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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The gist of it was that even though we have an enormous amount of tools available to enable social learning across far reaching boundaries, the self-study type of eLearning seen in so many workplaces today can potentially cut learners off from any type of social interaction during the course of the learning.

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Should You Use Social Media in Your Course?

LearnDash

A look at the advantages, disadvantages, and underlying purpose of social media in the classroom. Social media is among the most prominent of these resources , and there’s a strong temptation for many online educators to find creative ways to use it in their course. Networking for new and old learners alike. Course bloat.

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10 Social Media Learning Platforms

Ed App

Social media learning platforms are currently rising in popularity, especially in the world of marketing training. This article will give you a selection of social media learning platforms that you can use to level up the skills and knowledge of your digital marketers, and increase your business presence online.

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Case studies, exercises, and simulations can be part of a continuum linking Levels 1, 2, and 3. Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? with a post-test to measure learning for the entire program. I can now see how Level 2 can be used to evaluate role-based eLearning and instructor-led training. Level 3: Behavior. We All Did.

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Embracing Innovation in Learning | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Trust me…trying to train folks on a software package that they will neither need nor use is an exercise in frustration for everyone involved, not to mention a waste of time and money. View all posts by Andrea → ← Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? It was for their own good after all. It is amazing ho.

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Social media for trainers: think differently!

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

The topic was: social media as learning instrument. I started with a line up: from no engagement with social media to intensive engagement. Only a few were using social media intensively and only one had followed the hashtag #tvt12 before the conference. With social media you can brew a powerful mix.

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About serial mastery and social media

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

After this introduction, we did a line-up exercise with the participants who were asked to what extent they consider themselves "new learners". The second part of the session was about how social media can play a role to support the new learning / self-directed learning in the context of 'serial mastery'.