Clive on Learning

AUGUST 13, 2007

There were some interesting stats in the UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's People Management magazine last week, in an article entitled Face to face with social networking. Apparently, in the UK: 20% of firms use social networking sites to research applications.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The gaps can be filled using social media: the use of social networks to find sources of expertise or offer your own expertise to others content sharing (text, screencasts, podcasts, etc.) Tags: social networking.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 15, 2010

This functionality is just as popular now and even more widespread but has shifted almost entirely to social networking sites such as Facebook and microblogging sites like Twitter.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 27, 2010

So, if you’re interested in a great story about how social media can take off in a major corporation, here are the links you need to follow: Written case study at Towards Maturity Podcast of interview on BBC Radio 4 YouTube video produced for the Becta Next Generation Learning @ Work campaign. Tags: lt10uk social networking.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

According to a Neilsen report, as quoted in A World of Connections , a special report in The Economist on social networking, in October 2009 the countries in which users spent the most hours using social media were Australia, the UK and Italy. Tags: social networking. Why these three? I'd love to know your views.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 10, 2009

This is a bit like a Facebook status posting so, like many people, I configured Facebook to pick up my tweets and display them on my profile page. From the early days of Facebook, I have been fascinated by what people have for dinner, watch on TV, read in the bath, do at weekends, etc.,

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 4, 2009

June's Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog asks a personal question: How much time do you spend and how do you find the time for reading blogs, twitter, social networks, etc.? Facebook and Twitter are much less important for me professionally, but are part of my overall commitment to engaging with my network.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The will only have the means if employers help them to develop the metacognitive skills (the skills you need to learn independently) and provide the right tools (particularly the social networking software that is revolutionising the way we interact with each other online). Tags: social networking BigQuestion.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Asynchronous comms, using email, forums, social networks, blogs and wikis, allow us to regain control of our time. Synchronising diaries can be a nightmare, and meeting at the same time forces us to communicate at a pace determined by others.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 4, 2012

As I understand from Steve that the promotion of these presentations has been undertaken primarily by speakers themselves using their own social networks, this gives a great indication as to who has the most vibrant network.

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 26, 2010

Much of this increase had been driven by one site - Facebook - which accounts for 45% of all mobile web use in the UK, followed by Google at 8%.” And it isn’t just young adults doing this – it would not be unusual to find me checking out information on my smart phone while my wide plays a game on the iPad, as we both watch a TV programme. “The

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 14, 2013

So what does it mean to be able to interact, as learners, using email, forums, wikis, blogs, social networks and the like? Was it sufficiently speedy and flexible to be desirable? It was a last resort. Quite a lot I reckon. There are considerable advantages to asynchronous learning: It allows time for reflection.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 11, 2011

I must admit that, after a couple of weeks of no posting and minimal tweeting, I’m having to re-energise myself for engaging with my network in the year ahead. Contrary to what I postulated in Becoming Invisible , social networking does not seem to have been so addictive that I couldn’t enjoy a break without going cold turkey.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

True, chance encounters can also come through links in blogs, forums and tweets which take you to unexpected places and people, but still much depends on who's already in your network - and remember that not everyone that might be important to you is that active or visible online.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 13, 2012

Social media tools, including forums, wikis, blogs, social networks To facilitate group collaboration within a formal blended solution. As a developmental activity initiated by the learner. As an output of learning activities carried out by learners working individually or in groups.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 28, 2008

I know there's a lot of social networking tools out there, but looking purely at the educational possibilities, I quite like the look of Infodit. Intodit allows you to establish a group site with a combination of wiki and forum functionality.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

While I would still look to provide the maximum flexibility for the learner by providing resources online and allowing collaboration to take place asynchronously (through email, forums, social networks, blogs, etc), I now understand that live events are going to add something really significant to the blend.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 19, 2009

Media sharing at 48%, wikis at 47%, blogs at 45%, social networks at 41%, content ratings at 13%. Tags: social networking research. Practically all the responses are interesting because they are, at least for me, unexpectedly high, even Twitter down at the bottom with 12%.

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 23, 2011

A social network is more likely to increase your communication load than to reduce it. You may learn more, you may have more control over how, when and where you learn, but you are unable to escape from the reality of daily pressures. A virtual classroom provides no protection from interruptions. Where does this lead us?

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

To make good use of the opportunities afforded by online learning, users also need some more specific skills, including the ability to search, to communicate appropriately using forums, blogs, wikis and social networks, and to study effectively on their own.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 15, 2011

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.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that historically we have underplayed the importance of informal learning, whether that's experiential, on-demand or social.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 11, 2010

Use a forum or social network to discuss before the event. He suggests that, instead of using Pecha Kucha as the content of an unConference, it would act better as a stimulus: Capture the Pecha Kucha presentations and make them available online. Follow up with more free-form discussions at the event itself.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 4, 2009

If they merely record what a person is doing at any point in time, that activity will first have migrated to Facebook and other social networking sites and will be moving on again to Twitter. Which leaves those postings which take a more in-depth look at an issue, maybe just a paragraph but just as likely 500 words plus.

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 12, 2009

" "The big difference between the open Internet and enterprise social networking is that people use the company features for work (or at least to communicate with work colleagues) and therefore retain their professional work identity. Tags: social networking.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

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. In many ways these interactions represent the only sensible way of coping with too much choice.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 14, 2013

Reading a book, watching a video, listening to a podcast, surfing the web or interacting with an e-learning programme are all asynchronous; so is communicating by post, by text messages, by email or through forums, blogs, wikis and social networks. Every organisation is different and needs to find its own balance.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 12, 2011

Social network analysis. The use of widgets, Outlook add-ins, etc. to provide embedded functionality such as providing instant feedback (‘Saba Impressions’). User-generated content submission with peer ratings.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 10, 2009

Tags: social networking research.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The search engines, social networks and web 2.0 But the few also includes those who control the channels through which the work of creative people is distributed, whether or not they are stars: The conference organisers who use you as the bait to attract delegates and exhibitors. sites that can place advertisements next to your work.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 6, 2010

Asynchronous collaborative activities, using email, forums, social networks, blogs, wikis, etc. These can be categorised as: The use of online content, in its many forms, typically asynchronously (self-paced). Synchronous (live) online events, using web conferencing, instant messaging and so on.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 14, 2010

The rest are no better or worse at using technology than the rest of the population." " This certainly accords with my experience.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Somewhat riskily, given the rate of change in this field and the inherent slowness of conventional book publishing, Jane deals at length with the opportunities provided by specific tools such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 29, 2011

A portfolio of learning assets was created, which included ‘above the line’ learning interventions (instructor-led classroom and online classroom) as well as ‘below the line’ (e-learning, email and phone support, with corporate social networking groups).

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 11, 2008

I was particularly fascinated by the descriptions that Karl applied to the Boomers (that's people like me) and the Gamers (those brought up on games and social networking). Here's the profile for the former: Individualistic Driven Loyal Idealistic Sceptical Yes, I thought, that's me. This Kapp guy is uncannily perceptive.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

In retrospect, Nick realises that it was a mistake to assume that people would engage with an internal network in the same way some would outside the firewall – blogging, cross-linking to each other’s resources and so on. Nick is a board member of the Institute for IT Training and a regular conference speaker.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2008

According to the announcement , Saba Social will incorporate "comprehensive social networking tools - blogs, communities of practice, wikis, discussion boards and social connection capabilities will enable people to conduct informal knowledge exchange, build connected communities and extend blended learning.

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