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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Return of the (Digital) Native by Jim on March 25, 2011 in mobile learning In recent years, we’ve all heard a lot about digital natives. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. Properly d.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

The term comes from “web log” which is shortened to “blog.” A blog will allow others to comment on the blog entries but not alter the original entry in any way. Short Text Messaging. Text message that are short bursts sent from a cell phone or a computer directly to another cell phone or computer. Social Network.

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Top 100 Tools For Learning 2010 – C4LPT Survey

Upside Learning

Delicious – social bookmarking tool. Skype – instant messaging and VoIP call tool. Wordpress – blogging tool. Facebooksocial networking site. Some observations: The top 10 is like a who’s who of social and informal learning tools. GoogleDocs – online collaboration tool.

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The Importance of Informal Learning at the Workplace

Origin Learning

Earlier blog posts have stressed on how workplace learning has evolved over the years and L&D managers are re-inventing the wheel to meet the demands of the ‘millennial audience’. In this blog post, we examine ‘informal learning’ and see how it can play a major role in modern workplace learning. Understanding Informal Learning?

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Emerging Asynchronous Conversation Models

Tony Karrer

This post represents thinking from both of us that I've edited heavily to make it more easily consumed here in the blog. However, I've struggled with the problem of destinations vs. social networks and the spread of conversation (see Forums vs. Social Networks ). It can be tried for free at Talkwheel.com.

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Survey shows people take training as infrequently as they go to a conference; but they learn continuously in other ways

Jane Hart

Read blog posts/online articles. Search the Social Web (using Google. Connect with others in public social networks. Ask colleagues in your external networks for help. Participate in an enterprise social network/. Live chats/instant messages/Skype chats. In person conversations.

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“Seeding” Social Media for Engagement

Kapp Notes

The other day someone emailed me with a question of how to get social media usage going in an organization. Here are a few suggestions, First, I often “seed&# the use of a social networking tool with a basic question like “What do you think [this tool] can do for us?&#