The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

A funny thing happened while we were learning informally. In fact, the buzz about informal learning seems to grow every day. Social learning technologies, which often facilitate informal learning, seem to have paved the way for greater interest in this approach. Coach: What is your definition of informal learning?

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 3, 2020

Peter is an advocate for immersive learning experiences and for using learning analytics to inform learning design. Peter also created another social media group in LinkedIn for people interested in data-informed learning design. Data Informed Data Design (LinkedIn Group). Michael Feldstein Resilience Network.

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Instructional Design Social Networks Instructional Instruction 112

The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

A Minimal Network. When a person has a limited amount of knowledge in a particular domain, it’s the same as saying the person has a limited network of mental structures or schemas related to the content area. But this wouldn’t constitute the vast network of knowledge an expert has constructed. Mental Models.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Do you have a training or information need that could benefit from a social media strategy? Each tool fulfills at least one of these criteria: encourages collaboration; enables user-generated content or input; provides a way to share; and facilitates informal or formal learning. Category: Social Networking Platform.

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Social Media Social Networks Wiki Media 83

The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 10, 2009

A Network of Knowledge. Rather than retaining a set of isolated facts, expert knowledge seems to be organized compactly in an inter-related network that includes both “knowing what&# and “knowing how.&#. When knowledge structures are inter-connected, many retrieval cues will call up the same information.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Elgg provides a private integrated suite of social media tools—within a seamless environment for individuals to use for their own personal learning and for groups to use for formal or informal learning purposes. They also think “social networking” is a trivial activity and compare it with Facebook.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

Use social networking applications and services to build groups with a common interest or goal. Sharing knowledge and experience through informal networks is a motivating and natural way to learn. Chunk information. Another reason for organizing information into small chunks is to build confidence, which is motivating.

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