eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

And, let us clear up another point: social learning is not just social networking. I hate when people see it as only Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. For fun, they toss in YouTube and say – look we know what social learning is for the masses. Over 2,400 social media sites.

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Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 76

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

And, let us clear up another point: social learning is not just social networking. I hate when people see it as only Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. For fun, they toss in YouTube and say – look we know what social learning is for the masses. Over 2,400 social media sites.

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Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 49

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

Unfortunately, too many vendors in the e-learning space have failed to see the power and potential of this capability, and have decided to ignore them. Twitter has APIs, so does Facebook, even Linkedin. However there are vendors who sell their API solution wrapped in a piece of software. Javascript.

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Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Majority of employees access social media sites out of the workplace. Majority of employees access a LMS or Learning Portal out of the workplace. Now, why doesn’t a vendor mention this information to a potential client, at least the first point – I can understand holding off on the second point, for selling purposes.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 14, 2012

Student, Teacher and Parent portals – It goes without saying on the student and teacher portals. As such, do folks really want parents to have their own portal? Built in video chat and notifications that can be sent not only by SMS but also through Facebook just add real value. Facebook and Twitter integration.

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Education Social Networks Moodle Blackboard 74

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Majority of employees access social media sites out of the workplace. Majority of employees access a LMS or Learning Portal out of the workplace. Now, why doesn’t a vendor mention this information to a potential client, at least the first point – I can understand holding off on the second point, for selling purposes.

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 28, 2010

Is it me or does it seem that most vendors in the LMS/LCMS market still believe that with some smoke and mirrors, you won’t realize that social media actually must be integrated into social learning for it to exist? After all, many have a blog, wiki, rss feed, a Facebook like page, with profile, inc.

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