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Tips for facilitators in Ning

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I've been exploring Ning a little further than I did and compared it to other forums like socialgo, collectivex and grou.ps. Gro.ups is open source, has a lot of similar functionalities to ning (and more- you can upload files easily) and is also without advertisements (for free!). A few tips for ning administrators: 1.

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Transferring from Ning to Grou.ps

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

The Internet Time Community has been hosted on Ning for a little over three years. I was shocked and saddened when Ning announced that its free service was ending. Lots of non-profits had signed up on Ning. Ning could have at least provided a decent migration path away from their service. Tags: Change Tools.

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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

An example of using a social networking tool, Ning, in an online class is reported.&#. Elgg & Ning as two social networking tools. Case study with Ning. Issues that prompted change to using social networking. Instructor was interested in trying Ning. No change in learning outcomes. Their course.

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The 10 basic online tools every trainer and online facilitator should know

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I therefore completely understand that facilitators of learning and change processes and trainers/teachers can''t see the wood for the trees. Ning - or other paid online platforms I hesitated whether Ning had to be included in the list because it is not a free tool. A short description below. Which tool is missing? More tools?

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Switch for social media

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Change management is definitely one of my favorite fields! Even though I am now not using the field as consciously as when I was guiding organisational change trajectories, I feel when I work on introducing social media I may apply it too and could improve. Rather than changing the mindset, you could also give them smaller bowls.

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Daily Bookmarks 09/29/2008

Experiencing eLearning

strategy, with a recurring theme of focusing on small, simple, tactical changes rather than trying to do a top-down approach. Focus on the behaviors you can change and the tactics that can be immediately successful, then let the organizational culture and strategy follow. Learning 2.0 Strategy : eLearning Technology. tags: skype.

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Remote Collaboration

Tony Karrer

In addition to the real-time editing described above, it also has notifications of changes to people who are collaborating on the document. Asynchronous Discussion I personally have found that Ning works great as a tool for all sorts of different needs. For some (inexplicable) reason, Google Docs does not.