Researching social media, changing workplace, knowledge and learning
Enschede Area, Netherlands
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- Author at blog.mathemagenic.com
- Researcher at Novay (formerly known as Telematica Instituut)
- Past
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- Intern at Microsoft Research
- Teacher/trainer at MESI
- Training&Development manager at MESI
- Project manager at NGO "Children's Order of Charity"
- Social work/teaching/policy development at School “Podderzka" for children with disabilities
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Lilia Efimova’s Summary
Just done with my PhD research on blogging practices of knowledge workers I'm working on rediscovering where my passions are.
So far most of my work had been at an intersection of social media, changing workplace, knowledge and learning: bringing together my experiences of facilitating learning and managing changes, my interest in technologies and my passion for understanding how people work.
In the future: redesigning workplaces, personal routines, organisational processes and technologies to support knowledge worker productivity and fun.
Lilia Efimova’s Specialties:
Asking questions and recognising patterns, initiating and facilitating change, workshop/learning facilitation, boundary spanning, translating from research to practice and back ////// Contexts: knowledge management, human resources development, technologies for collaboration, learning and knowledge sharing, technology adoption and change management
Lilia Efimova’s Experience
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Author
blog.mathemagenic.com
(Internet industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)
The closest metaphor to what I do in my weblog is "thinking in public"... Of course it's more than that: for me blogging is engaging into conversations with others, building relations, doing research and, sometimes, even changing the world :)
There is a couple of things related to blogging I'm especially proud of: being part of the team organising BlogWalk series before unconferences went mainstream, winning "best research-based weblog" award in 2004 and defending blogging as an integral part of the research approach in my PhD work. -
Researcher
Novay (formerly known as Telematica Instituut)
(Non-Profit; Research industry)
August 2001 — Present (8 years 4 months)
Applied research at an intersection of social media, changing workplace, knowledge and learning as a researcher and task/project manager. Themes and topics:
- Social media
- Personal productivity in knowledge-intensive environments
- Communities and networks
- Making sense of digital traces
- Managing what you can't control (like knowledge workers or informal learning ;)
- KM/HR/(e-)learning integration
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Intern
Microsoft Research
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — September 2005 (3 months)
I spent 3 months working together with Jonathan Grudin and Gina Venolia on a study of weblog adoption at Microsoft. This study was part of my PhD research.
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Teacher/trainer
MESI
(Educational Institution; E-Learning industry)
August 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 5 months)
Teaching/facilitation for the Master of Science Programme "Human Resources Development" (in English) and in various teacher/PhD training programs (in Russian); both combined face-to-face meetings and online activities.
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Training&Development manager
MESI
(Educational Institution; E-Learning industry)
August 1999 — March 2001 (1 year 8 months)
Curriculum development, planning, budgeting and organisation of teacher training programs within the university, training-related policy-making, internal consulting regarding ICT use for teaching.
Especially proud of: developing and implementing teacher training program for PhD students. -
Project manager
NGO "Children's Order of Charity"
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
March 1995 — July 1998 (3 years 5 months)
Managed leadership training program "School of Humanity" for youth clubs across Russia working for social integration of young people with disabilities. Responsibilities: project management (incl. grant acquisition and management, recruitment&selection, PR), training program development (needs assessment, curriculum development, implementation and evaluation), training facilitation.
Especially proud that this program has been successfully running after I have left. -
Social work/teaching/policy development
School “Podderzka" for children with disabilities
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
April 1993 — July 1998 (5 years 4 months)
Did all kinds of things related to social intergration of kids with disabilities: organised extra-curricular activities, run computer club (and then Computer Science classes), actively participated in developing the school's vision and policies regarding inclusive education and their implementation in the curriculum.
Especially proud of: making a difference in lives of several kids (who are not kids anymore :), being part of the team initiating changes in Russian educational system, winning two awards at festival "Innovative school-96" with "School of equal opportunities" project.
