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Social networking is king

E-Learning Provocateur

Another principle that resonated with me was, in my own words: Social networking is king. Social networking has been around since the dawn of time. A wonderful example of the latter was provided by Spike in his session Look who’s talking! instructional design participatory culture social media.

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TCC08: Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking

Experiencing eLearning

Developed a course on social networking for business. Use online library databases to research social networking. Provided a bunch of stats on social networking usage–I’m not taking notes on all that). Many businesses consider time on social networking sites wasted, but not all.

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Social Network Operating System

Tony Karrer

At the same time, credible information about your social graph is embedded all over the web: in the carbon-copy fields of your emails; in attendee lists from conferences you attend; in tagged Flickr photos of you with people you know; in your comments on their blog posts; and in jointly authored papers and presentations published online.

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Addressing On-Demand Learning and Performance Needs #LCBQ | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

In my opinion, it’s not that providing on-demand learning and performance solutions is a new idea. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? We have to evolve, or be left behind. In my free time, I enjoy reading, medical lectures, belly dancing and regular visits to my massage therapist.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

For an excellent illustration of this problem, check out this great example provided by the always-interesting Cathy Moore (click the image to launch the Flash player): Courtesy of [link] So, why does narration in eLearning frequently do nothing more than parrot back what’s written on the screen? And you’d be wrong.

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Online Social Networks Will Never Die!

E-Learning Acupuncture

Have you ever sat down and given some thought about using an online social network in your teaching? Before online social networks were created questions like this really never came up. For example, I have many non-online social networks that I belong to where the memberships do not overlap.

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

Dashe & Thomson

Walmart announced last week (April 18, 2011) that it is – … buying Mountain View-based Kosmix , a heavily funded social media technology provider that has built a platform that enables users to filter and organize content in social networks, in order to connect people with information that matters to them, in real-time.