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Social media for trainers – a review

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As I have been travelling east and west across the UK this week, I’ve been taking a look at Jane Bozarth’s Social Media for Trainers on my Kindle. Social media for trainers isn’t really aimed at people like me, even though I’m seriously engaged with social media and, at least some of the time, I qualify as being a trainer.

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The Big Question: How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organisation?

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This month’s Big Question in the ASTD Learning Circuits Blog is ‘How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organisation?’ Tags: social networking BigQuestion. How indeed? Those entering the workforce in 2010 have overcome these barriers and have higher expectations.

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Presentations in the cloud

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A week or so back I was given a sneak preview of a new tool for distributing recorded presentations online called dpcloud. A video with media alongside (typically slides, but could also be Flash movies, Twitter feeds, web pages, etc.). The media with accompanying audio.

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What specifically is e-learning good for?

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Computers and networks provide so many opportunities to enhance learning in the workplace, but the opportunities are dependent on the use you are making of these tools. Live online events using web conferencing tools Formal instructional sessions, similar to those conducted in a physical classroom.

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The Big Question: Breaking down the organisational walls to learning

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In the ASTD Learning Circuits blog this month, they comment on the fact that, in many organisations, learners are reaching outside of the organisation to enhance their learning experience, through social networking and other media. Why do so few Americans have passports and score so poorly in geography?

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Making the case for content curation

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Another argument against the idea of formal curation is that the capabilities of social media render it unnecessary. And anyone who participates in a social network – and that’s most of us – also performs a curation role whenever they tweet or post a recommendation to their friends or followers.

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Is the net generation really unique?

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Only a small fraction of students may count as true digital natives, in other words. The rest are no better or worse at using technology than the rest of the population. The rest are no better or worse at using technology than the rest of the population." " This certainly accords with my experience.