E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

So Sydney has its own trending topics on Twitter… I’m not sure how useful it will be. Tags: cartoon Twitter humor humour property sydney trending.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2012

For example, Bob was contacted by people in Australia and New Zealand , while a fellow in Malaysia took to Twitter: Asia-Pacific’s list of e-learning movers and shakers your-story.org/asia-pacifics-… I Should be there, but then again I am BRITISH.LOL :) — Zaid Ali Alsagoff (@zaidlearn) April 18, 2012.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 14, 2017

After the conference, I’ll look up my profile on Twitter to review my list. If you do use Twitter, include the official hashtag in your tweets. I like to tweet my notes because the character limit forces me to zero in on the essence of the message. Use social media.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2011

Dear Twitter. Twitter isn’t the Batcomputer. I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. …if we’ve never met. LinkedIn even tells you “Invitations should only be sent to people you know personally&#. Take the hint. It’s a bunch of people, many of whom would be delighted to help you.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

We have asynchronous tools such as online discussion forums, synchronous tools such as instant messaging, and semi-synchronous tools such as Twitter. Of course, peer-to-peer interaction isn’t a novel concept in e-learning. To add voice to the conversation we can use teleconferencing or VoIP.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

However, I’ve finally cottoned on to the fact that Twitter can also be used as an RSS reader. Or more accurately, Twitterfeed can direct all your RSS feeds to your Twitter account. Instead of using both Twitter and NewsGator, now I can use just Twitter. Tags: Twitter RSS challenges.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 24, 2011

Twitter. • @Steveology. • @wilsonellis. . • The Business of Being Social. Social Media Today. Social Media Examiner. • Dan Zarrella, The Social Media Scientist. Ragan Social Media. Problogger. HubSpot Blog. • {grow}. Do you have any other suggestions…?

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2012

For example, Bob was contacted by people in Australia and New Zealand , while a fellow in Malaysia took to Twitter: Asia-Pacific’s list of e-learning movers and shakers your-story.org/asia-pacifics-… I Should be there, but then again I am BRITISH.LOL :) — Zaid Ali Alsagoff (@zaidlearn) April 18, 2012.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 18, 2009

Do you think Twitter is a self-indulgent waste of time? David Hopkins asked his followers recently (via Twitter!)… … How would you describe Twitter to the uninitiated, in 140 characters or less? My initial reply was… Twitter is a personal message board…? You’re not alone. Participate!

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

To everyone who contributed a comment, not only via my blog but also on Twitter and LinkedIn… thank you. Reframing the capability framework was my first foray into publishing my thoughts on the subject, in which I argued in favour of using the oft-ignored resource as a tool to be proactive and add value to the business.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 5, 2011

• My Twitter hero. • LATI: A better way to measure influence on Twitter? Thanks for reading! Social media. • Social media extremism. • Smash your wall. • Who owns the photocopiers? • 20 hot resources for customer-facing social media. • A circular argument. • Foching up social media.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 26, 2013

Almost immediately after I uploaded this preview to YouTube, someone on Twitter politely challenged me. This is a question that I tackle in my Udemy course The Wide World of MOOCs. She took umbrage to my assertion that MOOCs are pedagogically richer than “regular” online courses.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 6, 2017

At the time of writing this blog post, the #vrwolweek hashtag achieved 612,836 impressions on Twitter with an estimated reach of 350,292 accounts. Again I was keen for our peers in L&D and other industries to share what they are doing with this emerging technology. Impressive indeed.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 5, 2011

• My Twitter hero. • LATI: A better way to measure influence on Twitter? Thanks for reading! Social media. • Social media extremism. • Smash your wall. • Who owns the photocopiers? • 20 hot resources for customer-facing social media. • A circular argument. • Foching up social media.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

For more of their artefacts, including several that are relevant to financial services, follow me on Twitter where I’ll post them over the course of the next week or so. There’s just so much good stuff in these museums, highlighting more would make this blog post a mile long and might breach some sort of copyright regulation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2012

I’m no marketing expert, but here are several tactics that I have found fruitful: • Tell all your followers on Facebook, Twitter and other forums. So please find below Part 4 of my series which provides tips on how to ramp up your sales… There are literally hundreds of ways to promote a product.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Some don’t even have a Facebook account, let alone Twitter. Loads of new people from disparate areas of the business communicating and collaborating with one other, usually for the first time ever? I’m all for it. Having said that, many of the noobs have never microblogged before. This in itself isn’t a problem.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 10, 2012

Anything else you can access is invaluable – whether it be a copy of Der Spiegel , an episode of Inspector Rex , or a Twitter buddy in Berlin. While instructivism and formal learning are valuable, they comprise only one piece of the puzzle. Skills development.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 31, 2013

I made the mistake of bouncing between Twitter, Google+ and Facebook in case I missed out on anything, but all that did was waste my time. If you’re super keen, you can always continue the conversation with your new-found friends after the mooc has ended. Pick a social media platform to support your progress. Do something daily.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I’ve seen peers resist enterprise social media because they don’t like Twitter and Facebook. Of course, as dedicated professionals, we have to be careful not to fall into the same trap. I’ve seen peers pussyfoot over m-learning because it’s all too hard.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

Not to mention that just about everyone knows how to use Facebook or Twitter already, so in that sense they have prior knowledge. I guess self-paced tutorials, user guides, tip sheets etc are less of an imperative when the system is so damn easy to use. User acknowledgement is also somewhat important.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Some don’t even have a Facebook account, let alone Twitter. Loads of new people from disparate areas of the business communicating and collaborating with one other, usually for the first time ever? I’m all for it. Having said that, many of the noobs have never microblogged before. This in itself isn’t a problem.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 19, 2010

Sure, plenty of environmental organisations have a Facebook page, and some are even active on Twitter, but most of their activity appears to be limited to echoing news or banal self-promotion. It’s not easy being green. In terms of e-learning, I feel the green sector is not doing enough.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I’m active on Twitter and I write this blog, so why not engage with me on these platforms first? In this age of social media, I’m flabbergasted by those who use the medium to find me, request a connection, then start pitching. There’s a concept called quid pro quo that’s sorely missing from their repertoire.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

We share knowledge on Twitter, contribute to discussions on LinkedIn, read books, write blogs, comment on blogs, subscribe to industry magazines, share links to online articles, watch videos, and participate in MOOCs. This is a point that I fear many of our peers fail to grasp. You see, we love learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 28, 2010

This morning I posted the following question to Twitter: What do you think of Parrashoot as the name of a local photography competition in Parramatta? I was going to blog next about my favourite talk at TEDxCanberra , but before I do that I just want to share my musing for today. The word play is genius, no?

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 6, 2009

However, the exponential growth of online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter has taken it to a whole new stratosphere. Whether a company sanctions it or not, employees are going to use tools like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter – whether inside or outside of work hours. The goal posts have moved.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

Not to mention that just about everyone knows how to use Facebook or Twitter already, so in that sense they have prior knowledge. I guess self-paced tutorials, user guides, tip sheets etc are less of an imperative when the system is so damn easy to use. User acknowledgement is also somewhat important.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2013

The course was supported by social media groups across several platforms, including Twitter, Google+ and Facebook. After the novelty of the first couple of weeks wears off, real life competes hard for your attention. In all honesty, I think I would have dropped out if it were any longer.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 16, 2009

Social and professional networks such as Facebook and Twitter. In a previous article , I provided the following examples of potential information sources that the learner could incorporate into their personal learning network: Social bookmarks. News feeds, podcasts, blogs, wikis and discussion forums.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 1, 2010

If a particular demographic of your customer base is hooked on social media, why not provide a Twitter presence or a Facebook page or a discussion forum in which to attract, contain and manage the discourse? Go a step further and create an alternative channel in which your customers can voice a complaint.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 17, 2009

Exchange knowledge on Twitter. Sure, they could download the latest song by Britney Spears or peruse the latest gossip on the Perez Hilton blog. But they could also… Catch the breaking news in their industry sector. Read blogs. Explore wikis. Watch vodcasts. Complete online courses. Participate in discussion forums.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Just like you know only Gen-Y Americans are interested in Second Life and only spammers and corporate cowboys use Twitter. But the science doesn’t matter because the assumptions sound right. Deep in your gut, you just know that they’re true. The truth is, andragogy represents an ideal.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Use Twitter and Facebook to foster social/professional networking. One of the ways we can apply connectivism in the corporate sector is by enriching our employees’ PLEs with relevant, high-quality sources of new information. Consider the following: Create a social bookmarking account to share useful websites.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 31, 2009

I don’t post anything willy nilly – I use Twitter for that! Applying the learnings. Do I practice what I preach? I think so. First of all, I do my best to maintain the quality of my blog. Rather, when I blog, I make a conscious effort to add fresh insight into my topic of interest and to extract applications for the real world.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2009

His point is: if you aren’t interacting with other people through media such as mailing lists, blogs, Twitter, discussion forums etc, then you are not developing professionally and you will eventually stagnate. In fact, Stephen considers it so important, he elegantly expresses it as: “Interaction is breathing for the brain&#.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Just as I was getting excited about reaching the 2,000 follower milestone on Twitter, I suddenly jumped to 26,000 followers. Another lead stemmed from Twitter itself. I’m not that popular. Smelling a giant stinking rat, I perused my follower list and saw that I was being followed by the likes of @TAKAKOD8STIN and @ELKEg00CALL.

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