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EdCast the Twitter of Education Raises 16 Million in Latest Funding Round

Training Industry

Social media is not only a buzzword in several different industries; it is also a powerful force on society and the workplace. The Pew Research Center began tracking social media usage in 2005; since then, the percentage of American adults who use social networking sites has increased from 7 percent to 65 percent.

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LMSs that kick ass - OutStart

Janet Clarey

By way of background, Jeff told me that OutStart has two flavors: Participate, their general social software solution and TrainingEdge.com, their SaaS solution which includes LMS, collaborative authoring, and social media specifically configured to support learning. Each has very different objectives.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Semi-Daily Quote/Lyric/Words of Others

Mark Oehlert

" Bob Dylan Album: Blood on the Tracks (1975) March 26, 2008 in Quote of the Day | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Semi-Daily Quote/Lyric/Words of Others : Comments Top Ten Favorite Song Ever! where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): The Social Graph.shaping up to be the hot summer song of 08

Mark Oehlert

There is already a conference, Graphing Social Patterns , Google has an API for it, Brad Fitzpatrick wrote a long article about his thoughts on the topic, even the great mind of Will Thalheimer has turned his attention toward things social and measurable. The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us