Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Questions probed the familiarity of respondents with six prominent social media (blogging, podcasting, online video, social networking, message boards and wikis). In order to maintain the integrity of all comparisons, all those tools studied in the first two studies were included in this followup research.

Social Media 193

Social Media Social Networks Media Social 193

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Twitter is a fast growing and influential social networking service that is being leveraged as a great learning tool. Letting users create their own network, it makes information sharing across domains easier and faster. Integration with the Twitter web service will make it easy to share information across domains.

Wiki 252

Wiki LMS Social Networks Micro-Learning 252

Upside Learning

JANUARY 6, 2012

With our increasing focus on Game Based Learning, each week sees us sharing interesting articles and resources about Game Based Learning on varied social networking platforms.

Social Networks 223

Social Networks Games Player Social Network 223

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Students also regularly use digital media like blogs, Skype and a custom-made social networking site to create projects and share their ideas with their classmates.

Social Networks 198

Social Networks Skype Social Network Instructional Design 198

Upside Learning

JUNE 3, 2009

How much time do you spend and how did you find time for all the relatively newer things like reading blogs, twitter, social networks, etc.? I spend between 3-5 hours on new things, reading blogs, blogging, twitter, social networks. I like to think of it as system maintenance and upgrades.

Big Question 140

Big Question Social Networks Social Network eLearning Consultant 140

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Facebook – social networking site. Some observations: The top 10 is like a who’s who of social and informal learning tools. The complete list has a very strong bias towards social tools. Slideshare – presentation hosting and sharing tool. Skype – instant messaging and VoIP call tool. Google Reader – RSS feed reader.

Social Networks 259

Social Networks Survey VoiceThread Tools 259

Upside Learning

JUNE 30, 2011

It shouldn’t be surprising that I’m making lots of comparison to Facebook which is the defacto social networking standard right now. Having wrangled an invite, I used it for a couple of hours. These are some first impressions.

Google 244

Google Social Networks Facebook iPhone 244

Upside Learning

JANUARY 11, 2012

Learning And Social Networks. Learning In The Future – Exploring Five Themes. Want ‘Facebook’ In Your LMS? What Is Game Based Learning? 3 Essential Themes for Mobile Learning Systems. 5 Practical Mobile Learning Tips. India And The Mobile Internet Revolution. JIT Performance Support Mobile App Development.

Social Networks 274

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Wiki Augmented Reality 274

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Using phones, they browse the web, connect on social networks, share photos and videos, make purchases, play games, and keep track of what they care for through dedicated apps. Mobiles are a way of life and are catching up in the learning domain as well. Your workforce uses mobiles for more than just phone calls or text messages.

Mobile Learning 260

Mobile Learning Global Mobile Virtual Classroom 260

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The second column ‘Social’ is about leveraging social networks and tools to learn from each other. In this framework, the first column ‘On-Demand’ is more about search-based access to information/assets just-in-time. And the third column ‘Embedded’ is about integrating learning within work.

Informal Learning 278

Informal Learning Informal Mobile Social Networks 278

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2009

unleashed a wave of tools that facilitate learning by leveraging social networks and informal channels. The best way to mitigate this risk is take the tacit knowledge held by these few individuals, document it, and disseminate it in the best way possible across chosen groups of individuals.

Blended Learning 270

Blended Learning Blended Social Technology 270

Upside Learning

JUNE 3, 2009

How much time do you spend and how did you find time for all the relatively newer things like reading blogs, twitter, social networks, etc.? I spend between 3-5 hours on new things, reading blogs, blogging, twitter, social networks. I like to think of it as system maintenance and upgrades.

Big Question 100

Big Question Social Networks Social Network eLearning Consultant 100

Upside Learning

APRIL 24, 2013

As additional reading, I suggest you go through a post we had written a while back but holds true today as well – Learning and Social Networks. The most common (and generic) example of User Generated Content being used for learning is the Wikipedia (today, Wikis are a part of an LMS too).

Blended Learning 233

Blended Learning LMS Virtual Classroom Social Networks 233

Upside Learning

JUNE 16, 2010

Social networking tools. Tools focused on providing a networked environment to learners and allowing them to share content, opinions and information with each other could extend to take over some of the LMS functionality posing a new competition (already are) to LMS.

Analysis 277

Analysis LMS Social Networks Open Source 277

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 24, 2010

In general, it recognizes that the needs are constantly evolving – now to embrace social networking, mobile learning, knowledge collaboration that from within the LMS framework. It is this understanding that has led us to design a Learning Management System that can specifically cater to these unique needs of Training Companies.

LMS 196

LMS Blended Learning Companies Social Networks 196

Upside Learning

MAY 28, 2009

There’s more talk about Digital natives going around; Jeremiah Owyang blogged from the Corporate Social Networking Conference in Amsterdam. Time and again, this talk about Digital natives and the millenials comes up, and there still isn’t much agreement about the key issues at hand.

Digital 191

Digital Social Networks Multitasking Instructional Design 191

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Originally built as a software concept, the Android app called “Recongnizr&# is a mobile prototype that allows you to use your phone in order to “see&# who a person is and what web services and social networks they’re connected to. Relevance in Twitter – Feedtrace picks content that is relevant to you from Twitter.

Yammer 174

Yammer Social Networks eLearning HTML 174

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Navigating one’s own personal, professional and social networks helps people develop and exploit both strong and weak links and that, in turn, will be crucial to surviving and exploiting swarms for business benefit. Weak links are the cues people can pick up from people who know the people they have to work with.

Gartner 272

Gartner Simulations Social Networks Pattern 272

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

from various spheres of learning and technology on varied social networking platforms. Each week sees us sharing interesting articles (including news, reports, statistics etc.)

Social Networks 182

Social Networks Media Augmented Reality Technology 182

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Founder of the World Wide Web says that some of the most successful social networking sites ‘have begun to chip away at its principles’, reports this article on Guardian. Read it here. Tim Berners-Lee: Facebook Could Fragment Web. Read it here. 250+ Places For Free Books Online.

Social Networks 199

Social Networks Google Docs Technology Learning Technologies 199

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Seems like, the war between social networking sites is far from over. The last week saw Facebook announcing the launch of its first cell phone, followed by Twitter launching its own version of Facebook’s ‘mutual friends’. Talking of war, a tablet war has been set out by developers as they vouch for their favorite platforms and devices.

Social Networks 233

Social Networks Learning Technologies Media Technology 233

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Web of Trust’ Networks of trust are becoming very important to the way we create products/services where each individual on the network is a potential contributor. There are just such networks in the enterprise as well, and they play a big role in how tacit knowledge is transferred in the organization.

Adoption 168

Adoption Adopt Social Networks Develop 168

Upside Learning

MARCH 1, 2010

Geo-location based tools, social networking tools, access to search and information databases, customized calculators, newsreaders, games, simulations – the options are quite varied. Their ability to compute and display combined their personal and intimate nature open up a world of possibilities.

Mobile Learning 269

Mobile Learning Mobile Tips Blended Learning 269

Upside Learning

MARCH 18, 2010

No doubt LMS is still a software but it is not merely a tool to achieve something but rather a complete exercise in itself which needs to become an integrated part of the entire process in more ways than one.

LMS 230

LMS eLearning Strategy Strategy Tools 230

Upside Learning

JULY 4, 2011

For administrators/managers robust analysis tools for social network and generated content analysis will provide a truer picture of the ‘knowledge state’ of the organization than an LMS could ever hope to represent. Learning is about content and bums-in-seats?

System 250

System Learning System Mobile Learning Authoring Tools 250

Upside Learning

JANUARY 30, 2010

Goes on to show that the fears of people posting inappropriate content on social networks are really baseless. . - Users can report inappropriate content easily, though they have never had any such complaint so far.

Learning Technologies 209

Learning Technologies Technology Cloud Computing Blended Learning 209

Upside Learning

MAY 11, 2010

I believe LMS systems, in general, recognize that needs are constantly evolving – now to embrace social networking, social learning tools and approach that from within the LMS framework.

LMS 213

LMS Social Networks Compliance Training vendor 213

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2009

From image editing to typography to music to 3D to video, artists can create and collaborate using its free, light, and powerful software.Aviary consists of 16 rich web applications that work together to enable artists to create different forms of content, a social network for artists and a marketplace to sell artist content and services in.

Flash Player 164

Flash Player Scanning Mac Social Networks 164

Upside Learning

JULY 2, 2012

Very similar to what I was thinking , for me, there were three key themes at the conference – learning management – Tin Can API, the inclusion of gamification in learning, and the impact of social networking and large mobile platforms that will dominate computing in the years to come. Social and Mobile. Learning Management.

Social Networks 184

Social Networks ADL Social Network Behavior 184

Upside Learning

JANUARY 18, 2011

Foursquare is a smartphone app that is quickly becoming one of the most popular and useful geo-networking tools for general social networking and for promoting business. Social Gaming Market to Surpass $1 Billion. 30+ Ways to Use Foursquare In Education. Read on for great ways to use Foursquare in education.

Social Networks 216

Social Networks Diversity Training Media Learning Technologies 216

Upside Learning

MAY 23, 2012

Search for everything we need just in time, - finding locations/directions instantly, - news, ebooks, sports updates, - social networking, facebook, twitter, - banking & shopping, - face time / video calls.

Social Networks 274

Social Networks Gartner Mobile Internet 274

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

now includes modules for advanced collaboration and an integrated social networking framework. UpsideLMS Version 4.0 comes at an important time in the UpsideLMS product lifecycle; as it paves the way for the LMS to move in a direction aligned with the changing world of learning and learning management systems themselves. Version 4.0

Version 189

Version Social Networks LMS Enterprise 189

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Social Learning – Social learning has made it big this year. At Upside we built a version of our LMS that came with a whole range of social networking and content sharing tools built in. Can Fun Help Change Behaviors? These Are NOT Serious Games!

Big Question 191

Big Question Blended Learning Simulations Social Networks 191

Upside Learning

JUNE 12, 2012

Almost everyone on my commute who owns a smart-phone is using it for two things: playing games and social networking, or a combination of both – games on social networks, social network features in games. The games being played are nothing like the games played on PCs and consoles.

Social Networks 235

Social Networks Games Mobile Social Network 235

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Training can be delivered over varied distances across the country or the world using all possible media one can imagine including video, web-conferencing, social network tools, etc. This is definitely one of the primary benefits that e-Learning provides. This list only increases with every passing technology generation.

Blended Learning 240

Blended Learning eLearning Strategy Corporate eLearning eLearning 240