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How to create social buzz at a learning event

Jane Hart

In Jeff Bullas’s recent post, 9 ways to create and share social media content at an event , he described how you might use the following 9 social tools to encourage participation in an event (in this case a fashion show). Pictures and images. Slideshare. Digital media aggregator.

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TCC08: Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking

Experiencing eLearning

Businesses fear the lack of message control, but some hope that by creating a safe and pleasant environment internally that employees will talk internally rather than out in public. Right now, this is “Tier 1″ Proprietary with some customization (like Facebook & MySpace). Tools Used: Used Weblog.com to create the blog.

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TCC08: What can Educators Learn from Online Religious Communities?

Experiencing eLearning

Based on seminar where doctoral students created online community projects. Didn’t really create a sense of community. Used MySpace & a wiki. Chose MySpace b/c lots of existing religious tools available (e.g., Also explored specifically Christian sites, but secular sites like MySpace may offer better options.

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MOOC Major Players

LearnDash

It’s still too early to tell which one of these will fall the way of MySpace, but as Facebook has pointed out, there is often very little room at the top. edX has plans to give away their software platform so that anyone can create their own MOOC. Below is a list of the more popular MOOC options available: 1.

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How Millennials Connect to Mobile Learning

LearnDash

This makes the Millennial demographic one of the most valuable to online educators, which, by extension, this makes creating and delivering mobile content a priority for anyone interested in reaching them. Here’s how to make that happen. Millennials aren’t impatient—but they are efficient. Make it social.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

Dashe & Thomson

This is a tool you use to react to something you see, hear or do and an opportunity to create a voice. This is where you can create your customized information portal. Mention – Once you’re ready to begin creating your own messages, consider mentioning other users by their Twitter usernames (preceded by the @ sign) in your Tweets.

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Google Goes Gaming?

Kapp Notes

Here are some recent highlights; Google purchased a company called Slide , an app developer that works with popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to create community-driven entertainment applications. The deal is worth a reported $182 million.

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