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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.

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Unearthing Diamonds in Twitter

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First, I have to confess that I am not a Twitter pro. It was only about six months ago that I set up a “business” Twitter account, and I have only a few tweets and followers to my name. My monthly Twitter stats are embarrasing, at best. Partly because I haven’t given up (I skim my Twitter feed almost daily).

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Supercomputer's Win on Jeopardy: Little Comfort to Those.

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The fact that a computer can win a trivia contest that relies on fast reflexes and fast information retrieval doesn’t seem much like news to me. In fact, the competition wasn’t close; the computer came away with nearly four times as much money as the closest nearest competitor. A lot of people, apparently, agree. Properly d.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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As I write this blog, the man now has 94,894 followers on Twitter and every major news outlet in the world is scrambling for an interview. He broke to the world what is most likely going to be the biggest story of the year, while it was happening in complete secrecy. Can you say future book deal? Properly d.

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What Can Charlie Sheen Teach Us About Internal Marketing? | Social.

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In about a week, he has amassed more than 2 million followers on Twitter, and his catch phrases (“ winning ,” “ tiger blood ,” etc.) Six months from now, I doubt Sheen will still be in the news, because the ultimate lack of substance will begin to bore his current following. Clearly, there’s something to be learned here.

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

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by Michael on March 7, 2011 in blended learning If you still believe that “classroom learning is the best learning” for your training and learning programs, I have some news for you. Properly d.

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If Wikis Work for National Security, They Can Work For the Rest of.

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It’s important to remember, though, that Wikileaks is essentially a non-profit news organization, not a tool for sharing information across and among users. Some might confuse the use of wikis with sometimes controversial organizations like Wikileaks. Properly d.

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