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Social play can be Social Learning

Ideaon

I have been asked a half-dozen times about my thoughts on Social Learning within corporations. At work we do use social tools such as Skype, Yahoo Messenger and YouTube for learning purposes. This makes me wonder whether everyone is classifying social learning as social playing.

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Social media for trainers: think differently!

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

The topic was: social media as learning instrument. Skype for instance looks so differently on a Windows computer. 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.

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Learning in times of Google: two personal experiences

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Another experience: I wanted to learn social network analyse (SNA). The course was very disappointing because they were four online lectures, no exercises and no possibility to ask questions. One of the members offered to Skype and help with analysis in practice- which was awsome. The new media offer new opportunities to learn.

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How Do Competitions help in Exposing Talent

Origin Learning

Unearthing hidden talents in an organization can be a challenging exercise. If these are seen as common creatives, then the master stroke was the use of social media icons on an umbrella! Could you have ever imagined that the use of icons of FB, Google Hangout, Twitter, What’s app and Skype was possible on an umbrella?

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Top 10 Tools for Learning

Clark Quinn

I think it’s a very interesting exercise, showing how we ourselves learn, and the fact that it’s been going on for a number of years provides interesting insight. Skype is a regular way to communicate with people, using a chat as a backchannel for calls, or keeping open for quick catch ups with colleagues.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

Learning with e's

This is a perennial question, one that often exercises the minds of many higher education lecturers. Here''s a few ideas for you to consider: 1) Lecturers can make sure they maintain dialogue with their students through participation in social media sites. Does technology provide any realistic, sustainable solutions? But be careful.

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How to select candidates for executive coaching in your company

CLO Magazine

Engagements for managers or more junior executives might last four to six months and begin with a workshop or initial virtual consultations and get-acquainted sessions via Zoom, Skype, FaceTime or Go-to-Meeting. Developing oneself as a leader depends, in large measure, on an individual’s self-awareness and emotional/social intelligence.

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