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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. These tools give us a way to connect with people faster and more easily than ever before.

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From Learning Management to Personal Knowledge Management

Jane Hart

All of which has now become possible due to the availability of an ever-increasing number of instructional and informational resources as well as social tools, together with easy access to huge numbers of people in social networks and online communities. 1-30 September : Personal Knowledge Management led by Harold Jarche. »

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Say “cheese” for social networking

From the Coleface

I’ve recently been leading an internal knowledge management project. Part of the technology of the portal allows social networking e.g. forums.

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Emergent Knowledge Management

Tony Karrer

There's been a long running discussion around what Knowledge Management is going to look like going forward and whether big systems that manage knowledge are going to be there. Structure would come from a layer on top such as social bookmarking and digg, and, of course, from search across unstructured content.

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Building a Learning and Performance Support Ecosystem (Steve Foreman) #elguild

Learning Visions

There''s formal training -- and then there''s all of the ways that we learn within the flow of work (performance support, collaboration, access to experts, knowledge management. Social Networking & Collaboration: discuss experiences, exchange ideas A valuable way to support people to connect and learn from each other.

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My History of Live Blogged Notes

Experiencing eLearning

Personal Knowledge Management. Social Networking, the “Third Place,” and the Evolution of Communication. Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning. Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking. The Next Evolution in eLearning. Microlearning.

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Online social networks, learning and viral expansion loops

Sticky Learning

So, whilst I may be a little late, I keep being reminded that there are many, many people who are a whole lot less aware of blogs, social networks, wikis, microblogging and so on than I am. As I've used each of these I've been struck by how easily this format (social sites) could be used as a platform for business learning.