Do you find that your employer is resistant to incorporating social learning tools to enhance the business? Maybe, we just need to communicate the value better. First of all, let’s get on the same page with what ‘social learning’ even means. Wikipedia defines social learning as:  learning that takes place at a wider scale than individual or group learning, up to a societal scale, through social interaction between peers. To be considered social learning, a process must: Demonstrate that a change in understanding has taken place in the individuals involved. So, that is a start. MORE >>

Sloan Management Review has a great interview with Andy McAfee on What Sells CEOs on Social Networking. CEOs excitedly agree with Lew Platt’s old observation about Hewlett-Packard: “If only HP knew what HP knows, we’d be three times more productive.” ” They understand the power of weak ties in enterprise social networks. They appreciate the incoming generation’s new approach to working without limits. Sure, there are fears of losing control, the fact that hierarchy and social networks are not comfortable bedfellows, and the inevitable paradigm drag. MORE >>

Here is a great explanation of the different ‘attribution’ or license elements of Creative Commons : “Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world. Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.” ” (Nod to @jamesclay for showing this on his blog first). Related posts: Video: What is Creative Commons? Presentation: “Creative Commons: What every Educator needs to know” WordPress Plugin #4: Creative Commons Licence. MORE >>

We all know that e-learning is changing, we all know that our learners have changed. The rise of the internet, social media and mobile devices have changed our world. It turned out that it is much easier for a learner to adapt to these changes than for a e-Learning manager or developer. Over the past 16 months I have written all kind of post researching this change. was recently asked to present on this subject in a webinar. In my preparation I went through all the posts and was for the first time able to merge them in a coherent way. wanted to share this presentation with you. am and 2.00 MORE >>

Collaborative Learning. eLearning Software. Social Learning. There are a lot of choices and resources now available for companies to apply to their training programs to help get the results they are looking for.  How do you choose what is right approach for your company? Have you read the CLO magazine article on  Four Ways to Assess Learning Trends? Technology is changing very quickly and many of us are always looking at what’s new and what’s coming; so how do you wade through all of it and make decisions on what’s worth your time following up on for your organization? Jodi Harrison. RD Blog 1. MORE >>