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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

Our conversation centered on whether or not companies should limit their employees’ use of the internet and social media while at work. Only recently has the training industry begun to tap into this realm of informal, social learning. That’s right, FACEBOOK! ASL, by definition, can happen anytime, anywhere.

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Why your Enterprise Social Network is your most valuable social learning platform

Jane Hart

Social learning is a natural everyday phenomenon; simply put, we learn from our colleagues as we work with them. For this reason the new enterprise social platforms (like Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs) that underpin social collaboration are your most valuable social learning platforms.

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Emerging Asynchronous Conversation Models

Tony Karrer

I had an interesting conversation with Patrick Randolph from TalkWheel about different kinds of asynchronous conversation models that are emerging and how they might fit into broader eLearning Initiatives. Below I've captured aspects of our conversation (interestingly enough done via email - how old school).

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Can An Enterprise Social Network Enhance Company IT Training With The Right Strategy?

IT Training Department Blog

That also goes for any type of learning that happens on an enterprise social network. That’s why enterprise social networks (ESNs) can be a good solution for training employees on corporate IT. Technology moves fast but social sharing and learning moves faster. What’s An Enterprise Social Network?

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Yammer for internal knowledge sharing for health care and policy making

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

What is Yammer? Yammer is booming, especially in the Nederland within Europe. Many companies have started their Yammer groups for rapid internal exchange. If you don't know Yammer: Yammer is kind of Twitter (micro-blogging) service which can be used within organisation, so it is not public like on Twitter.

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

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

LinkedIn - for groups Everyone knows LinkedIn. However, as facilitator, you should also know how LinkedIn groups work and how you can facilitate conversations in groups. Are you already an administrator of one or several LinkedIn groups? Yammer is spontaneous, but experienced as chaotic and fast. More tools?

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Mindflash Launches the First Social Training App for Yammer Users

Mindflash

PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwire – August 13, 2012) – Mindflash, the leading online training platform, today announced its launch of the first training app for Yammer, a leading provider of enterprise social networks. Yammer users can download the Mindflash app from the Yammer Apps Directory today.

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