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Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Coursy

By George Siemens Introduction Learning Management Systems (LMS) are often viewed as being the starting point (or critical component) of any elearning or blended learning program. Organizations that now lock into enterprise-level systems will be able to do an excellent job of delivering courses. Tools like Furl , del.icio.us

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). There are two main types of tools for building a Professional Learning Network: information aggregation and social media connection. RSS readers (i.e., Social bookmarking tools (i.e., Social Bookmarking.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). There are two main types of tools for building a Professional Learning Network: information aggregation and social media connection. RSS readers (i.e., Social bookmarking tools (i.e., Social Bookmarking.

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Top 100 Tools For Learning 2010 – C4LPT Survey

Upside Learning

Delicious – social bookmarking tool. Google Reader – RSS feed reader. Facebook – social networking site. Moodle – course management system. Some observations: The top 10 is like a who’s who of social and informal learning tools. GoogleDocs – online collaboration tool. Wordpress – blogging tool.

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Social Media and Social Learning – Where R We now?

eLearning 24-7

Here is the latest data on social media (as of Oct. There are over 25 social media types – types include social networking, live casting, game platforms, virtual worlds, web conferencing, social bookmarking, social network aggregators, social news aggregators, blogs, app sharing (inc.

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Wikis and Learning – 60 Resources

Tony Karrer

- Kapp Notes , January 20, 2009 Wiki activities 5 stage model , April 7, 2008 Control and Community: A Case Study of Enterprise Wiki Usage , May 4, 2009 Really Cool "3-Minute e-Learning" on Social Networking - Wiki, Social Networking, Social Bookmarking, RSS , October 10, 2007 Wiki working , June 19, 2009 Wiki: Intro to Emerging Tech , July (..)

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Social Learning – What’s the Point? Time to turn the tables on the naysayers

eLearning 24-7

I shot off the usual reasons, the benefits, the gains and then found myself expanding into the next possibilities of where a system and content authoring tool had to go. Create presentations that can be embed into a system, so that end users can not only create them, but go one step further and edit them. Incorporate Social Q/A.