workplace learning via social media can be the basis of more generic and transferable knowledge and what the processes for making this happen might be ….
The Mature IP project looks like one to watch …