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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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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Meeting Face to Face

Learning Visions

The bonus of so many of the social media tools we use is that our pictures are attached. If I notice Im losing someones attention in class, Ill instantly make direct eye-contact, maybe raise an eyebrow, and start talking directly to that student, and most of the time. There are many VoIP tools that allow sending video as well as audio.

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10 Tips for Successful Webinars

360 Training

Prior to the event, work with a friend or colleague and try out equipment to see which of your options sounds best, from a land line telephone to computer software with voice over IP (VoIP). Turn off email, IM, and social alerts. Frozen video can create an eerie feeling of disconnection. Quell distractions.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

Marshall McLuhan) -- Im not trying to be a smarty-pants here, but I looked this up and Gary was close: "We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. We march backwards into the future." Can put a glove on and you think youre feeling something.) The content could be Web 2.0,

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): GDC Update 2: Starting the day with Raph

Mark Oehlert

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « GDC Update 1: Geez My Hotel Room is Small! Im struck by me sitting here listening to this while I had to a tech support call with my wife this morning who couldnt get online from home and couldnt give a shot about this stuff. read Broken Toys).

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Great FREE Software Downloads

The eLearning Coach

It’s a way to broadcast and get updates with AIM buddies from all your social media. You can also paste the video into an IM chat, email or Twitter. VOICE OVER INTERNET (VOIP). You can download AIM for all platforms. By the way, their Lifestream product looks interesting too. This chat program gets rave reviews.

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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

LearnUpon

The primary purpose of the LTI standard, created by the IMS Global Learning Consortium, is to connect learning systems, such as an LMS, with external service tools. Social Learning. According to Albert Bandura’s social learning theory , the process of learning is affected by the environment we learn in, and interactions we have.