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10 resources that I found valuable in January 2013

Jane Hart

It’s partly a creature of collaborative technologies, such as email, instant messages, Web-based conferencing, internal social networks and so on. . “This is today’s connected enterprise: always on, everyone linked to everyone else, a flood of information coursing through its electronic arteries.

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Using social media for eLearning (a look at the top 6 social platforms)

eFront

Social media have become an indispensable part of modern life. A huge part of our social lives already happens online rather than in the “real world” And while individual social media networks might rise and fall (remember MySpace?), social networking itself is not going anywhere.

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Using social media for eLearning (a look at the top 6 social platforms)

eFront

Social media have become an indispensable part of modern life. A huge part of our social lives already happens online rather than in the “real world” And while individual social media networks might rise and fall (remember MySpace?), social networking itself is not going anywhere.

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Sparking Innovation in Your eLearning Design

Integrated Learnings

In some situations, we can set an expectation that email and instant messaging must be off during training. For example, it simplifies MTV to the connection between music and television, and the idea of drive-thru banking to the connection between cars and banking. Social media in training can work wonders for this, too.

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mLearning: Smartphone statistics and the impact they have on learning

Zephyr Learning

Subject matter; Simple graphics; Easy to follow; Navigation; Interactions; Social interaction; Game mechanics; Immersive; and Clever marketing. The following list highlights what we use our smartphone for: Text/SMS Messaging – 92%. Social Networking – 63%. Instant Messaging – 37%. Streaming Online Music – 20%.

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10 Remote Training Ideas

Ed App

The feeling of social isolation. Several digital distractions, like social media. This, in a way, can also help your learners overcome the feelings of social isolation and increase their sense of belonging despite not being able to meet physically. Absence of close supervision. So what can you do to overcome these challenges?

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Under the radar: great technologies you could be using

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

for exploring music (and our soundtrack) MariaFernanda choconancy. Skype/Instant messaging. Scribd “social publishing&# for documents. Collaborative Learning; Blip.fm Backnoise for back channel, to get more conversations going. Go here to take part. Poll : Jane’s Top 100 List. Write a blog? RSS Reader.