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Microsoft So.cl: An Experiment In Social + Search + Learning

Upside Learning

Last week Microsoft launched a new network called so.cl – pronounced ‘social’ – which is being discussed all over the web. It is described as “an experimental research project, developed by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, focused on exploring the possibilities of social search for the purpose of learning.”

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Conversation Searches

Tony Karrer

What are Conversation Searches? I often present around my Information Radar tools and methods, particularly my use of an RSS Reader. During those presentations, I'll mention what are sometimes called "vanity searches." These searches look for any mention of your name, company, URLs across blogs and other sites.

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Competition Finalist 4: Top 10 Startup Social Media Curation Tools for Social Learning in the Workplace

eFront

is a one-stop shop for social media and content curation publishing. When you post on your topic page, you can easily share to your social networks including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Springing just got easier.Now you can just type in the information you want to save and let Springpad do the rest.

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LMS/LCMS Social Media & Side Notes

eLearning 24-7

In 1993, I had a group page on CompuServe, where my high school students could share information with other high school students around the world. Presence Applications (aka micro-blogging ) – Twitter. Social News Aggregator - Digg. Social Q&A - Askville or Answers.com. Social Search – Bing Twitter.