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SOCIAL LEARNING BLOG
MAY 11, 2011
How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.
lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking.  These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties.
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LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB
JUNE 21, 2010
Introduction to Social Networking
As our Work Literacy Ning site (2008) is in danger of getting bumped off the Net due to Ning’s new pricing policy , I will post some of the key articles here so we don’t lose them. Introduction to Social Networking. Online social networks facilitate connections between people based on shared interests, values, membership in particular groups (i.e., They make it easier for people to find and communicate with individuals who are in their networks using the Web as the interface. It is also the network of choice for most professionals.
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BRAVE NEW ORG
JUNE 13, 2011
Content Curators
We relied on one another, as strong and weak tie neighbours, often congregating in these buildings to share, to socialize, and to learn. worry, however, that ‘ Nimby Neighbourhoods’ will supersede actual social relationship building. Whenever we come across something that may benefit our network, we curate, categorize & then communicate. don’t think that will ever change.
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BUSINESS CASUAL
AUGUST 6, 2009
Question and Answer - What is Delicious and Digg?
Related posts: Social Media Series - Where to Begin. Hubs and Spokes as a Metaphor For Engaging In Social Networks. What are "Delicious" and "Digg?" More social networking sites?? but I've noticed you can post articles to them. Also; why do web/blog page articles let you post to these sites, but not Facebook (or MySpace)?". Now you have it.
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ELECTRONIC PAPYRUS
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Blogging Lessons Learned at 6 Months – Think “Reach”
Ranking article popularity is relative to a number of arbitrary variables, but it appears that our most popular articles were those that dealt with mobility, E-learning, generational characteristics of learning and to some extent, different social media topics. Here’s a great article about participation rates in virtual communities. 5)     It’s good having friends.
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LEARNING WITH E'S
MARCH 28, 2010
Tools of my trade
Facebook - I tried several other social networking tools before Facebook , including Myspace and Bebo, and toyed with LinkedIn like everyone else. Google Scholar - I come back to Scholar time and time again, often several times in one day, particularly when I'm doing some literature searching for an article, or simply to see who has cited who on a particular topic.
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