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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

A wiki is a self-organizing knowledge web site. Wiki software allows users to create, edit and link web pages easily. It is so named because of the speed in which wiki software allows someone to update the web site. The term comes from “web log” which is shortened to “blog.” Short Text Messaging. Podcasting.

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Mini Glossary of Elearning

KnowledgeOne

Elearning has evolved significantly over the last few decades, particularly with the advent of digital technology and Web 2.0. These resources include virtual classes, chat, instant messaging, audio and video conference. What is Web 2.0? The second generation of the World Wide Web, Web 2.0 Among the Web 2.0

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Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

Connect Thinking

Examples include web conferencing or webinar, forums, instant messaging and blogs. For example, some time ago I developed a video on how to create a podcast using organisation-issue hardware. Often IT have technologies available as part of the enterprise licencing agreement with, say, Microsoft.

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Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

Connect Thinking

Examples include web conferencing or webinar, forums, instant messaging and blogs. For example, some time ago I developed a video on how to create a podcast using organisation-issue hardware. Often IT have technologies available as part of the enterprise licencing agreement with, say, Microsoft.

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Is Multimedia the Most Underrated Tool for Internal Communication?

eLearningMind

The average person spends less than 60 seconds on a text-only web page and chances are that you understand why. Instant messages with embedded links, videos, and photos. Being creative with the way that you share your message might mean the difference between real change and just another workplace memo. Live streams.

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Training Method Trends

Clark Quinn

I actually believe that mobile delivery will become more important over the next few years, but the form of it will be web access, not specialized mobile learning applications. Big winners: Communities of Practice, Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts. That likely will make the numbers around a term like mobile learning a bit problematic.

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Strategies for transformation 2: from synchronous to asynchronous

Clive on Learning

The most obvious examples are classroom courses and on-the-job training sessions, but also in this category we must place the use of the telephone and live online tools, such as instant messaging, Skype and virtual classrooms.