Learn Your Way to Success: How to Customize Your Professional Learning Plan to Accelerate Your Career

CHAPTER 8LEARNING ON THE WEB: BENEFIT FROM THE GENEROSITY OF STRANGERS

With today’s connected world, you have opportunities to learn from people across the globe: people who are total strangers to you, but who are willing to share their knowledge and experiences. You can use discussion groups, affinity groups, communities of practice, and a wealth of resources on the Web to help you on your learning journey.

An Assignment in Brazil

I had been invited to give a series of workshops in Brazil and was told that they would be simultaneously translated into Portuguese. Never having worked with simultaneous translation, I posted a note on a training discussion board, describing what I would be doing and asking for any experiences or advice on working ...