Learning with e's

APRIL 28, 2009

My chapter appears in an edited volume by Stylianos Hatzipanagos and Steven Warburton on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies. It is a solid reference manual for best practice of social software tools in teaching and learning. As is the case with all IGI Reference books it is very overpriced.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Definition (via Andrew McAfee ): the use of emergent social software platforms within companies, or between companies and their partners or customers HR & Org Implication: Enterprise 2.0 Interesting post by Dan Pontefract where he provides definitions of some different "2.0" definitions and the HR & Organizational impacts.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Students are also voting with their feet, with many preferring to use social networking tools such as Facebook to communicate in place of the institutional e-mail system. The adoption of free social software tools has raised questions over corporate branding, security and privacy issues, and legal requirements.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 16, 2009

June 4, 2009 From E-Learning to Social Learning , June 10, 2009 Investigating the Application of Social Software to Support Networked Learning , June 4, 2009 Top Keywords Social Learning (34) Social Network Analysis (4) Collaboration (43) Mobile Learning (18) Performance (46) Learning Management System (11) eLearning Technology.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Describing himself as 'free from the tyranny of employment', he is now a board member of Ufi (LearnDirect), LINE Communications, Caspian Learning, Brighton Festival, and a school governor. The event will once again be held in the spectacular Roland Levinsky Building, on the University of Plymouth main campus.

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ID Reflections

JULY 20, 2011

They are the free riders. Somehow, the word lurker has become associated with pejorative connotations of people taking from communities without giving back, of not contributing, of being selfish and feeding off the hard work of others. However, is that truly the case? Not really. They showed up.

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Training Industry

MAY 17, 2016

“We learn more when we learn together,” according to the “Harvard Business Journal,” and social media has likely increased our need for social interaction. Social media enables users to observe and learn from each other, which psychologists such as Lev Vygotsky and Albert Bandura believed was crucial for effective learning.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

is the use of emergent social software platforms by organizations in pursuit of their goals.” Create an environment that is structure free, hierarchy free and (something else) free. Challenges to core assumptions: how work gets done, how people get on with each other. Definition: “Enterprise 2.0 Innovation.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 26, 2010

Here’s a mid-2003 article from an internal newsletter from Deloitte: Social Software: Get Affiliated. Social Software: Get Affiliated. Want to understand the emerging world of social software? While the technology is nothing spectacular, social software is one of the catalysts of the change.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 14, 2008

Collaborative editing was required so an ‘institution free’ wiki – MediaWiki – was selected. Social software tools are overwhelming in number and scope, but applications are becoming friendlier and can be used to build communities. When we are using social software, who needs protection? e-portfolios!).

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Mindflash

JANUARY 24, 2011

implementations generally use a combination of social software and collaborative technologies like blogs, RSS, social bookmarking, social networking and wikis. technologies, whether homegrown, free or purchased, emphasize employee, partner and consumer collaboration. Enterprise 2.0 : Enterprise 2.0 Enterprise 2.0

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

I'm also speaking in the fringe event F-ALT entitled WTF Edupunk , where I will try to show how the punk rock ideology has parallels with contemporary thinking about going outside the walled garden of the institutional VLE to use free, open content, social software tools.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Some have extended the discussion to the concept of understanding and there was a very interesting discussion on how knowledge or learning can take place in a ‘non-human appliance’ – be it social software or a robot! Learning, Teaching, Stories, Free e-Learning Tools, Free Learning Content and Free EduGames.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 3, 2012

Improve the ease of free-flowing conversation and you improve the quality of learning across the 70, the 20, and the 10. Social software facilitates conversation. Chatter, Jive, Socialcast, Yammer, Podio, and other social networking systems simplify listening in and joining purposeful conversations.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

There is also a conference dinner for the event (to be held in a venue on the historic Plymouth Barbican (pictured above), and of course, the now traditional (calorie free) Devon cream tea will be on offer! Our two keynotes speakers are well known in the field of ICT and e-learning. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 30, 2009

This morning I received an email asking… How are people using social software to support learning? I think most of us agree that there is an important social dimension to learning. But in what ways do social software applications such as LinkedIn and FaceBook help people to learn?

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 19, 2009

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Social Software Adoption - eLearning Technology , August 10, 2009. 5 places to learn how to touch type - for free , August 14, 2009. 12 best places to get free images for your site , August 13, 2009. Featured Sources.

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Trivantis

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Free Trials. Free Trials. Free resources to help you with all learning topics. In response to this informal style of learning, organizations are investing in social learning solutions now more than ever before. Free Trials. Employee-Driven Talent Management. Mobile Learning. Lectora Mobile. Custom Content Creation.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 2, 2010

to quote Scott, "courses taught using contemporary social software/web 2.0 Both the academic and the learner are free to use the tools the way they wanted and share and collaborate with anyone they wanted. Academics and the institutions have the most control on this learning environment. Loosely coupled.

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Janet Clarey

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Frankly, some buyers fear that social software makes it more difficult to communicate, not less. They see social software as the purview of co-eds, gamers and nerds. In fact, they believe social software makes controlling a message or providing a consistent set of instructions impossible. Generation21.

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eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 7, 2009

Free Storyboarding templates - Take an e-Learning Break , July 1, 2009. Social Software (7). Informal learning patterns - Informal Learning , June 26, 2009. Not Your Father’s ROI - Internet Time , June 28, 2009. HTML 5 and eLearning Development - Upside Learning Blog , July 2, 2009. Does anyone still use Second Life?

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eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Upcoming Free eLearning Webinars. Social Media: Trends and Implications for Learning <!–( Social Software Adoption - eLearning Technology , August 10, 2009. Empathy and Collaboration in Social Business Design - Skilful Minds , August 27, 2009. vs. Social Media – Do You Know the Difference?

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Top 2008 Posts based on Read Counts: 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers Free - Web 2.0 Applications in Learning (24) Free - Web 2.0 Applications in Learning (24) Free - Web 2.0 Free Virtual Conference => Discussions We held our second annual Learn Trends conference. Find somewhat random things. Was great at DevLearn.

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

A social media consumer, HBS professor, MIT research scientist, and author, McAfee focuses on how emergent social software platforms are benefiting enterprises, and how smart organizations and their leaders are making effective use of them to share knowledge, inspire innovation, and enable decision making. DevLearn and KM World.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

OCTOBER 15, 2006

I think the intersection between learning goals and social software is heating up. Free Hugs ReUpload - YouTube. The Tipping Point: A Visual Demonstration: A wonderfully-crafted and moving YouTube video about 'free hugs' shows how public sentiment reaches a tipping point and then shifts dramatically as a result of it.

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Expertise locators connect workers to people with answers; social software connects them with friends and colleagues. Skype gives people the ability to place free video calls over the Net. Software such as Second Life allows executives — in avatar form — to give presentations to one another in virtual boardrooms.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

MARCH 13, 2009

Video technology and social software can cut employee training costs - SearchUnifiedCommunications.com. For more in-depth training, such as a new process or a tutorial on using a software system, a wiki entry or Yammer message just might not suffice. Having that little bit extra can tip the scales in your favor.".

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 13, 2013

Ryan Holmes, CEO of social media management system HootSuite, said social media is an important asset inside and outside the organization. Trillion Price of Not Tweeting at Work,” Holmes said, “Social technologies have the potential to free up expertise trapped in departmental silos.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

MARCH 30, 2009

Jay Cross posted an interesting story this morning about his reply to this email question, "How are people using social software to support learning?" With the introduction of YouTube.com/edu , and the many other freely available educational resources, its only going to become easier than ever to educate yourself for FREE.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 3, 2008

Hmmm.maybe not a bad idea.CSC (Chief Social Computing Officer), CSN (Chief Social Networking Officer), CW2 (Chief Web 2.0 40 Downloadable Open Source Social Software Applications This list is from October 2007.wonder wonder how many are still around?

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eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

How to effectively architect information for your elearning course - Free as in Freedom , February 6, 2010 As Instructional Designers, its always a challenge to balance meaningful instruction with information. for Marketing. How could I say no!

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Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

. “Given how successful Facebook and other social experiences are on the consumer Web, why wouldn’t every organization flock to this vision of agile, spontaneous, transparent, and people-centered corporate collaboration? The explosion of social software tools is a source of great innovation, but also a lot of confusion.

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Xyleme

JULY 21, 2010

Companies will choose best-of-breed social business software vendors for enterprise social learning deployments, not niche players Below is Gartner’s 2009 Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace, G00171792 [see note at end of post]. These sound a lot like the definition of Social Learning.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Faculty use social networks to support communication and information sharing among committees, teams, and research projects. Institutional staff use social software to improve communication with students for both recruitment and retention purposes. Relying on such “free” software is penny-wise and pound foolish.

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Jay Cross

JULY 17, 2012

instructor-free, often dubbed eLearning ) and a third by online instructors. Most workers have better connections to the Internet and social software at home than on the job. Purpose sets the goals and frees the worker to act in their pursuit. The world of business is undergoing a profound shift.

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