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Brain science meets social media

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

They interviewed various scientists and are translating new insights from brain science into practical consequences for organising effective learning situations. I'm working a lot with sociale media and communities of practice. An example: sleep is very important for processing new information and new stimuli.

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Blog Book Tour: Social Media for Trainers--stop #9

ID Reflections

With her focus on the main tools that have grabbed “global imagination” namely, Twitter, Facebook, Blogs and Wikis, Jane Bozarth writes a lucid, eminently readable account of what technology has to offer in terms of Social Media tools and their position in the sphere of learning. Imagine the ROI in this case.

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Situated Cognition In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

TalentLMS

In this article, I’ll shed light on the situated cognition theory, from its core principles to tips that will help you use it in your next eLearning course. Cognitive Apprenticeships and communities of practice also go hand-in-hand with situated cognition. 4 Situated Cognition Best Practices.

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Social Learning Has Its Place…And Informal Learning Does Too.

Dashe & Thomson

Two weeks ago Jane Hart wrote an article titled, Social Learning: to be or not to be? , in which Jane expresses her dislike of the term Social Learning (big S, big L). Jane claims that “Social Learning has come to refer exclusively to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.”

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Recommended Reading Summary: A Chapter of “Emerging Technologies for the Classroom”

Adobe Captivate

I’ve since started writing chapter summaries (here is the last article ) so people can “preview” some of the great books out there and hopefully end up reading them! Social media and social networking sites allow individuals and groups to collaborate and learn together.

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Give Learners a Voice by Incorporating Social Learning

Adobe Captivate

So much of what we learn comes from informal interactions with the people we know, whether we’re interacting in person or through social media. Here are some ways we can do that: Create communities of practice that either meet in person or virtually. See this article on blended learning.

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12 features of supporting social collaboration in the workplace

Jane Hart

As I showed in my recent blog post , there are some big differences between learning in an e-business and learning in a social/collaborative business. Want to find out more, then in October we are running the Social media for professional development workshop at the Social Learning Centre. In other words, it means.