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Open Source eLearning Network Event

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On July 12 th , 2013 in Birmingham, England, the eLearning Network will be holding a day of practical case studies, sharing experiences and debate which will cover how you should procure the technologies to support learning in your organization.

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Instructor-led vs. self-paced learning: What’s more effective?

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It encourages collaboration, networking, and a natural exchange of knowledge and experiences. And last, when there’s a cohesive group of learners who can benefit from networking and peer learning. This fosters social interaction, networking, and peer learning, even in self-paced courses.

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Twitter in the classroom

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It’s inevitable that any medium designed for ease of communication and networking will be applied to a learning context however many educators are still trying to come to grips with Twitter, and in particular its use in the classroom. Word morph – using your network to search for synonyms and other meanings. Twitter poll.

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The best elearning reads of 2013

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It’s the end of an era – enter the knowledgeable networker , John Kotter, Forbes. Make your employees more productive , HBR BLog Network. Six Classes Your Employer Wishes You Could Take , HBR Blog Network. Ensuring knowledge flow through narration , Harold Jarche. Why Learning is Complicated , Dennis Callahan.

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What is social learning?

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Occur through social interactions and processes within a social network, either through direct interaction (conversation) or through other media (social media). Reed et al.,

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Part 2: Using Facebook as a learning platform (videos)

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Social networking sites have educational benefits: University of Minnesota researcher Christine Greenhow breaks down how her research has found that social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace can have an impact for learning and educational growth for high school students.

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5 strategies to spark maintenance staff motivation for online training

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Since physical distance is no longer a hurdle to working with people from all over the world, your teams get to talk and network with industry peers from around the world. With no mileage barriers for accessing industry leaders, your workers can benefit from doing online training with such experts.