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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. By taking inventory of employees’ “connections” (this was still a novel concept in 2005), they found that people had grouped into natural clusters.

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Networked noughties 2003-2005

Learning with e's

Today I continue the retrospective with a review of the years 2003-2005. The launch of one of the first social networking services Friends Reunited in 2000 paved the ways for a welter of new social networking tools which would revolutionise the way people connected, communicated and shared.

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Future of elearning industry looks Bright!

Kapp Notes

Nearly 50 percent of US online consumers are now advanced users of smartphones, social networks, and other emerging tools—up from 32 percent in 2008. Reported in June 2005 issue. This leads to a growing increase in the need and acceptance of online learning in a variety of industries.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): "Object-Centered Sociality" or What is Really at the Heart of Social Networks

Mark Oehlert

Now I saw this post in the Adaptive Path blog like a week or two ago; " The Shelf Life of Social Networks." " The post seems to be asking about why there seems to be a rise and fall to social networks and should we worry about that or just go along with it.

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Understanding Web 2.0

Integrated Learnings

wikipedia entry first written in February of 2005 to get a better appreciation of how this terminology has morphed (somewhat) over time. are social networking, web mashups, and using the web to store and create content. are social networking, web mashups, and using the web to store and create content.

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Book instead of blogposts

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I think that learning professionals in the future will have a much higher involvement with social technology in the organization. I also understand that the technology has helped to put social learning into focus. When I started in 2005 with communities of practice, few organizations were interested. Or should we specialize?

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EdCast the Twitter of Education Raises 16 Million in Latest Funding Round

Training Industry

Social media is not only a buzzword in several different industries; it is also a powerful force on society and the workplace. The Pew Research Center began tracking social media usage in 2005; since then, the percentage of American adults who use social networking sites has increased from 7 percent to 65 percent.