People who've been talking about feral learning Frances Bell (University of Salford)

‘Communities of Practice’ Online? The case for ‘going Feral’ in Academic Development  by Frances Bell & Mary Hall, published in Innovative Learning in Action   ( 2006, University of Salford) 

This paper is a few years old now - one of the  earliest. It follows the development of one of the early online discussions about feral learning on the CABWEB portal where Frances was facilitating a group I joined. It goes on to consider the activities on online groups as communities of practice and examines how professional communities of practice themselves embody the ideas of feral learning.

People who've been talking about feral learning - Jane Bozarth

Jane Bozarth (Author biography posted on Amazon)

A decade ago I moved from the world of traditional instruction to designing and facilitating both asychronous and synchronous training. Now that technology -- and learner access to it -- has finally caught up with possibilities, my interests have expanded to the world of social media tools to support and extend the work of the workplace training practitioner.

I have an M.Ed. in Training & Development/Technology in Training and a doctorate in Adult Education. (My dissertation, on workplace social learning/communities of practice, is available free via a Google search). I enjoy writing, and in addition to my books I was, for 10 years, a member of "Training Magazine"'s book review team and now write book reviews and a monthly column, "Nuts and Bolts" for the eLearning Guild's online "Learning Solutions Magazine".

You can find me "live" most anytime on Twitter @janebozarth and almost always on Thursday evenings as one of the moderators of the popular #lrnchat sessions. My Twitter profile describes me as a feral learner, positive deviant, and World's Oldest Millenial.
I also drive too fast.

profile posted at lrnchat.wordpress.com/whos-who/

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