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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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Business Social Media Benefits

Clark Quinn

For the latter, I was asked to address the question: “what businesses can learn from allowing employees to access social networking sites, and how allowing social networking can benefit businesses?&# It’s the network. My answer: People are no longer just what they know, but also who they know.

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Social Media vs. Social Learning

Integrated Learnings

We also use tools such as Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media. In a lot of cases, we are using internal corporate social media tools to collaborate. This has included reading some books, attending some webinars, and talking with other learning professionals about how they are making social media work in a learning environment.

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New Hire Onboarding Blog or Social Network

Tony Karrer

How about asking select new hires to keep an inside the firewall blog as they begin their jobs at your company? or If they come into the company in waves, how about providing them a discussion group or better yet a social network tool that has good discussions as a means of communicating with each other and with coaches?

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JIVE's clearspace takes social networking behind the firewall

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

experience behind the firewall. USAToday recently said that "Jive Software wants to be the Apple Computer of corporate social networks." Jive calls itself a "social productivity" service. I love the idea of social productivity. R/WW reports tonight that Jive Software is releasing Clearspace2.0

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To optimize your learning, optimize your networks

Jay Cross

The Internet Time Alliance has been brainstorming models of learning networks. People cooperate in External Networks to meet a shared goal. I rejiggered Harold’s model to suit my own purposes: Conversations are the stem cells of learning, and social networks are the carriers of conversation. research chemists).

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Top 8 online courses to upgrade your Computer Hardware skills and knowledge

Skillquore

They can be something as subtle or straightforward as a light on a sensor, a finger on a button, and even social media posts and users can make it into the output of their choice. 7- How firewalls work | Network firewall security | firewall security | Tech Terms. Hence, the need for firewalls.

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