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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. Properly d.

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Top 10 Virtual Learning Environments

Ed App

It supports multimodal learning, giving learners the option to use real-time audio, video, or textual communication. In-house social network. Instant messaging. All these notable features can be accessed through any desktop device with WiFi capabilities. Cost: Request a 30-day free trial. Highlights: . ePortfolios.

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5 Online Employee Training Tools Every Company Needs to Succeed

KnowledgeCity

24/7 customer service support. Social Networks. The rise in hybrid and remote work have recently increased the popularity of professional social networks like Slack and Workplace. Slack serves as an instant messaging platform with a large number of add-ons for other business products.

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Emerging Asynchronous Conversation Models

Tony Karrer

However, I've struggled with the problem of destinations vs. social networks and the spread of conversation (see Forums vs. Social Networks ). Because of that I've been watching closely what's happening with various tools that have different ways of supporting asynchronous conversation models. eLearning Technology.

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10 resources that I found valuable in January 2013

Jane Hart

It’s partly a creature of collaborative technologies, such as email, instant messages, Web-based conferencing, internal social networks and so on. They expect their employers to support them and provide resources to help, but they don’t expect their employer to ‘manage’ their learning and development from start to finish.”

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Asynchronous or Synchronous A Guide To eLearning Approaches

KnowledgeAnywhere

Instead, presentations are pre-recorded and digital materials are delivered via email, discussion boards, social networking, and collaborative documents. Clarification and support may not be as easily accessible in self-paced courses. Social interactions are just as important in either eLearning approach.

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Asynchronous social learning is newer than you think

Clive on Learning

Asynchronous self-study was supported first by books and then, in the twentieth century by all kinds of tapes, discs and films. Synchronous learning also benefited by technology; first the telephone and then online tools such as text chat, instant messaging, internet telephony and web conferencing. But individual it remained.