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Learning And Social Networks

Upside Learning

Google Plus is making waves among technology savvy social networkers. This is a more manageable approach for dealing with the humongous amount of incoming data that social networks generate. Back then, as is now, designers depend a lot on ‘research’ to make design decisions.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

As most of us in the adult learning community already know, up to this point most workplaces have seen two types of learning: formal learning through training, and informal learning through experience, conversation or random events which, according to research, accounts for about 80% of total learning. That’s right, FACEBOOK!

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Stuart Crabb of Facebook #ASTDTK12

Learning Visions

Facebook didn’t invent that, just created a great tool. What does it mean to be social? We’ve been doing social networking for millions of years. He’s using Facebook timeline to tell the story). You are at the heart, the center of your social graph. Who is Facebook? It’s not new.

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Facebook for e-Learning

eFront

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/07/2010 Facebook for e-Learning Facebook objective is " to help you connect and share with the people in your life ". 50% of Facebooks active users log on to Facebook in any given day.

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8 Types of Online Communities: Examples & Tips on How to Build Yours

learnWorlds

For example, Reddit subreddits are dedicated to specific hobbies or Facebook groups centered around particular interests, such as music, gardening or photography. Examples: Reddit subreddits, Pinterest, Facebook groups for specific hobbies or podcast communities. Examples: LinkedIn groups and industry-specific forums.

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Building a Learning and Performance Support Ecosystem (Steve Foreman) #elguild

Learning Visions

Guild research: We continue to see a trend to replace more scheduled training (classroom, webinars, etc.) Social Networking & Collaboration: discuss experiences, exchange ideas A valuable way to support people to connect and learn from each other. ALL of these are included in an ecosystem. with more on-demand training.

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danah boyd ASTD Tech Knowledge Key Note #astdtk13

Learning Visions

Microsoft Research. Networked Learned: How Tomorrow’s Workers Will Challenge Today’s Organizations. She has been tudying teenagers for the last decade: from Friendster to Facebook to fragmented apps today of Instagram, Tumblr, etc…. This was alien to software engineering. Because they are highly social networked.