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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

Social networks on the other hand are online groups of people who are acquainted or connected as friends, business contacts, or colleagues and use social software tools to stay in touch. Figuring out new ways of doing things and addressing issues are always in high demand.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): "Using Open Source Social Software as Digital Library Interface" (D-Lib Magazine)

Mark Oehlert

" March 26, 2008 in Application Becomes the Platform | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference "Using Open Source Social Software as Digital Library Interface" (D-Lib Magazine) : Comments The comments to this entry are closed. books futures Web 2.0

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Institutional Innovation and Podular Design

Skilful Minds

In Social is the plural of personal JP Rangaswami contends that institutional innovation is required to achieve the potential that social software offers organizations in general, and for-profit companies in particular. JP's voice is one of several important contributions to current thinking about innovation.

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

Learning with e's

For the majority, their busy lifestyles did not allow them to enjoy more than brief contact with their fellow students on more than a once weekly basis because travel into a teaching centre can be time consuming, expensive and tiring. MentorBlog: Connecting Students and their Mentors using Social Software. Wheeler, S.

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Lectora e-Learning and IBM to Offer Social Learning Solutions

Trivantis

Lectora User Conference 2014. Your Annual e-Learning Conference. As social networks progress and online social learning grows in popularity, the need to implement social learning technologies within business settings becomes increasingly prevalent. Free resources to help you with all learning topics.

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On my last leg

Learning with e's

I've been busy, is my excuse. I have been pretty busy touring around the North island speaking at various events, but over the last two days I have had some down-time to spend with my family in Auckland (City Centre pictured left). All of the keynote abstracts and the entire programme can be found on the conference website.

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Favorite 2009 posts on Informal Learning Blog

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Business Impact of Social and Informal Learning. T o implement social/informal learning infrastructure projects, learning and development professionals need to shift their focus from learning to earning. The place to begin is by identifying a business objective that is vital to a corporate sponsor. They needn’t worry.