Training Industry

MAY 17, 2016

Social media is not only a buzzword in several different industries; it is also a powerful force on society and the workplace. The Pew Research Center began tracking social media usage in 2005; since then, the percentage of American adults who use social networking sites has increased from 7 percent to 65 percent.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 13, 2013

If the C-suite increases its social media use internally and externally, it could be used as a tool to impact organizational competence. How does its use by the C-suite affect adoption of social learning in the organization? There are a few reasons why the C-suite isn’t using social media more inside organizations.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. Essentially, the Web has become more social.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 28, 2008

Is the Future of Education (Techlearning blog) 11. 1) " EduTech gEEks.We're a new brEEd Still new on campus, social software tools can support students and staff beyond the classroom, reaching around the world for learning and communication 17. Is the Future of Education 36. Each cell is supported with video examples.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Introducing The Conversation Prism eLearning Trends 2007 and 2008 TechCrunch White Label Social Networking Platforms Chart How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations LinkedIn Tips and Tweaks: Do More with your LinkedIn Account Introduction to Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and RSS Corporate Policies on Web 2.0

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2013

Using simple social software to create a network of practice or a community of practice. Basically, work IS social. Adaptable and mobile: east cost educated, west coast bound. Technically sophisticated and social adept. The kids learn from the elders, the elders learn from the kids. More interested in start ups.

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Learning with e's

JULY 16, 2009

Should we try to use social networking services such as Facebook and Myspace as serious educational tools, or should they remain the domain of informal chat and backstage antics? There are 6 main articles in the issue, but two stand out for me, both of which deal with how Facebook is being used in education.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 28, 2009

It's my opening gambit in a chapter called 'Destructive Creativity on the Social Web' in which I discuss the volatile and contentious nature of wiki content generation. My chapter appears in an edited volume by Stylianos Hatzipanagos and Steven Warburton on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies.

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Learning with e's

MAY 20, 2010

Students are using social networking sites to post up their content, including text, images and links they would like to keep and share. In more formalised education settings, there is a proliferation in the use of wikis and other collaborative shared spaces. or social software services, please consider completing this survey.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

There is evidence to suggest that the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in higher education can enhance and extend the learning experience. There is also evidence that although many teachers recognise this, many resist using ICT in formal education contexts, resulting in a shortfall in the adoption of technologies.

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Ed App

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

predict that by the end of this year (2021), the global social software and collaboration market will have increased by 17% from 2020. Top-level LMS platforms include social learning features. When each department prepares educational material, it is difficult to compare them. Social distancing procedures are another.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

There will be primary, secondary and tertiary education threads. Josie Fraser is well known in the field of social media and learning, and writes regularly about her research on her blog SocialTech. Tags: Josie Fraser Donald Clark Steve Wheeler social media Plymouth e-Learning Conference Plymouth.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 19, 2010

tools, mashups and aggregators to predict localised social trends such as flu epidemics. I have to admit I was inspired when I first heard of the concept of Techno-social Predictive Analysis (TPA), and even more intrigued when I saw how it worked. Keywords: Social Web; Web 2.0; Applications for Medical Education.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 24, 2007

From the production side, a brand new analysis indicates that the business social software market will be nearly $1 billion strong this year and over $3.3 Lesson #4: Most businesses still need to educate their workers on the techniques and best practices of Enterprise 2.0 and social media. billion by 2011. has arrived.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 2, 2010

I'm going to be speaking on transformational change in education, and will touch on social media, new teacher roles and a host of other related topics in my own keynote on Wednesday afternoon. It seems, from talking to teachers here in New Zealand, that their local education problems are just the same as anywhere else the world over.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Students are also voting with their feet, with many preferring to use social networking tools such as Facebook to communicate in place of the institutional e-mail system. The adoption of free social software tools has raised questions over corporate branding, security and privacy issues, and legal requirements.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 21, 2010

Business Casual , October 29, 2008 Making Intranet Discussion Groups Effective - eLearning Technology , June 15, 2006 Requirement to Social Learning Adoption #2 - Compatibility - Engaged Learning , February 24, 2009 The Holy Trinity: Leadership Framework, Learning 2.0 &

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Learning with e's

JUNE 19, 2009

I have also published several book chapters recently on the use of wikis in education which I will make available here over the next few weeks - so bookmark this space! British Journal of Educational Technology , 39 (6), 987-965. Tags: academic writing wiki social practice. Learning, Media and Technology, 34 (1), 1-10.

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Learning with e's

JULY 12, 2007

I'm attending the first day of the 7th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education in Crete this week. Tags: social software digital immigrants digital natives Gorg Mallia. We have a lot more to talk about, so will be keeping in touch. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 10, 2014

When evaluating a coaching or mentoring strategy, organizations must keep both options mind, and answer the following best-practice questions: Program goals: Are you developing tomorrow’s leaders, or more concerned about working on educating newer employees about certain procedures? Desired outcomes: What should program results be?

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

I'm going to be speaking in the main conference about some of the research we have been doing in Plymouth on wikis in teacher education. Just about anything a VLE can do, social software can do better, with the possible exceptions of surveillance and control (and even those are debatable).

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 19, 2009

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Social Software Adoption - eLearning Technology , August 10, 2009. Jakob Nielsen on social networks on the intranet - Clive on Learning , August 12, 2009. Participatory, on-the-go education - Electronic Papyrus , August 10, 2009.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 2, 2010

The tools within a PLE are most likely not used for the purpose of formal education of all learners within an educational institution. a set of tools that the learners enjoy very little control over, if any, or choice of and is an institutional system that is mostly likely for formal education. Loosely coupled.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 27, 2007

Apparently your choice of social networking site indicates what social class you belong to. And what about those who use Bebo - are they part of a particular social class, or are they just little oiks who couldn't design a tasteful personal space to save their lives? Tags: MySpace social network research FaceBook.

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eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 7, 2009

The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. Social Learning Adoption Success: First Steps? The following are the top other items based on social signals. News: The Evidence on Online Education - Inside Higher Ed , June 29, 2009. Social Software (7). Top Other Items.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2008

All are invited from any sectors of education and training, and there is an early call for workshop, papers and demonstrations on the theme: The 4th Plymouth e-Learning Conference will examine the theme of e-learning in a time of change, and will challenge notions of traditional boundaries, learning spaces and roles.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

There will be primary, secondary and tertiary education threads. Academic and author Mike Blamires (Canterbury Christ Church University) will open the conference on Day 1, which will focus mainly on compulsory education. We will focus on new practices, new technologies, new environments and new learning.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2007

Social Software 25 VLEs 24 Blogs 20 Mobile learning 19 Social networking 18 Wikis 16 No surprises really. Has distance education now been overhauled in the glittering world of learning technology? It interested me to see that some key topics have emerged as the front runners for discussion. We shall see….

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 14, 2008

I talk about mentoring, personalised learning, nomadic learning, and how blogs and wikis can be used in teacher education, and I explore the idea behind using social software to support professional learning.

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Janet Clarey

DECEMBER 19, 2008

I know you’ve been incorporating some social media tools into your LMS. What is Meridian KSI doing with social media? A: Roy Haythorn - Online communities and blogs are two of the biggest social media tools that Meridian has made a part of its LMS. They see social software as the purview of co-eds, gamers and nerds.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

Debunking three lies about social software - Using Wiki in Education. Three lies about social software is a great piece in which JP Rangaswami examines three lies about social software that need to be debunked. Social Networking: myspace.com, orkut.com. Software: sourceforge.net.

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

A social media consumer, HBS professor, MIT research scientist, and author, McAfee focuses on how emergent social software platforms are benefiting enterprises, and how smart organizations and their leaders are making effective use of them to share knowledge, inspire innovation, and enable decision making. Today, Enterprise 2.0

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 16, 2007

Someone remarked that there are complex and comprehensive privacy and copyright rules in the user agreements in most social networking systems, but no-one ever reads them. Theme three was Open Education Resources. Tags: Bazaar open education resources digital identity cross operability. How much do we own our digital self?

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Learning with e's

JUNE 26, 2009

Earlier today I was invited by my good friend Maged Kamel Boulos to write a paper on educational mashups for inclusion in a special issue of Future Internet - an online open access journal, which he is guest editing. British Journal of Educational Technology , 39 (6), 987-995. Less is known about how wikis, blogs and other Web 2.0

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E-Learning Acupuncture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Some have extended the discussion to the concept of understanding and there was a very interesting discussion on how knowledge or learning can take place in a ‘non-human appliance’ – be it social software or a robot! The topics that appeared made for quite a philosophical week in the course. 69 Learning Adventures in 6 Galaxies.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

MARCH 30, 2009

But if we believe this to be true, and we hope to foster a new educational system, then the old one simply has to go. New educational systems have already begun opening their doors to this brave new world.and many more are coming. We need to stop thinking of social networking as something bright new and shiny. Well said, Jay.

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eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Social Media: Trends and Implications for Learning <!–( Increasing Virtual Learning And Webinar Effectiveness With Your Social Learning System <!–( The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. You can lead them to social media, but can you make them drink?

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