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Social Networking – A Contrarian View

Upside Learning

We all know social networks promote learning; while the mechanisms aren’t documented or well-understood, that it works isn’t in doubt anymore. But we must ask, are the ‘social media/networking systems’ out there promoting this learning? Has your organization implemented a social networking platform?

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Measurement & ROI for Social & Network Learning

Experiencing eLearning

This can be the social network. Also need to think about opportunity cost–what are you giving up to spend time on social media? Examples (from The Social Enterprise Blog ): Caterpillar 3000 communities of practice = $75 million saved as of 5 years ago. Is that something we should measure too?

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Social Networks

Clark Quinn

This week we looked at Social Networks. Here are some thoughts on this topic, especially thoughts around social networks for learning. Starting with Social Networking was a blessing and a curse. Social networks have a tendency to be a bit messy. As a student we learn how to ignore the chatter.

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Social Networking

Tony Karrer

I've run across a couple of interesting posts recently that seem to have spawned from a Business Week article - Scaling the Social Web. Hasn't eBay had social networking features for a long time? all have a social networking aspect to them? how is this new? Granted they are being enhanced, but still.

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Expert Level Answers via Social Networks

Tony Karrer

One of the interesting points raised via the discussion: If you can get an expert level answer by asking for help through social networks how does that compare to being an expert? I regularly use LinkedIn for Finding Expertise and Searching for Expertise - LinkedIn Answers. It's always more complex than that.

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Learning from others through Enterprise Social Networks (ESN)

Matrix

How Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) works. Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) is meant to enable teams and team environments to stay competitive and collaborative while remaining relevant in today’s socially-connected life.

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Tips To Help Develop Employee’s Workplace Technology Skills

IT Training Department Blog

Use the enterprise social network, if available, to take learning even further with digital skills. An enterprise social network is as much of an online learning platform as anything else. That’s why enabling employees with social learning is so powerful. Even office hours can facilitate peer-to-peer sharing.