I was reading Tony Karrer’s excellent blog, in particular a post on simulations, games, and social learning , and wanted to express my take on virtual worlds as a social learning tool. As far as expressing the social nature and “vision&# of how virtual world’s can fall into social learning, I can’t sum it up any better than our chief builder and full on virtual world expert – Ener Hax. from the iliveisl blog: collaborative learning environments & us. barf* okay, i feel better now! so what happened? MORE >>

Here is a transcript from a recent 60 second science report from the Scientific American: Groups with Good Social Skills Outperform the Merely Smart. The teams that did best rated high in social sensitivity: their members interacted well, took turns speaking and included more females than groups that did poorly. Tagged: learning community , social learning , social networking. Tags: Collaborative Learning Social Networking learning community social learning social networking MORE >>

Social networking is one of those ideas.  There is a lot of buzz and many powerful tools supporting the social networking revolution.  People are choosing to connect and communicate and collaborate like never before.  There are a number of articles written to help demonstrate the value of social learning for businesses , how to assess technological and collaborative learning trends and even, how Facebook can change corporate training. You don’t have to invent a reason for a social network. Think beyond the PC. MORE >>

Most managers have heard of the watercooler effect without ever having the meaning of the concept sink in to their understanding of how it relates to performance and collaboration. couple of studies released this summer dealing with performance and collaboration in teams merit consideration. Not so much for what they specifically say about performance and collaboration as much as what they imply about the promise of social media in the relationship. Customer Experience Experience Design social networking Enterprise 2.0 elearning 2.0 empathy MORE >>

What does Agile have to do with Informal Learning and Instructional Design? It’s about collaboration. Thus, designing training or facilitating learning in today's business environment means accepting that formal training cannot be the ONLY solution. It means creating opportunities for self learning, exploration and collaboration. How I Learned to Program Manage an Agile Team after 6 years of Waterfall (Sue Ford) 3. Social Learning in the Workplace = New Toolset + New Mindset + New Skillset (Jane Hart) 5. Networking = Learning? MORE >>