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Addressing On-Demand Learning and Performance Needs #LCBQ | Social.

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The questions prompt quite a lively and interesting discussion among online community members. In a recent post What Makes a Successful Community Manager? I think the community manager can also support and facilitate on-demand learning and performance and will be pivotal in it’s success.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

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YouTube is ( 2010 stats : more than 2 billion views a day; 3rd most visited website; over 5 million people have found and subscribed to at least one friend on YouTube; a broad viewer demographic: 18-54 years old.) Social Media. What users really want is to lean over the partition and say “Hey, how do I do this?” It’s as simple as that.

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Embracing Innovation in Learning | Social Learning Blog

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We are moving, albeit in fits and starts, from traditional learning environments, where curriculum are essentially assigned to learners, to more collaborative and innovative environments where learners can self-direct their learning and participate in communities of passion. Of course, when I saw this question, I had to try to answer it.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

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As most of us in the adult learning community already know, up to this point most workplaces have seen two types of learning: formal learning through training, and informal learning through experience, conversation or random events which, according to research, accounts for about 80% of total learning. That’s right, FACEBOOK!

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

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Free online video is creating new global communities, granting their members both the means and the motivation to step up their skills and broaden their imaginations. Instructional designers would be wise to become versed in basic video production, since its utility and ubiquity as a learning tool will only continue to grow. Properly d.

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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

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They may not actively participate in the community, but they will know where to start looking when they need help and they can see what is giving others trouble. These are just a few ideas for social anchors that might help create a more social learning enabled environment for the lonely eLearner. I’d love to hear yours.