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Thirsty for knowledge on social networks and information systems?

Janet Clarey

Information Science Reference recently published a book by Miltiadis Lytras from the University of Patras, Greece, Robert Tennyson from the University of Minnesota, USA, and Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, from the Universidad de Oviedo, Spain called Knowledge Networks: The Social Software Perspective. You can download it via scribd.

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LMSs that kick ass: Saba

Janet Clarey

Saba Social is a productivity tool designed to engage employees & customers, build connected corporate communities and accelerate high-quality knowledge exchange. Q: What drove your decision to incorporate social media tools into your LMS? Saba was also a sponsor of Brandon Hall Research’s IiL08 conference.).

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LMSs that kick ass - OutStart

Janet Clarey

By way of background, Jeff told me that OutStart has two flavors: Participate, their general social software solution and TrainingEdge.com, their SaaS solution which includes LMS, collaborative authoring, and social media specifically configured to support learning. This week’s featured system is OutStart. Thanks Jeff!

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Contents of the informal cloud book

Jay Cross

Brandon Hall, 191. social software, 120, 121, 122. Skinner, 66. balcony, 73, 106, 107. Baruch Lev, 81. Berkeley, 187, 192. beta, 5, 19, 68, 112, 115, 116, 117, 134, 167. Beyond Bullet Points , 154, 155. blogosphere, 120. CapGemini, 84, 85. cards, 70, 148, 163, 164, 165. CGI Systems, 27. Charles Jennings, 55, 186.

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LMSs that kick ass: Meridian KSI

Janet Clarey

Frankly, some buyers fear that social software makes it more difficult to communicate, not less. They see social software as the purview of co-eds, gamers and nerds. In fact, they believe social software makes controlling a message or providing a consistent set of instructions impossible.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Distance learning—Social software’s killer ap? Creating Social Presence in Online Environments, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education (San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2003), p. Brandon Hall Research. Brandon Hall Research Online Database. Brandon Hall Research. 2, 2005, pp.