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L&D Trends, Time Estimates: ID and eLearning Links 3/2/2021

Experiencing eLearning

Because the questions have been updated, these numbers aren’t really directly comparable to past versions of this study. According to this study, most people are developing elearning that is around 20 minutes long. If you’re relying on social networks to serve you up the content you want to read – you’re not in control.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. At the conference, a representative from Raytheon Corporation spoke about a study they had conducted among their vast employee population.

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Using Social Networking in Education

LearnDash

Most people would probably assume that today social networking and education are now pretty interrelated. Social networking platforms are part of mainstream culture. In fact, one study reports that 96% of students in the U.S. How Schools Use Social Networking.

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Measurement & ROI for Social & Network Learning

Experiencing eLearning

This can be the social network. Also need to think about opportunity cost–what are you giving up to spend time on social media? Research may be little pilot studies, case studies–not always full scale research. Of course, it’s shown as part of the OTJ performance, which really should be ongoing.

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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Summary: “Debates rage about the appropriateness of using social networking in teaching, with arguments ranging from waste of time and distraction from academic goals to needed to reach net generation student. An example of using a social networking tool, Ning, in an online class is reported.&#. Three main points.

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Social Network = Social Class?

Kapp Notes

Is your socio-economic status reflected in your favorite social networking software? A recent study seems to indicate a resounding YES. Check out the full article Does your social class determine your online social network? Here are some highlights (or lowlights depending on how you look at it.)

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Formal learning & social networking

Clark Quinn

is about informal learning, but the organization was moving to using social networking tools to scaffold their move from face-to-face to more online learning. So I was asked to talk about social networking and formal learning. Each of these can be accomplished well through social networking tools.