Following on from my previous post where I discussed the need for spelling out the use of social media for learning, I have now started to pull together a new resource, which looks at how social media can be used for different types of learning. Rather than use the broad categories of formal and informal learning - terms which I think are  pretty difficult to grasp, and which are being confused and abused if phrases I have read like "managing informal learning information" are anything to go by! - I have decided to categorise the use of social media in the following 5 different ways:

3. ... We first consult with our clients to learn about their business goals and essence of their brand. White Label Social Networking Solutions, Part II A Comparison Chart by TechCrunch The information in the chart below was compiled from information provided directly from companies in early August 2007.

If you read some of the predictions for 2009  that were compiled by Lisa Neal Gualtieri at eLearn Magazine, you may have noticed that people foresee a resurgence of informal learning, especially in new, e-mediated forms.  While I agree that many people have developed some savvy with really cool tools, using those tools for learning is a different skill set.  But let’s be cautious.  At the top of the eLearn Mag list, Alison Rosset predicts “More technology, but not necessarily more sense about how to use it.” 

I’ve spent an inordinately long time writing a whitepaper on mobile learning trying to expound our thoughts about it and how it might be used in the workplace. If you’re considering mobile learning in any shape or form, I’d suggest you give these a browse. Mobile Learning Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training I’ve ve been doing some research around it and I’ve documented some of the better links I’ve come across.

Jay Cross, the author of the well-known book on Informal Learning: Rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance , has just posted an article on Informal Learning 2.0 In thhis article, which also appears in the August 2009 edition of Chief Learning Officer magazine, he talks about his concept of learnscapes: "Learnscapes are the factory floor of knowledge organizations. in his Internet Time blog. The “scape”

I’ve pointed out the problems with learning styles in the past, but I want to rethink them with you, as we took quite a positive out of them in a unique way.  This was back in 99-2000, when I led a project developing an intelligently adaptive learning system (Intellectricity ™; inspired by Joe Miller ’s vision of a system that respected who you were as a learner).  To do this, I looked long and The system took a unique approach, adapting on the basis of who you were as a learner instead of your demonstrated domain knowledge (though it did that, too, though not like an intelligent tutoring system ).

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Tony Karrer has an interesting post on the issue of learning goals. Directed Learning Goals – specific focus Flow Learning Goals – nonspecific, exploratory He goes on to argue that 1) people tend to fall into one of these two camps in terms of how they approach their own learning and 2) formal learning seems to more effectively support people with directed He's noticed that there seem to be two types of goals: Says Tony of informal learning: Unlike formal learning, informal learning is generally not going to ensure

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On the one side are the learning and development romantics, all voodoo and crystals, holding firm to their pseudo-psychological beliefs. On the other, the cold, clinical and calculating rationalists, trying to make sense of the multitude of interacting variables that impact on teaching and learning by resorting to the ultimate killjoy that is science. You can guess which side I'm on. No-one doubts that learners differ in terms of personality The debate was already red hot before this video by Professor Daniel T Willingham from the University of Virginia (brought to my attention by Stephen Downes ) added fuel to the fire.