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#SLCONF 2012–Social Learning in action

Lars is Learning

Last Thursday I attended the #SLCONF Social Learning Conference in London. It largely practiced what it preached – in that it proved to be a highly social discussion and effective forum for sharing ideas and experiences with an experienced group of professionals and practitioners.

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PKM is our part of the social learning contract

Jane Hart

Whereas most people are concerning themselves with the new social and collaboration technologies, or how to get people to collaborate, for me the key to successful social learning is how the individual engages in his/her networks and contributes what s/he has learned or is learning along the way.

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2012: That was the year that was

Jane Hart

In the first of two reviews of 2012, here are the 10 most popular posts on my own blog this year – based on viewing stats, tweets and FB likes. 1 - The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 list is revealed. 2 - 10 things to remember about social learning (and the use of social media for learning).

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Top 5 eLearning Trends Happening Now

Association eLearning

Attendees at the Training conference were especially interested in badging and leaderboards to enhance training with competition and social sharing of achievements. If you’d like to learn more about competency-based learning, join us for an IACET webinar April 20 th. Social Learning. billion business” this year.

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Pick of the month: October 2012

Jane Hart

1 - Defining social learning – Marcia Conner, 4 October 2012. “Instead let me list 10 Things Said About Social Learning … that you shouldn’t fall for. Social learning is new. Social learning requires digital tools. Social learning needs social learning policies.

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2012: The Year of Learning in a Social Business

Jane Hart

Predictions for an upcoming new year are inevitably based on the “flow” from the current year, so if you have taken a look at my Top 100 articles of 2011 (or even my complete 2011 Reading List), you will not be surprised to hear that many predict that 2012 will be the “ Year of Social Business “ Up to now, for many organisations, (..)

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Social media does not always equal social learning

Connect Thinking

I was recently asked to define social media. Social learning , on the other hand, is learning that happens through social exchanges and activities, whether the exchange is motivated for personal reasons or for larger collective purposes (adapted from Aaron Silvers , T&D January 2012).