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Should You Use Social Media in Your Course?

LearnDash

A look at the advantages, disadvantages, and underlying purpose of social media in the classroom. Social media is among the most prominent of these resources , and there’s a strong temptation for many online educators to find creative ways to use it in their course. Networking for new and old learners alike.

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Smarter Uses for Social Media

Association eLearning

One of those social media users is bound to be in your industry so it’s time to get smarter about how we use social media to connect to followers, members, prospects, thought leaders, and board members. Recently, Maddie Grant at Social Fish presented on the topic of engagement in online communities.

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Lessons from my 2021 Social Media blackout

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

My last post, on July 5th, was to announce I’d be off my blog, Twitter, LinkedIn and, for the most part, Facebook too from July 9th. This is what just over two weeks blackout did to/for me: I hadn’t realised I got all my news from Twitter. Oh boy, I have not missed that – doomscrolling!!

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How to Promote Your First Online Course

LearnDash

Engage on social media We all know it: Social media is everywhere. Content creators in every niche have discovered the power of social media. Let’s take a quick look at how you can promote your course by building community on the most popular social media platforms. Make it easy to unsubscribe.

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Top 10 Social Media Optimization Tips For Course Creators

learnWorlds

Are you looking for the “perfect marriage” between online course creation and social media expansion? Look no further than social media optimization (SMO). DidYouKnow social media is now used by almost 4.55 billion people worldwide, and 400 million new users have joined within the last year?

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6 Social Media Platforms, and How to Use Them for Your E-Learning

LearnDash

Convinced social media is right for your online course? Social media isn’t for every course. That said, not every social media platform works the same way, and your first step in determining if it’s right for you probably involves a closer look at the options available. Create a course group.

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

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.