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Social Learning Has Its Placeā€¦And Informal Learning Does Too.

Dashe & Thomson

Social learning refers to a class of learning, which includes wikis, blogs, screen sharing, podcasting, photo sharing, social bookmarking, collaborative working, social networking, etc. Social learning (small S, small L) does not refer to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | July 30, 2021

Mike Taylor

Acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul says that in order to think the intelligent, informed, original thoughts weā€™re capable of, we canā€™t rely on the brain alone. Workflow Tools for Frictionless Creation with Jeremy Caplan on the #Creator Spaces podcast. Your brain has limits. Read on to learn how you can extend your mind.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

A PLN is ā€œa system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learningā€ (Trust, 2012). There are two main types of tools for building a Professional Learning Network: information aggregation and social media connection. Information Aggregation. Social bookmarking tools (i.e.,

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

A PLN is ā€œa system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learningā€ (Trust, 2012). There are two main types of tools for building a Professional Learning Network: information aggregation and social media connection. Information Aggregation. Social bookmarking tools (i.e.,

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | November 9, 2018

Mike Taylor

He talks about a new learning model driven by machine intelligence, micro-learning, and new video and social platforms like LinkedIn Learning that are helping companies upskill and transform their workforces. Social Bookmarking: Your Favorites Really Want to be Free. Books/Courses/Talks/Podcasts.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

Collaborative sharing and commenting on information. Social Bookmarking. What makes it social is that, with the right permissions, individuals on the network can view all of the tagged articles and blog entries and see which were tagged the most. Social Network. Sharing information, interests and areas of focus.

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Examples of eLearning 2.0

Clark Quinn

internal processes on wiki starting to use wikis internally Moving faculty bookmarks to Delicious use wiki for learners to craft definition of 'seamless service' after searching orgs that proclaim to provide seamless service We hope to build wikis that our students can use to share information. approaches.