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Microsoft So.cl: An Experiment In Social + Search + Learning

Upside Learning

Last week Microsoft launched a new network called so.cl – pronounced ‘social’ – which is being discussed all over the web. It is described as “an experimental research project, developed by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, focused on exploring the possibilities of social search for the purpose of learning.”

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Conversation Searches

Tony Karrer

These searches look for any mention of your name, company, URLs across blogs and other sites. For me, these searches primarily allow me to see what people are saying in response to something that I've put out there. Typically, these responses come via blogs and twitter. I've tried Twingly and SamePoint.

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Competition Finalist 4: Top 10 Startup Social Media Curation Tools for Social Learning in the Workplace

eFront

is a one-stop shop for social media and content curation publishing. When you post on your topic page, you can easily share to your social networks including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Whether you’re a professional or educator representing a business or nonprofit, Scoop.it Advanced analytics available on Scoop.it

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Social Media Offerings which can b used in Social Learning

eLearning 24-7

Presence Applications (aka micro-blogging ) – Twitter. Social Discovery – Stumble Upon (Wikipedia likes to stick this into social bookmarking, however IMO it does more than that). Social News Aggregator - Digg. Social Q&A - Askville or Answers.com. Social Measuring - Technorati.

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LMS/LCMS Social Media & Side Notes

eLearning 24-7

Presence Applications (aka micro-blogging ) – Twitter. Social Discovery – Stumble Upon (Wikipedia likes to stick this into social bookmarking, however IMO it does more than that). Social News Aggregator - Digg. Social Q&A - Askville or Answers.com. Social Search – Bing Twitter.