I am often asked by business leaders to describe what we intend to measure in order to understand, manage, and improve the networked (or social) learning eco-system.  Learning needs - differences between the learning needs or demand between “formal” and “social” learning (are some skills best learnt formally?), Tagged: measurement, social learning, socialnetworking There is interest in knowing how we will prove networked learning, turn potential chaos into something that is more certain and efficient, and to get some kind of “history” about the learning and development for individuals and organizations.

I created this 16 minute social learning primer (podcast) to address some of the frequently asked questions and concerns about social learning, and to share some of my insights and suggestions gained from my experience helping client organizations with their social learning agendas. Tagged: learning, social learning, social media, social networking ...Tags: I hope you find this primer useful.  Please

The Business Case for Social Learning Read the article (by clicking on the URL above) to see how Social Learning will generate better performance from the workforce, a business case from BT, and an approach for bringing Social Learning to your organization. ...Tags: Tags: Ideas social learnin Have you heard of the “capability recession?” 8221;  For many organizations, the economic downturn is having a noticeably negative effect on workforce productivity, engagement and performance.  Job

Will social media improve productivity?   Is it vital to the company’s success?   Will “employees” use the media?   A recent study provides some interesting insights and evidence. Workers using social networking sites instead of doing their jobs has long been the bane of human resources departments across every industry.   However, a recent survey questioning oil and gas professionals has revealed that 40% of them believe that companies who encourage the use of social media tools, including social networking sites such as Facebook, to share knowledge and information

Follow this link to read about BT’s experience with social learning.  Yours truly Tagged: social learning ...Tags: Tags: Ideas learning20 social learnin Yours truly was involved with this project - read my quote in the case study.  Peter Peter Butler (Head of Learning BT Group) is presenting this case study at the IMPACT 2009 conference (April - Saint Petersburg, Fl).

I've been asked by a number of people where they can see my presentation on social learning that includes the slide on social learning models . You'll find the presentation here in this Slideshare widget together with other recent presentations. It's called "Supporting formal and informal learning" and is the 3rd in a series of 3 on social learning.  0160; #1 is "From E-Learning to Social Learning", and #2 is "Using Elgg as a social media platform" - also available in this bundle | Get your SlideShare Playlist ...Tags:

Jones and I are doing a session at Training 2010 titled  Defining Your Social Learning Strategy .  As As prep for this, we’ve put together a comprehensive checklist of Social Learning Strategy topics that learning professionals and executives should consider when thinking through their objectives and plans.   Introduction to Social Learning Strategies Kevin D. Here is a link to the doc, but if you would prefer to read it in-line, the full body of the doc is below.  Let

I am often asked by business leaders to describe what we intend to measure in order to understand, manage, and improve the networked (or social) learning eco-system.  Learning needs - differences between the learning needs or demand between “formal” and “social” learning (are some skills best learnt formally?), Tagged: measurement, social learning, socialnetworking There is interest in knowing how we will prove networked learning, turn potential chaos into something that is more certain and efficient, and to get some kind of “history” about the learning and development for individuals and organizations.

It's amazing to think we are already talking about the "history" of social media, but I've been collecting a few articles that demonstrate how in fact today's tools which might seem revolutionary are just evolutionary: Back in June 2009, Social Media Rockster ran a posting: A brief history of social media , which began "Social quot;Social media isn’t really “new.” While it has only recently become part of

Our office has been receiving numerous requests to help incorporate social media tools into a variety of communication and education projects. Our clients want help creating blogs, wikis, collaborative workspaces, and social networks. But we also have to be frank and point out that if you create a social networking space, there is no guarantee that it will be used. We’ve responded with cautious optimism. We’re always happy when our clients want to try out something new with technology.