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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking.

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How to Promote Online Courses with LinkedIn

LearnDash

Most course creators turn to platforms such as Instagram and TikTok , but you may be missing out if you’re not promoting on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a large, unique social networking platform. Although course promotion on LinkedIn is less straightforward, you can still increase your reach and success.

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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Summary: “Debates rage about the appropriateness of using social networking in teaching, with arguments ranging from waste of time and distraction from academic goals to needed to reach net generation student. Several different tools are reviewed, and questions that might be useful for evaluation are discussed.

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Keys to Hacking Virtual Networking

Learning Rebels

Let’s face it – networking is a PAIN in the best of times and when it comes to virtual networking – it’s even more painful. What are the “hacks” to make virtual networking more palatable? Generally, the reason we look to networking is to be a part of something bigger than ourselves.

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Developing a Results Driven Curriculum

A well-designed learning curriculum develops and nurtures skills needed to achieve organizational and business goals with the most effective and engaging set of experiences. This ebook outlines 5 critical steps to develop learning solutions that will help you achieve the most ambitious objectives.

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Social Networks

Clark Quinn

This week we looked at Social Networks. Here are some thoughts on this topic, especially thoughts around social networks for learning. Starting with Social Networking was a blessing and a curse. Social networks have a tendency to be a bit messy. As a student we learn how to ignore the chatter.

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Forums vs. Social Networks?

Clark Quinn

I'm debating the value of forum / group / threaded discussion software vs. social network software for a particular situation. A user can do this through posting to a threaded discussion quite easily. Typically they center around threaded discussions. Social Network Examples are Ning and KickApps.