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Summify – the answer to information overload?

Jane Hart

Information overload? Summify is a service that creates a periodic summary of the most relevant news stories, from all of your social networks, and delivers it by email and on the web. No – it’s a case of filter failure, said Clay Shirky. So is Summify, which has just launched, a possible solution?

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Tips To Help Develop Employee’s Workplace Technology Skills

IT Training Department Blog

Use the enterprise social network, if available, to take learning even further with digital skills. An enterprise social network is as much of an online learning platform as anything else. That’s why enabling employees with social learning is so powerful. That’s a good thing!

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How to Navigate Social Media (and Avoid Information Overload)

Rapid eLearning

You’re tapped into a network of people who have similar interests. Click here to watch Social Networking in Plain English. Even if you build traditional elearning courses, social media has value. It’ll strengthen your network of peers.

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Social Networking, Performance Problems, Multitasking, & Research

Big Dog, Little Dog

Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide' - c/net. When people do their work only in the "interstices of their mind-wandering," with crumbs of attention rationed out among many competing tasks, their culture may gain in information, but it will surely weaken in wisdom.

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What is really changing in the way we learn as a result of new technologies?

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Will learning disappear and turn into knowing where and how to access information whenever you need it? Mirjam Neelen emphasizes the need to learn how to learn in this world of information overload. Which neatly links back to David kelly stating it is about what you can find out.

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How our learning theories shape how we use technology for learning

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

audio, visuals, animations, or video), the proper location of information on screen, screen attributes (e.g. colour, size of text, or graphics), the pacing of the information, and information chunks to avoid information overload." See Jane Hart''s use your Enterprise Social Network for workplace learning.

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Digital Literacy in the Age of Information: Ensuring Credible Content

Kitaboo

Thanks to the introduction of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), the pathways of information spread have largely been governed by the internet. Thus, we can carefully navigate through the social networking channels that are bound to make a difference.

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