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The big myth of social networking

E-Learning Provocateur

A little while ago, someone tweeted his awe of the fact that over 600 million people are connected to each other on the one platform, ie Facebook. Whether Facebook adds anything to the equation is questionable. Madonna has a Facebook page – well, I think it’s her. Take Madonna for example. The point is connectedness.

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Communities / Social Networking and LMS Merger

Tony Karrer

Mzinga is a merger of KnowledgePlanet (an LMS provider and also the maker of the eLearning simulation tool - Firefly) and Shared Insights - a community / business social networking software company. This merger points to another direction - combination of LMS capability + community / social networking.

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How To Get Over Your Fear And Press The Damn Button with Brian Fanzo

TechSmith Camtasia

If fear is holding you back, maybe you just need to “press the damn button.”. You can watch the video on this topic at the top of this post, to listen to the podcast episode, hit play below, or read on for more… What does it mean to “press the button”? It’s not easy to get started with video. Why create live video?

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Stuart Crabb of Facebook #ASTDTK12

Learning Visions

Facebook didn’t invent that, just created a great tool. What does it mean to be social? We’ve been doing social networking for millions of years. He’s using Facebook timeline to tell the story). Middle ages the Guttenberg Press – huge advance in mass communication. Who is Facebook? It’s not new.

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LinkedIn Offers Premium Members Learning In-Channel

CLO Magazine

Last week professional social network LinkedIn pulled back the curtain on how it will tap into its 2015 purchase of online course provider Lynda.com. During a press event, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner announced the redesign of the platform to improve user experience. He also unveiled LinkedIn Learning.

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Business Social Media Benefits

Clark Quinn

For the Australasian Talent Conference that will run in Sydney May 24-26 (where I’m speaking), they’ve been drumming up interest with a press release. It’s the network. Second, investigations into people misusing social media and making inappropriate comments show rare violations.

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Re-imagining Work & Learning in a Networked World

ID Reflections

We are aware that working and creating value in the 21st Century entail new skills, and we will feel this pressing need as technology continues to evolve and globalization takes on different shapes and forms. Social is a set of behaviours that encapsulate transparency, collaboration, sharing, fearless mistakes, experimentation, and edge work.

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