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Transferring from Ning to Grou.ps

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

The Internet Time Community has been hosted on Ning for a little over three years. I was shocked and saddened when Ning announced that its free service was ending. Lots of non-profits had signed up on Ning. Ning could have at least provided a decent migration path away from their service. It wasn’t very difficult.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs). A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). An Educator’s Professional Learning Network. Information Aggregation.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs). A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). An Educator’s Professional Learning Network. Information Aggregation.

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How to Harness Informal Learning

Rob Hubbard

Informal learning, like the scenario above, takes place constantly in most organisations. It is estimated that probably as much of 80% of learning within an organisation is informal, with formal training constituting the other 20%. What is informal learning? How can informal learning be harnessed?

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Top 100 eLearning Items

Tony Karrer

Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Mathemagenic " PhD conclusions in a thousand words: blogging practices of knowledge workers Web 2.0 Applications in Learning Rethinking Learning Styles Understanding E-Learning 2.0

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Using FaceBook

Learning Visions

Would the better approach be to create a real-closed community using something like Ning? Have you looked at ning? Clarence, I have looked a bit at Ning, mostly via Jay Crosss Ning group. Clarence, I have looked a bit at Ning, mostly via Jay Crosss Ning group. Whats been your experience with Ning?

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Learning Outcomes

Tony Karrer

My post on learning goals has some great feedback via comments and a couple of blog posts. The focus of the post is really about the design of informal / social learning experiences and my belief that they need to have context for what I call Directed Learners. To them, it's not learning at all.