Learning with e's

JUNE 27, 2007

A recent US research project (by a PhD student mind you) has reported that users of FaceBook are generally toffs from wealthier homes and are more likely to study in further/higher education than that great unwashed working class lot who like using MySpace. I used to have a MySpace , but abandoned it because FaceBook was easier to use.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

The Social Web promotes collaboration Collaborative forms of learning are becoming increasingly popular methods of adult education, because they involve all students in the process of learning. This is particularly evident on a cursory inspection of any social web space, whether it be Facebook, Snapchat or any other popular free space.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Students are also voting with their feet, with many preferring to use social networking tools such as Facebook to communicate in place of the institutional e-mail system. The adoption of free social software tools has raised questions over corporate branding, security and privacy issues, and legal requirements.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

A particular emphasis on Web Enhanced Learning (WEL) approaches will be made and strategies for university-wide adoption of social software (Web 2.0) An analysis of the barriers and constraints, and how they might be managed and overcome will feature during the discussion. tools and services will be presented. This is human nature.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 30, 2009

This morning I received an email asking… How are people using social software to support learning? I think most of us agree that there is an important social dimension to learning. But in what ways do social software applications such as LinkedIn and FaceBook help people to learn?

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 13, 2013

In a 2012 study conducted and sponsored by Domo and CEO.com, researchers found 70 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs had no social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or Google Plus. “… In this way, social media is like an ongoing team-building exercise.

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 19, 2009

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Social Software Adoption - eLearning Technology , August 10, 2009. Jakob Nielsen on social networks on the intranet - Clive on Learning , August 12, 2009. Recommended Facebook Privacy Settings For Kids? Featured Sources. August 10, 2009.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 28, 2009

Although I enjoy using Twitter, and have tried out some nice little ideas about how to harness its potential in my own classrooms (see for example my earlier post entitled Teaching with Twitter ), it may just, I fear, begin to go the way of some other social software tools.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2008

I have just posted up a FaceBook site to announce next year's Plymouth eLearning Conference (23-24 April, 2009). The event will be over two days next year, and we have some interesting sessions planned, and a spectacular social event for the evening of 23 April. Just think 'marine life', and you may guess what we will be doing!

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

. #1 was Mark Zuckerberg founder of facebook). is the use of emergent social software platforms by organizations in pursuit of their goals.” Where we are with enterprise 2.0? The state of an art. Challenges to core assumptions: how work gets done, how people get on with each other. Definition: “Enterprise 2.0

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Trivantis

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

As social networks progress and online social learning grows in popularity, the need to implement social learning technologies within business settings becomes increasingly prevalent. Both of these software industry leaders are excited to be working as a team as they address social business issues.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 16, 2007

The question was posed: do students know the possible consequences of posting for example, images of themselves in compromising contexts on FaceBook? Copyright is an issue, and not many people understand the notion of creative commons. Copyright is an issue, and not many people understand the notion of creative commons.

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Janet Clarey

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Frankly, some buyers fear that social software makes it more difficult to communicate, not less. They see social software as the purview of co-eds, gamers and nerds. In fact, they believe social software makes controlling a message or providing a consistent set of instructions impossible.

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eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Social Software Adoption - eLearning Technology , August 10, 2009. Social Networks (118). SocialSafe: Save your Facebook account! Presentation: Social Networking , August 20, 2009. Social Networking on Intranets (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) , August 12, 2009. August 9, 2009.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

For example, I just had someone ask about using Facebook in a corporate context as part of on-boarding. Mzinga is going a different direction focusing on collaboration and social media capabilities. I'm not sure I buy what some of the other LMS vendors are providing around social software.

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eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Buzz and Facebook - elearnspace , February 10, 2010 Google has more to fear from Facebook than Microsoft. Facebook, in contrast, is starting to redefine the web (looking more and more like AOL’s attempt in the 80’s to create their own web…have a look at Facebook could eat the web ). I suspect one of the greatest.

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Jane Hart

MAY 25, 2011

RT @ mor_trisha : Social software will be the new electricity powering the enterprise. #. RT @ vellest : A World Without Facebook – Infographic [link] #. 5 Unique Uses of Twitter in the Classroom [link] #. Working Smarter in the Enterprise by @ jaycross [link] #.

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Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

“Given how successful Facebook and other social experiences are on the consumer Web, why wouldn’t every organization flock to this vision of agile, spontaneous, transparent, and people-centered corporate collaboration? The explosion of social software tools is a source of great innovation, but also a lot of confusion.

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Xyleme

JULY 21, 2010

Dan Pontefract, in his most excellent post The Standalone LMS is Dead makes the following argument: “Set up your ‘Facebook for the organization’ by embedding an LMS (or LMS like features) into your enterprise-wide collaboration platform. These sound a lot like the definition of Social Learning.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Many companies rely on Facebook, Twitter, and other consumer applications to connect their people. Faculty use social networks to support communication and information sharing among committees, teams, and research projects. Favoriting” popular content so the cream can rise to the top caught on after Facebook made it de rigeur.

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Jane Hart

MARCH 1, 2012

To understand the challenges of using collaborative or social software inside business organizations, begin by thinking about the use of similar technologies in your personal life.” ” 10 – The Top 10 Ways to Become Truly Social , Dov Seidman, 24 February 2012. Why is it proving so difficult?

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Jay Cross

JULY 17, 2012

Goofing off, Facebook, the football pool. Most workers have better connections to the Internet and social software at home than on the job. Better to Say. Building capacity, improving performance. Ineffective. Not on my dime. Working smarter. Collaboration, collective intelligence. Collaborative. Continuous. Experiential.

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