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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.&#. Focus in this paper on non-content social tools (not Flickr or YouTube). Facebook & Myspace are most common in the US, but other parts of the world have regional favorites. One tool to use: Effective use of VLEs Infokit from JISC.

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Social Grid Follow-up

Tony Karrer

ranellem : @ tonykarrer I've found old friends via Facebook that have become professional contacts as well. gammill : @ tonykarrer I use facebook for 'normal people' market research and LinkedIn for BD and hiring #tysg annemscott : @ tonykarrer I also use Facebook (comments on status) and Facebook Groups for help.

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How to Harness Informal Learning

Rob Hubbard

I might, for example, seek the answer to a question via a Google or YouTube search, Twitter or by tapping into my online networks. a Ning network), using wikis and blogs. It’s easy to see how informal learning can just be a green light for employees to chat to their friends on Facebook all day. Sounds great, what’s the catch?

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Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2013

OpenSesame

2013 is rapidly approaching and if you’re like the rest of the OpenSesame community, you’re busy evaluating your successes in 2012 and thinking about ways to be more effective in 2013. Youtube EDU – The education videos don’t have cute cats in boxes – but they do unlock knowledge. Ning – Don’t like Facebook?

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Social Networking, Informal Learning, Twitter, & Gaming

Big Dog, Little Dog

We are all very familiar with social networking platforms such as MySpace, Flikr, YouTube, Twitter, Bebo and Facebook. We have new learning environments and tools that enable us to access knowledge more effectively and to share and collaborate in better ways. They are almost household names. Training Zone. Twitter is simple.

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Top 68 eLearning Posts from April - Hot Topics iPad Google Buzz

eLearning Learning Posts

Five Barriers to Effective Learning in Organisations - Performance Learning Productivity , April 7, 2010 Very few of us would argue with the proposition that a lot of organisational learning and development activity is sub-optimal to the extent that it provides little value to participants and their organisations. Facebook Press Room.

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Transforming Lives Through Courses And Coaching With Yoga Healer Cate Stillman

LifterLMS

And I was like, Oh, I’ll teach and I was I was in an online course with Sally Kempton who was an enlightenment teacher the year before, so I just basically did what she did, which was like, I think we used a Ning forum or we may have eventually migrated to a new form I think we used a like teleconference HD, high def phone lines.