It's amazing to think we are already talking about the "history" of social media, but I've been collecting a few articles that demonstrate how in fact today's tools which might seem revolutionary are just evolutionary: Back in June 2009, Social Media Rockster ran a posting: A brief history of social media , which began "Social quot;Social media isn’t really “new.” While it has only recently become part of

The way she build her course is a great example of combining several relevant Social media to enhance a course. Thanks to the great College20 community started by Eduardo Peirano, I could read a post by Alejandra Pickett that really blew my mind. If you are a member of the College20 community, feel free to immediately surf to her post . (btw

I followed the link and found myself entranced by Mike VanDervort’s Confronting Social Media at Work .  It’s a great blog post that warns HR professionals about the need to get ready for the social media invasion.  Those Those who left comments about the post asked “how do you communicate the importance of social media to a leadership group that has no concept of its relevance in their personal or professional lives?”  Yesterday I received a tweet about a great blog post.  8221;  I get this type of question all the time. 

Managing staff who participate in social networks. This list also includes policies called; Staff blogging policies, enterprise social network guidelines, Employee Blogging Policies, Staff engagement in online communities, and so on. I’ve done a few press (radio, print) interviews this week re: Telstra so I thought I should have another look at how Enterprise, Government, Corporates, Not for Profits  are handling the fact that their staff are members of social networks too.  I once had to step in to calm down a forum that was off the charts with negativity and

Our office has been receiving numerous requests to help incorporate social media tools into a variety of communication and education projects. Our clients want help creating blogs, wikis, collaborative workspaces, and social networks. But we also have to be frank and point out that if you create a social networking space, there is no guarantee that it will be used. We’ve responded with cautious optimism. We’re always happy when our clients want to try out something new with technology.

How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organization? Identifying the IT social media users and doing some initial legwork for them could help. She presents a matrix that shows the types of learning that can occur through the use of varied social media tools, such as blogs, presentations and podcasts. How would you answer this question? Individuals and organizations gave their responses around the web this month.

In it, Magid talks about the fact that in the old days" of mass media we had "trusted" news sources that we could generally rely on for the "truth." With the proliferation of media in the Internet age, this has changed. As a result, he says: Today's media environment provides an opportunity--and responsibility--for Stephen Downes points to a column by Larry Magid on the need for today's young people to develop critical thinking skills that will help them better evaluate what they read online. responsibility--for parents and schools to teach critical thinking.

Fear and Loathing in Social Media eLearning eLearning Blogging Presentation Social Media Social Network Web 2. What I especially like about this are the 'fears', and how the author tackles them (and how we should too). one great example is 'corporate fear No.4' ... "If If we screw up, it'll

and Social Media.” Social Media is very similar to Web 2.0. in nature and not a social media site. Add in ‘channels’ and it starts to have a social media mentality. Yesterday I saw tweets about the DOD’s new ‘social media’ site . On the SLQOTD on Twitter today, I am asking “What is the difference between a Web 1.0, CMS, Web 2.0

Someone in my senior management made a comment that I am very active in social media but I don’t really use it to learn. And someone on twitter asked me the question about EMC|ONE, (EMC’s internal social media site): Social media plays a huge role in how I learn these days. A couple of comments to me this week are prompting this post. Here was my answer to that question: