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Lurking is Not a Static State

ID Reflections

The analytics told me that over 40% of the users are Active Users (a term Jive uses to describe all users who log in to consume content without necessarily interacting with the content in any manner). No one can see the engrossed look on my face when I read discussion threads in the Learning and Skills group.

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The Other 90% of Learning

Jay Cross

Training was simpler when the world was predictable, progress was slow, and the task was teaching people how to do their jobs. People need to learn on the job, not apart from it. Social software facilitates conversation. The only way to keep up is to work and learn with others.

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What Universities Must Learn About Social Networks

Jay Cross

The social business bandwagon has arrived and companies are installing Chatter, Jive, Connections, Socialcast, Yammer, Socialtext, Sharepoint, HootSuite, and more to replace outmoded intranets and improve the way they transact business. Social and informal learning are the hottest trends in corporation learning and development.

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Is There a Better Way to Social Learning?

Xyleme

The opportunity to speak one-on-one with so many industry luminaries is easily the best part of my job given the lively debates that often flow from these discussions. in light of social media. This is a list of roughly the top 35 or so social media vendors providing a broad core set of social media capabilities.