90% of this negativity seems to be directed at the formal nature of LMS, the percieved lack of flexibility, or the lack of learner “control.&#  In just about every case, the argument seems to be that “social&# or “informal&# will fix all this — social platforms like Jive or Sharepoint or maybe just loosely joined collections of social apps, like WordPress, Twiki, and Yammer. Not because they are wrong about social, but because they get so little right about LMS. Social? Because social is cool? Social is going to be the same. MORE >>

In Part 2 he will profile Elgg , social network software for education, and interview its founders. Teachers are starting to explore the potential of blogs, media-sharing services and other social software - which, although not designed specifically for e-learning, can be used to empower students and create exciting new learning opportunities. But by using these new web services, e-learning has the potential to become far more personal, social and flexible.". DOPA and Social Networks. The educational potential of social software and services is huge. MORE >>

Personal InfoCloud « LinkedIn: Social Interaction Design Lessons Learned (not to follow) - 2 of 2 | Main SharePoint 2007: Gateway Drug to Enterprise Social Tools Overview The last couple of years I have had many conversations with a broad selection of mid-sized to large organizations. Some of these are customers of mine or potential customers while others are conversations I have had, but all having the similar discussion about social tools in the enterprise. In 2006 and 2007 the advent of social computing on the web (Web 2.0) mindsets and tools. dollars. MORE >>

Speaking of status quo , Thierry de Baillon has an interesting perspective on the hidden power of renegade networks : While one of social software’s goal is to harness freeform communication to facilitate knowledge sharing, this kind of tacit knowledge, mostly learned by doing or exchanged nearly in secret between peers, is quite never shared. As one moves from content  creation to  contextualization (through grouping, tagging or rating), the potential network effects increase. Tweet Euan Semple’s fantasy : A business where everyone blogs. question. complexity Work MORE >>

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