Learning Developments

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Social networking and online self-paced will merge into social self-paced training. Informal social media doesn't replace formal online self-paced. Tags: Informal Social Formal. I am convinced of this. It can and should be commented on, rated, and shared. This is the future, how do you make it happen?

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Learning Developments

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Social networking and online self-paced will merge into social self-paced training. Informal social media doesn't replace formal online self-paced. I am convinced of this. After all, online self-paced training is content just like a YouTube video, a picture on flickr , a blog posting, or anything else.

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Learning Developments

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

This is why a lot of people think the informal learning that social networks bring will be the bedrock for the future of e-Learning. Social networks are mostly personalized and self-policing and don't require the ongoing cost associated with producing and maintaining rich interactive content in self-paced learning modules.

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Learning Developments

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

This is why a lot of people think the informal learning that social networks bring will be the bedrock for the future of e-Learning. Social networks are mostly personalized and self-policing and don't require the ongoing cost associated with producing and maintaining rich interactive content in self-paced learning modules.

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Learning Developments

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Steam is the status feed of information from all your relationships. You will find Google+ closer to a typical social networking system than some of the more recent Google collaborative attempts (i.e. As with any social network, be careful about what you share and be careful with strangers! Google+ has your typical chat.

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Learning Developments

MARCH 4, 2009

As I was talking about how students are using social network sites like Facebook , I found myself wondering exactly how we determine who our "friends" are. I've got a busy life with information overload and I feel that reining in my "friends" list just makes things less complicated. is a huge topic to try to cover in an afternoon.

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Learning Developments

MARCH 4, 2009

As I was talking about how students are using social network sites like Facebook , I found myself wondering exactly how we determine who our "friends" are. I've got a busy life with information overload and I feel that reining in my "friends" list just makes things less complicated. is a huge topic to try to cover in an afternoon.

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