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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

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An API (Application Program Interface) enables an interface from a piece of software to communicate with another piece of software (in its simplest form) or multiple pieces of software (called a mashup). Twitter has APIs, so does Facebook, even Linkedin. Post your blog and status - appears in Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo.

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Social Learning

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Our books are open for instructors to mix, mash, and make their own. Our books are the hub of a social learning network where students learn from the book and each other. Our books are social learning tools. Social learning at work. Tags: Social Learning Internet. Their call.

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Social Learning and LMSs Marketplace

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As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches. While some view themselves as “social learning&# savvy, incorporating various components, others seem to see themselves as just sitting on the sidelines. It is not as though, social learning is going to disappear.

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danah boyd on teens and 21st century work

Jay Cross

Instead of coding, programmers built apps by mashing up shared packages of code. If a mashup produced a Frankenmonster, you threw it away and tried something else. They gain privacy by controlling the social situation. A girl is horrified when her mom joins Facebook. My father has joined Facebook.

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Social Media Offerings which can b used in Social Learning

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Bi-weekly updates, which can be found on the “Social Media Page&# under my Essentials section, that debuts on Monday. With the exception of crowdsourcing, all other social media types can be used in social learning. Social Professional Networks - LinkedIn. Social Networking – Facebook.

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Social Learning, Social Media – Brothers in Arms

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Is it me or does it seem that most vendors in the LMS/LCMS market still believe that with some smoke and mirrors, you won’t realize that social media actually must be integrated into social learning for it to exist? Or do they just drop the word, “social media&# , and rather say, “social learning and web 2.0″?

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

One of the common reasons I hear from knowledge workers inside large organizations for not following the suggestions I provide is that the organization itself puts up barriers to working this way. People need to learn more, learn faster – yet the C-Level (including your CLO) seem to be making moves that are counter to that.