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Thursday, September 2, 2010
knew it was a social networking site similar to Orkut. Ning is a service that allows you to create online social networks.  Last we at  Instructional Designers Community of India wanted to create an online social network for the community. liked it instantly and I also learned how to use it in a very short time. Reasons.
 
Thursday, September 2, 2010
This is a good example of a fairly simple, light-weight tool to analyze social interactions in an LMS like Moodle, Blackboard, or Desire2Learn. The analysis isn’t very comprehensive, but does provide frequency of posts and social network structure. What are you using for light-weight analysis of student learning or content
 
Thursday, September 2, 2010
I am delighted to be the first stop on the blog book tour for Jane Bozarth's new book, Social Media for Trainers. Learning Solutions on a Shoestring and  Better than Bullet Points - books that I wish I had written myself because of their clear, concise approach to the subject and packed with plenty of practical examples. .
 

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Premise :  Learning communities or networks thrive because its members possess certain skills and capabilities.  The road ahead :  I am presently developing detailed role descriptions, community guidelines, role assessment tools, and the identification of appropriate learning products and offerings.  Role Description. Consumer.
Jones and I are doing a session at Training 2010 titled  Defining Your Social Learning Strategy. As prep for this, we’ve put together a comprehensive checklist of Social Learning Strategy topics that learning professionals and executives should consider when thinking through their objectives and plans.
I am often asked by business leaders to describe what we intend to measure in order to understand, manage, and improve the networked (or social) learning eco-system.  We do not want to take a traditional ‘Learning Management System&# appraoch and treat networked learning as formal training.
It's been talked about for years, but 'Social Learning' is more recently becoming the big buzz word in learning, and you should probably pay attention because it's being pegged as the next generation of eLearning (heavily debated of course, as is everything in learning). Enjoy! schnicker.
In preparation, we came up with a bunch of things that one would need to know when creating a social learning strategy.  Checklist of Social Learning Strategies. Cultural Issues Related to Social Learning. What do executives, key stakeholders and “rank-and-file” think about social media and sharing?
Learning increases. Learning increases. Social Networking Advantages: Infinitely more resources. Learning increases. Tags: social media collaboration blogging Searching RSS Social Learning SIG Email Wiki I don’t know who to credit this to, but I love it. But, THANK YOU! to whomever it was.
Recently I was asked if I was OK with using SharePoint instead of social media software.  My main reason - which may not seem like much on the outset - is that SP is document focused and social media is people focused.  In the same way, both SharePoint and social media might be said to make similar journeys - they are both vehicles. 
Jane Hart posted a tongue-in-cheek video by Ron Desi of 10 reasons why you should not have social media in the organization, and is collecting rebuttals.  Social media is a fad. You can’t control the message, and social media isn’t going to change that.  Social Media is a time waster. You can learn* faster.
At DevLearn, many people lamented the difficulty of explaining the benefits of social media to their managers and peers. learning applications. Jane mined the submissions of her delightful tools database and came up with 100+ ways to use social media for learning. Tags: social tools This is awesome.
Our office has been receiving numerous requests to help incorporate social media tools into a variety of communication and education projects. Our clients want help creating blogs, wikis, collaborative workspaces, and social networks. You can’t mandate that your audience “be social.”. We’ve responded with cautious optimism.