Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 13, 2010

You can find a long list of tools broken into authoring tools, games/simulations, quiz/test tools, social media, delivery platforms, tracking and whether they support mobile. In addition, she indicates if they are free or cost money – which is not quite the same thing as open source.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 11, 2010

Two articles that have caught my eye deal with social software in education, and both have landed on my desk in the last few weeks. If you're interested in the impact blogs, wikis and social networking can have on the social and cultural dimensions of education, then take a read of them. Reference: Hughes, G.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

I agree - I use wikis as a central portal to link to other tools and resources, but it might just as well be a VLE (albeit an expensive option). I agree they keep everything in one place, but aggregators can do that and so can wikis - for significantly less cost. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Wiki VLE Skype Social Software 45

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

McKinsey, MIT and others report that companies that embrace social business models: reduce time to market. reduce operating costs. The social business juggernaut has arrived and the time to get on board is now. increase the level of innovation. speed up access to knowledge. make in-house expertise easier to tap.

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Social Networks Social Social Network SocialText 55

Big Dog, Little Dog

MARCH 13, 2009

Video technology and social software can cut employee training costs - SearchUnifiedCommunications.com. For more in-depth training, such as a new process or a tutorial on using a software system, a wiki entry or Yammer message just might not suffice. Having that little bit extra can tip the scales in your favor.".

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eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Netiquette: a handy guide for online students - Dont Waste Your Time , February 8, 2010 Based on a Guide from the LSC (Lake Superior College) wiki of netiquette for their online students. The hardcopy version of Working Smarter costs $19.98.

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Case Study SharePoint Association Learning Management System Taxonomy 40

Janet Clarey

APRIL 2, 2009

Goals pretty evenly spread among rapid e-learning (consumption and development), reduce costs, support informal learning, improve productivity. Other notes: Definition of social media vary among attendees (~160). Wikis - most versatile; can build just about anything on it. Distance learning—Social software’s killer ap?

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Brandon Hall Social Learning Blended Learning Learning Technologies 36