Once people have found out I’ve been using Twitter for all of about 4 months now they think I’m an expert (I’m not, and do not profess to be) and keep asking me; what is it all about, then? Good question, and not one I’ve really been able to answer for myself, let alone answers for [...] Twitter Academia Blogging eLearning Social Network University 2.

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In a past post I elaborated on social networks like Twitter as being a Help engine; an alternative to a search engine in some cases in finding answers and making decisions.

I am a big fan of Barry Wellman . His pioneering work in networks has a history that extends well beyond current hype in social networks. In my work with connectivism, I’ve found Wellman’s work insightful, relevant, and more informed than the often shallow network conversations now occurring.... While I would still like to see him blog, he is on Twitter . With Alexandra Marin, he has published a paper on Social Network Analysis: An introduction (.pdf).

Mohamed Amine Chatti extends the framework on personal knowledge networks with his post on Learning as a Network (follow link for graphic): The Learning as a Network (LaaN) perspective draws together some of the concepts behind double-loop learning and connectivism. It starts from the learner and views learning as the continuous creation of a personal knowledge network (PKN).

In the 2008 Horizon Report , they discuss various technology trends including. Their comments around Social Operating Systems is interesting: The issue, and what social operating systems will resolve, is that today's tools do not recognize the "social graph"-the network of relationships a person has, independent of any given networking system or address book; the people one actually knows, is related to, or works with....

Chief Learning Officer has published an article on Leveraging Human Networks to Accelerate Learning : “Networks connect diverse people quickly and easily…Networks can withstand stress and adapt quickly to change…Networks contain a small number of people that have proportionately more influence over the network than others.

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Just a suggestion for sociological research in social networking software's. In a divorce you want to do two things: split up everything of value and leave the past behind while moving on without too much of a hassle. Facebook and other social networking sites make this virtually impossible. You know how it goes. You split up, you divide books, cd's, movies...

I'm hoping you can help a reader with thoughts and likely help others of us … A medium size nonprofit and lobbying organization is working on a designing and creating a social / work network for experts, students, volunteers who are willing to help through campaigning, lobby, sharing knowledge, working on solutions (writing documents). They currently don't have any kind of solution. Via the network people will be able to communicate with employees, organize activities, collaborate on documents, communicate with each other, etc.