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Learner Resources in the Digital Age

BrainCert

Engaging Young Learners Using Social Media Platforms Social media use continues to rise among adults, with platforms like Facebook and YouTube being the most popular. Yet, it is younger Americans, especially those aged 18-24, who are more likely to use a variety of social media platforms frequently.

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Role of L&D in the 21C Workplace

ID Reflections

It is increasingly becoming evident that L&D department in organizations can no longer function the way they used to, at least not if they want to be relevant and be a business partner to the organization. This requires an ability to connect to the right people on social media, filter and curate the right content in the right context.

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Free Learning

Tony Karrer

In the Business of Learning , I compared publishing and learning. Web media can be created quickly and, if designed in an open manner, can change according to the needs of learners and facilitators. OCW, OER) as part of their internal learning. For instance, we developed the Work Literacy site in about a week and at no cost.

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What if they threw a party and none of us came?

Learning with e's

Some publishers, particularly those running open access journals, are reversing the business model - and offering all contents free to any reader online, whilst the authors pay to have their work published. Other business models involve advertising and/or sponsorship. What if the publishers all went over to solely online publishing?

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Can US Higher Education Publishers Leverage a Subscription Model

Kitaboo

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? Wikipedia defines the subscription model as a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. a semester.

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Online Educa Berlin 2014 Conference Review #OEB14

eLearning 24-7

If you are an e-learning vendor in the higher education space and doing or planning on doing business in Europe, this is the place to be. There was a business card to take – plenty where still there when I walked by at the end of the day. MITV – Media Interactive. This was the 20th anniversary of OEB. Absolutely.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Four roles for social media in workplace learning - Clive on Learning , September 28, 2010 I write this as I travel to Birmingham to participate in a panel discussion with Nick Shackleton-Jones and Robin Hoyle on the role of social media in learning. There is also the New Media Literacies project. concerning OER.