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Turn and face the strain

Learning with e's

A particular emphasis on Web Enhanced Learning (WEL) approaches will be made and strategies for university-wide adoption of social software (Web 2.0) Tags: Web enhanced learning formal learning Change informal learning. tools and services will be presented. This is human nature.

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Imitation - the sincerest form of flatulence

Learning with e's

I spoke about 'Social Software in Higher Education' and several really useful questions were raised by the group over copyright, validity and reliability of sources such as Wikipedia , plagiarism and 'fit for purpose' issues. Tags: wikipedia wiki plagiarism wikiphobia. Landed on my desk I find the latest issue (No.

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First, kill all the instructors

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

This morning I received an email asking… How are people using social software to support learning? I think most of us agree that there is an important social dimension to learning. But in what ways do social software applications such as LinkedIn and FaceBook help people to learn? Am I missing something?

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DevLearn ‘09 Keynote: Andrew McAfee #dl09

Learning Visions

is the use of emergent social software platforms by organizations in pursuit of their goals.” Wikipedia shows us the value of getting out of the way. Tags: web 2.0 Challenges to core assumptions: how work gets done, how people get on with each other. Definition: “Enterprise 2.0 Process can impede. Norbert Weiner, 1954.

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Contents of the informal cloud book

Jay Cross

social software, 120, 121, 122. Wikipedia, 89, 120, 159, 162. Tags: Business learning Innovation decision-making. Process Improvement, 78. responsibility, 29, 71, 108, 109, 110, 124, 134. Rob Cross, 144. ROI, 29, 31, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132. ROII, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86. Sales, 49, 129, 164. SAP, 27, 119.

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My top 10 favourite resources from February

Jane Hart

1 - The Wikipedia way of motivating your employees , Forbes, 6 February 2012. “As a business owner, if you can tap into the passion of your workforce the same way that Wikipedia taps into its army of unpaid volunteers, you can accomplish things that no amount of money can buy.” Why is it proving so difficult? ”

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