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Infographic: How Google has changed what it means to do research

eFront

With almost 30 percent of the human population, or 2 billion people, using the internet; and 94 percent of US students equating research with using Google or other search engines, it comes as no surprise that 75 percent of students use Wikipedia and online encyclopedias for research. 1996: Instant messaging services launched.

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Five Myths of Social Learning

Xyleme

Reality: Social media platforms have great organizational significance and will ultimately become part of the enterprise “fabric” just as we have seen with email, instant messaging, and other collaboration tools. Myth #3: Training and development organizations will make stand-alone social media platform decisions.

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Infographic: How Google has changed what it means to do research

eFront

With almost 30 percent of the human population, or 2 billion people, using the internet; and 94 percent of US students equating research with using Google or other search engines, it comes as no surprise that 75 percent of students use Wikipedia and online encyclopedias for research. 1996: Instant messaging services launched.

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Working Smarter eFieldbook $12

Jay Cross

Facility for online discussion, instant messaging, video conferencing. The State of Workplace Learning in 2010 105. Four Predictions for 2010 234. Wikipedia 363. Information flows, feeds, subscriptions. Information repository, archives, search engine. Forums for written discussion by topics or by teams.