Upside Learning

AUGUST 17, 2011

We all know social networks promote learning; while the mechanisms aren’t documented or well-understood, that it works isn’t in doubt anymore. But we must ask, are the ‘social media/networking systems’ out there promoting this learning? Has your organization implemented a social networking platform?

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler In a previous post I outlined some of the metrics around the use of digital media, technologies and social networks. I wrote that: "The age of social technologies has radically transformed the way we live our lives, and that includes how we learn and teach. Surowiecki, J. 2009) The Wisdom of Crowds.

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2012

In what order to you favor the Big 4 #SoMe Networks. Twitter = 1; Google+ = 2; Facebook = 3 and LinkeIn = 4. Today I’m having a little fun asking my friends on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ to share in what order they favor the big four Social Networking sites out there. Chime in" on Storify ].

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Think Orion

APRIL 6, 2023

Out of all the social media platforms that can leverage to promote events, Facebook is the top-rated. Facebook has a huge user base. Facebook is highly targeted. Facebook is interactive. According to Meta Platforms, Facebook had 2.9 What is Facebook Event Marketing? Here’s why: 1.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 2, 2010

An article, Teens Experiencing Facebook Fatigue , provided some interesting findings about the social networking site, Facebook. According to the article: A survey of 600 teens ages 13 to 17 in late April found that teens spend two hours per day online on average, 80% of which is spent using a social network.

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Think Orion

MAY 6, 2023

Facebook is the top-rated platform for event marketing due to its large user base, targeted advertising, and interactive features. Among various social media platforms available for event promotion, Facebook stands out as the top-rated choice. Facebook Statistics According to Meta Platforms, Facebook had 2.9

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 16, 2011

A little while ago, someone tweeted his awe of the fact that over 600 million people are connected to each other on the one platform, ie Facebook. Whether Facebook adds anything to the equation is questionable. Whether Facebook adds anything to the equation is questionable. Take Madonna for example. The point is connectedness.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2009

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. An example of using a social networking tool, Ning, in an online class is reported.&#. Three main points.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Anna Owens says "MySpace has one population, Facebook has another." Is your socio-economic status reflected in your favorite social networking software? Check out the full article Does your social class determine your online social network? A recent study seems to indicate a resounding YES.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Facebook seems to be coming up everywhere the past few weeks. The most recent, which finally got me to post, was a Stephen Downes post - I'm Majoring in Facebook, How about You? The class has each student creating applications in Facebook and presenting to potential investors. Why is Facebook so hot right now?

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 6, 2009

Another principle that resonated with me was, in my own words: Social networking is king. Social networking has been around since the dawn of time. However, the exponential growth of online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter has taken it to a whole new stratosphere. The goal posts have moved. technology.

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Moodle Journal

JULY 27, 2011

I have in past postings made both positive and not so positive remarks regarding the use of Facebook as part of course delivery. I also came across this rather large sample of (The teachers guide to using Facebook) Facebook the missing manual from OReilly.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 4, 2008

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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Learning Visions

JANUARY 26, 2012

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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LearnDash

AUGUST 1, 2013

Facebook is being used for a whole lot more than comments and pictures these days. Not too long ago, an ambitious Facebook app called Izzui came about with the goal of allowing people the opportunity to create and sell training on the world’s most popular social networking platform. Taking a Course.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2008

Developed a course on social networking for business. Use online library databases to research social networking. Provided a bunch of stats on social networking usage–I’m not taking notes on all that). Many businesses consider time on social networking sites wasted, but not all.

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learnWorlds

AUGUST 31, 2021

There is a successful recipe for tapping social media that can get you more website traffic, brand awareness, and eventually more leads, and customers. It’s called Facebook Ads. While your organic Facebook traffic may bring some customers to your site, the real deal-maker comes with paid advertising. 1 Facebook Ads Management.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 2, 2007

I've run across a couple of interesting posts recently that seem to have spawned from a Business Week article - Scaling the Social Web. Hasn't eBay had social networking features for a long time? all have a social networking aspect to them? how is this new? Granted they are being enhanced, but still.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 23, 2010

So rather than teach teachers or students how to intelligently use social media tools to communicate(like people do in corporations or in everyday social interactions), a school in Florida decided to advise against such silly and dangerous Web 2.0 behavior without supervision. This is going after the symptom and not the root cause.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 11, 2011

Kno (pronounced “Know&# ) is a company that produces an application to for digital text books for downloading onto iPads, eReaders, the web and now for Facebook. So Facebook textbooks make perfect sense in that context. The application allows you to Highlight any text on a page. Create stickies for a highlight or any page.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 6, 2014

The world''s largest and most successful social network, Facebook - celebrated its tenth anniversary in February 2014. Facebook is a social phenomenon that cannot be ignored. Facebook is a social phenomenon that cannot be ignored. For many, the drama of Facebook is very real. Unported License.

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eFront

APRIL 30, 2013

For those who missed last week’s post “ Part 1: Using Facebook as a learning platform ” we shared some important links for instructors interested in using Facebook with students. Using Facebook to teach: Bullis School teacher Sara Romeyn talks about using Facebook as a teaching tool in her AP U.S.

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eFront

APRIL 26, 2013

Let’s start this post by stating that Facebook was not actually created as a learning platform, it can however clearly be used to enhance and support elearning. Facebook makes it easy to network and interact with other virtual students, and because most people know how to use Facebook they don’t need to become familiar with a new platform.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 22, 2011

However, skeptics around the world question the potential of Google+ with the failure of Google Wave and competition from Facebook. Prasanna, a former Google employee, provides a unique perspective on the subject, explaining the demise of Google Wave and the drama of the Google versus Facebook competition.

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Matrix

JANUARY 23, 2018

Social learning through networks. Social learning occurs pretty much all the time these days. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Skype, online encyclopedias and group discussion boards are just some of the more popular social media applications being employed today. How Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) works.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Chart shows percentage of teens and tweens and what social networking/Web 2.0 Among teens, that amounts to about 9 hours a week on social networking activities,compared to about 10 hours a week watching TV. Students report that one of the most common topics of conversation on the social networking scene is education.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

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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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

If you think that social networking is just a fad or is only good for social things like what album you like or what what book you are reading.but is not appropriate for work.think again. The social networking application is called A-Space.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 18, 2007

DiSo (dee • zoh) is an umbrella project for a group of open source implementations of these distributed social networking concepts. or as Chris puts it : "to build a social network with its skin inside out". This aligns pretty well with my experience of Learning and Networking with a Blog.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 30, 2007

I just read David Warlicks' post - I Just Don't Get it Yet â€" Social Networks where he discusses his recent experience with several Ning generated social networks including: I've joined Library 2.0 , School 2.0 , and Classroom 2.0. I have a personal page, just like my daughter's Facebook page. Now let me repeat.

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Moodle Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2009

The other day I had an email from our network manager with a link to a BBC news item promoting the use of social networking in colleges using Facebook ; strange that I often go to some lengths in separating social from computer networking during conversations, still.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 31, 2010

I hope you enjoy it. :-) For many people the Social Web is simply far too complex to organise. Many of us have unwanted or unused Facebook, Myspace, Flickr or Bebo accounts 'out there' that we haven't visited or done anything with for a very long time. tool that will give you more time by doing your social networking for you.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Stephen Downes picked up my post on Facebook As a Learning Platform. He commented: To be clear, I do not think that Facebook itself is really a learning environment. Something like the social network operating system , maybe. All of that said, Facebook is surprising me in terms of how well it works as a platform.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

A mistitled article - found via Bill Ives on the FastForward blog - Serena Software Adopts Facebook as Corporate Intranet. Companies that do not embrace social networking are making a huge mistake." You are more likely to connect farther away from people you know.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 20, 2007

If you've not seen this, there's a Facebook application by Worklight called Workbook that represents an overlay to turn Facebook into an Enterprise Social Network application.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

JULY 12, 2010

Have you ever sat down and given some thought about using an online social network in your teaching? Or have you ever thought about adding one of your students as your Facebook friend? Or better yet, the parent of one of your students invites you to be their Facebook friend – do you Accept or Ignore? That’s a good thing.

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Take an e-Learning Break

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Like it or not, your end users are probably using their computers and mobile devices to access social networking applications like Facebook and Twitter. While valuable tools for networking and keeping in touch, social networking sites can also expose your users to online malware. Check it out: [link]

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