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

Training Industry

“We learn more when we learn together,” according to the “Harvard Business Journal,” and social media has likely increased our need for social interaction. Social media enables users to observe and learn from each other, which psychologists such as Lev Vygotsky and Albert Bandura believed was crucial for effective learning.

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Podcasting - Twitter - Media - Best of eLearning Learning

eLearning Learning Posts

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Social Software Adoption - eLearning Technology , August 10, 2009. The following are the top items based on social signals. Twitter in the classroom: 10 useful resources , August 12, 2009. Twitter (39). Featured Sources.

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Feat of Clay

Learning with e's

The fact that many A list celebrities are now jumping on the band wagon and using Twitter for shameless self-promotion may just signal the start of the demise of Twitter. It begins to run downhill when the late majority adopt it and it is no longer new and exciting, and everyone has it. yep, no-one.

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Success Formula for Discussion Forums in Financial Services

Tony Karrer

I’ll also reach out via twitter. Of course, there’s a lot of great information out there on this via eLearning Learning under terms like Discussion Forum , Collaboration in Discussion Forums , Discussion Forum Adoption , Benefits of Discussion Forums , Discussion Forum Case Studies. This is in process.

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Tony Karrer

Twitter I'm still not sure what my Twitter Status will be. But still have doubts, such as those in Twitter Mass Follow - Nevermind. While large scale adoption will be slow, specific solutions aimed at particular audience needs will be more common. This will increase adoption of Web 2.0 I use it a little bit.

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The Social C-Suite

CLO Magazine

The state of employee engagement is a troubling organizational predicament, and many leaders wonder whether internal social media and social learning could help to drive it: Should the C-suite become more involved? How does its use by the C-suite affect adoption of social learning in the organization?

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Camtasia - LMS - LCMS - Best of eLearning Learning August 2009

eLearning Learning Posts

Social Software Adoption - eLearning Technology , August 10, 2009. Social Networking on Intranets (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) , August 12, 2009. Twitter in the classroom: 10 useful resources , August 12, 2009. Three Practical Ideas for Using Twitter in E-Learning , August 4, 2009. Twitter (155).