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Weekly Bookmarks (5/3/2010)

Experiencing eLearning

Make LinkedIn Help You Find A Job – Forbes.com. Tips on using LinkedIn more effectively while job searching. tags : linkedin , career. Phil Bradley’s weblog: Alternatives to Ning. Tools to create online communities, all probably benefiting from Ning’s decision to move to exclusively paid sites.

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Searching for Expertise - LinkedIn Answers

Clark Quinn

Yesterday I created a screen cast on LinkedIn for Finding Expertise. I posted a query about this to several of the groups that I've joined on LinkedIn and have received about a dozen responses so far. Today, I saw a post on our Free - Web 2.0 This is definitely a knowledge work task where talking to someone will help.

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Blogs, Social Networks and LinkedIn Answers

Clark Quinn

The question was: What is your assessment of the relative benefits of pure blogging vs LinkedIn Answers and other social networking platform-based discussion venues? I consider LinkedIn Answers to be quite a different animal. LinkedIn Answers is limited in time and does not create any kind of sustained conversation.

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Blogs, Social Networks and LinkedIn Answers

Tony Karrer

The question was: What is your assessment of the relative benefits of pure blogging vs LinkedIn Answers and other social networking platform-based discussion venues? I consider LinkedIn Answers to be quite a different animal. LinkedIn Answers is limited in time and does not create any kind of sustained conversation.

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The 10 basic online tools every trainer and online facilitator should know

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

LinkedIn - for groups Everyone knows LinkedIn. However, as facilitator, you should also know how LinkedIn groups work and how you can facilitate conversations in groups. Are you already an administrator of one or several LinkedIn groups? Ning is more focused on social interaction, works well and is affordable.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

In addition to the popular social media tools ( Facebook , Edmodo , Twitter ), there are also interest-based groups, including Ning and Google/Yahoo! Edmodo and Ning are gaining popularity with educators. Ning is a fully functional social networking site. Edmodo has over 6.5 million members (students and teachers). Classroom 2.0

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

In addition to the popular social media tools ( Facebook , Edmodo , Twitter ), there are also interest-based groups, including Ning and Google/Yahoo! Edmodo and Ning are gaining popularity with educators. Ning is a fully functional social networking site. Edmodo has over 6.5 million members (students and teachers). Classroom 2.0