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Top 100 Tools For Learning 2010 – C4LPT Survey

Upside Learning

Delicious – social bookmarking tool. Slideshare – presentation hosting and sharing tool. Facebook – social networking site. Some observations: The top 10 is like a who’s who of social and informal learning tools. GoogleDocs – online collaboration tool. Skype – instant messaging and VoIP call tool.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (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 “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (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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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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Social Media and Social Learning – Where R We now?

eLearning 24-7

There are over 25 social media types – types include social networking, live casting, game platforms, virtual worlds, web conferencing, social bookmarking, social network aggregators, social news aggregators, blogs, app sharing (inc. slidesharing, livestreaming. Over 2,400 social media sites.

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Social Learning – What’s the Point? Time to turn the tables on the naysayers

eLearning 24-7

Slideshare. They share them (the premises of slideshare) with other users, who want to view them and download them. Even with slideshare, you can actually post e-books and other documents, so it follows suit in a system. Online reference management system – access to information. Incorporate Social Q/A.

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Social Media and Social Learning – Where R We now?

eLearning 24-7

There are over 25 social media types – types include social networking, live casting, game platforms, virtual worlds, web conferencing, social bookmarking, social network aggregators, social news aggregators, blogs, app sharing (inc. slidesharing, livestreaming. Over 2,400 social media sites.