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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. Download the whitepaper ยป Blog this! Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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The Importance of Informal Learning at the Workplace

Origin Learning

You start looking at various travel websites, blog posts by travel bloggers, and follow travel groups on Facebook for further information. Yammer which began as a private instant messaging tool has evolved into a powerful social learning tool that delivers informal learning with ease and is used by organizations globally.

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How Mobile Apps Can Act as Social Learning Tools

Origin Learning

Instant messaging, e-mails, texts, social media interactions- all of these have become an inseparable part of our lives ever since the smartphone revolution has taken place. We use apps like Whatsapp , Facebook , Pinterest , Twitter and Quora all the time. Social learning and mobile learning have a lot in common.

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Hike: How Free Offline Messaging Works

Origin Learning

With the coming of affordable 2G and 3G networks for mobiles , it is like we have been hardwired to Instant Messaging (IM) on our phones. In fact, IM applications have evolved to provide much more than simple text-and-emoticon messaging.

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Top 100 Tools For Learning 2010 โ€“ C4LPT Survey

Upside Learning

Skype โ€“ instant messaging and VoIP call tool. Facebook โ€“ social networking site. GoogleDocs – online collaboration tool. Delicious โ€“ social bookmarking tool. Slideshare โ€“ presentation hosting and sharing tool. Google Reader โ€“ RSS feed reader. Wordpress โ€“ blogging tool. Moodle โ€“ course management system.

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Is the Future of Training Microlearning?

ATD Learning Technologies

The most commonly used microlearning techniques are multimedia presentations (slide shows), online microgames, lesson-based podcasts, instructional videos, online quizzes, email, SMS, and instant messaging. Microlearning also uses social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram.

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Change Our Traditional Approach to Education

Kapp Notes

They continue to push consumer companies for more connectivity, more ways to create their own content and more access to information through instant messaging applications and voice activated internet search. Society and culture is responding to the needs of these youngsters (like it or not).