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Selling Social Media for Learning: ASTD Big Question

Kapp Notes

This month's ASTD Learning Circuit's Blog Big Question is "How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organization?" Address a Business Need The most important element in communicating the value of Social Media is to solve a pressing business need. Lessons Learned. or "What problem are you trying to solve?"

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

information/knowledge workers. ASTD Learning Circuits. Penguin Press. To create a place for informal learning. For leadership development. For professional development. To develop and retain talent. Good use case: distributed workforce. need for peer-to-peer collaboration. need easy/anywhere access to information.

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Top 70 eLearning Articles - Hot Topics: iPad Adobe Captivate - July 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Well Played, Blackboard - elearnspace , July 8, 2010 While Blackboard is unable to write a press release that includes clear statements like “we have purchased these companies&# , I have to give the company credit for the acquisition of Elluminate (and Wimba). The way forward? View more presentations from Steve Wheeler.

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

Now it’s often more effective to take control by giving control, by letting “the invisible hand” self-organize worker learning. The organization establishes the goals and gives the workers flexibility in how to meet them. How workers learn now. Think about a go-getter knowledge worker learns something new. [6]