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. 68,000 members) and The Educator’s PLN (12,000 members) are built on the Ning platform. Both Edmodo and the Ning sites have smaller interest-based community groups (i.e., Twitter. What is Twitter and Why Should I Use It? Torrey Trust is my guest blogger. What is a PLN? RSS readers (i.e., MORE >>

In fact, it was where Dave Wilkins and I met and where we started doing the podcasts , webinars , Social Learning Question of the Day on Twitter and other projects. So, to fulfill the need, we will be taking one objection a week and discussing it on the Social Learning NING group. Tags: SlideShare Social Learning SIG objections slqotd 15 objections ning Podcast social learning webinar Last year at DevLearn I presented a session about the top 15 objections to social learning and how to overcome them. It was a GREAT session. There were over 200 people that attended. MORE >>

Twitter, del.icio.us Twitter for teaching and learning. In the spirit of Right Now teaching and learning, I decided to try out Twitter this week as a means of offering the students a back channel as well as an opportunity to learn more about emergent content delivery systems and build on their developing knowledge of RSS, aggregation and microformats (all new to them). admit, I wasn’t exactly sure how I could use Twitter in class but then I remembered something one of my students said to me last week. And here he is in our Twitter! Get Twittering! MORE >>

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 10/31/2010 Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars) Tools for e-Learning I received several emails, message on Twitter, and InMails on LinkedIn concerning the Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learning and the Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning posts. like the results I'm able to create a Amplify a LOT better than Ning, for instance. Guys the most of you find these posts a valuable resource for the e-Learning community. MORE >>

He was co-creator of the Twitter weekly discussion group #Edchat and he hosts the Web 2.0 Most recently he was selected to be a panelist at the #140 Conference in Los Angeles, organized by Vonage founder Jeff Pulver where he discussed the impact of Twitter and other social media on education. With over 37,000 followers on Twitter - where he is @web20classroom - it is clear that Steven has a lot of important things to say, and he should be given plenty of space to speak. education social media Twitter Steven Anderson EdchatSteven W. Connected Classroom blog. MORE >>