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Growing Use of Social Media in Education

LearnDash

Social media is often seen merely as a way to pass the time or stay connected to friends and family. Each year, Pearson Learning Solutions puts out the results of an annual survey of social media use in education. Across the board, educators are using social media more in 2013 than they did in 2012.

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Social media does not always equal social learning

Connect Thinking

I was recently asked to define social media. Social learning , on the other hand, is learning that happens through social exchanges and activities, whether the exchange is motivated for personal reasons or for larger collective purposes (adapted from Aaron Silvers , T&D January 2012).

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Social Media for Professional Development: Workshop and Webinar

Jane Hart

Workshop runs 1 – 31 October 2012. In this online workshop at the Social Learning Centre, we will be looking at how to use a number of different social media tools for your own professional development purposes. Led by Jane Hart. Free Webinar : Wednesday 3 October, 6.30-7.30 pm BST (GMT+1).

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Pick of the month: October 2012

Jane Hart

1 - Defining social learning – Marcia Conner, 4 October 2012. “Instead let me list 10 Things Said About Social Learning … that you shouldn’t fall for. Social learning is new. Social learning requires digital tools. Social learning needs social learning policies.

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Top 5 eLearning Trends Happening Now

Association eLearning

If you’d like to learn more about competency-based learning, join us for an IACET webinar April 20 th. Social Learning. With the rise of features like social media integration, chat, and conversation threads, learners are engaged like never before. 508, ADA, and WCAG Compliance.

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2012: That was the year that was

Jane Hart

In the first of two reviews of 2012, here are the 10 most popular posts on my own blog this year – based on viewing stats, tweets and FB likes. 1 - The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 list is revealed. 2 - 10 things to remember about social learning (and the use of social media for learning).

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#SLCONF 2012–Social Learning in action

Lars is Learning

Last Thursday I attended the #SLCONF Social Learning Conference in London. It largely practiced what it preached – in that it proved to be a highly social discussion and effective forum for sharing ideas and experiences with an experienced group of professionals and practitioners.