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 would boost productivity. The survey, released today at the Microsoft Middle East & Africa Global Energy Forum 2009 in Dubai and carried out by computer software giant Microsoft Corp and management

You might like to see the results of a social learning survey conducted by the Masie Center: social learning survey results I came across a blog post by “Bill” and found an interesting summary about the premise of Web 2.0 that could have easily been called a premise of social learning ( Bills Blog Post ). People

recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that massively multiplayer and other online game experience is extremely common among young people, is rich and varied, and that games offer opportunity for increased social interaction and civic engagement among this group. I was reading a report (Horizon 2009) and found three trends affecting the practice of learning and collaboration that I thought was worth sharing. Increasing globalization continues to affect the way we work, collaborate, and communicate . Information technologies are having a significant impact

1,000 Twitter users were asked in a survey to state why they like Twitter.  Here Here is what they said: It accelerated my learning curve. It helped me with personal learning. It expanded my circle

This following illustration (click on “key findings”) summarizes the key findings of the survey distributed to users of “expert locator” systems:   Why is it so difficult to quickly find someone in my organization to answer a pressing question, provide advice about a procedure, explain how to use some software, or tell me where to find an expert, course, or document? I

I haven't posted in ages (hoping this will start to change as my work-life settles back in), but responses are still coming in to my survey. As of today, 166 instructional designers have responded to the survey: Do You Have a Degree in ID? View the latest survey results her The great thing about blogs is that you don't even have to be around, and people still come visiting. About 34% of instructional designers have an advanced degree in ID .

The ID survey on this blog now has over 200 responses: 62% do not have advanced degrees. Tags: instructional design surve I stumbled across this on a writer's blog today: "Officially, I’m now an Instructional Designer. A fancy term for writing training material." [Blog link not provided to protect the innocent].

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The MASIE Center has just published an interesting survey on the use of social learning in the workplace. This was a self-selecting survey to which 1069 responded, ostensibly from 'around the globe', although I would predict a strong North American skew. Respondents were asked which social media technologies they used in their organisations. I'm not sure I go with the term 'social learning' because this is incredibly ambiguous - after all, a fair proportion of all learning involves the learner interacting with others - but let's assume they mean the use of social media for learning and not get distracted.