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Social Networking – A Contrarian View

Upside Learning

We all know social networks promote learning; while the mechanisms aren’t documented or well-understood, that it works isn’t in doubt anymore. But we must ask, are the ‘social media/networking systems’ out there promoting this learning? Has your organization implemented a social networking platform?

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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Summary: “Debates rage about the appropriateness of using social networking in teaching, with arguments ranging from waste of time and distraction from academic goals to needed to reach net generation student. An example of using a social networking tool, Ning, in an online class is reported.&#. Student activities.

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5 online activities for team training and team building

TalentLMS

We’ll also share what training activities you can use to encourage virtual team building. 5 online team training activities. Boost conversations with social networking. Use social networking to replicate—and improve— the conversations happening offline. The benefits of virtual team training.

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Why your Enterprise Social Network is your most valuable social learning platform

Jane Hart

For this reason the new enterprise social platforms (like Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs) that underpin social collaboration are your most valuable social learning platforms. It is not just about managing the interaction but also being part of the social interaction.

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Active and Passive Learning in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

Another approach is to make the learner an active creator of knowledge and skills. Internal job aids (to support use of systems, processes and activities). External personal and professional networks and communities (including online social networks like Facebook and Twitter).

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Social networking is king

E-Learning Provocateur

Another principle that resonated with me was, in my own words: Social networking is king. Social networking has been around since the dawn of time. Everyone knows the stats … Facebook has more than 200 million active users, equivalent to being the 5th largest country in the world. The goal posts have moved.

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TCC08: Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking

Experiencing eLearning

Developed a course on social networking for business. Use online library databases to research social networking. Provided a bunch of stats on social networking usage–I’m not taking notes on all that). Many businesses consider time on social networking sites wasted, but not all.