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Social play can be Social Learning

Ideaon

At work we do use social tools such as Skype, Yahoo Messenger and YouTube for learning purposes. Research indicates a direct correlation to the discipline of knowledge-management. There has been a shifting focus towards dynamic knowledge creation and identifying sources and processes involved with learning.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

This is something that gets discussed as emergent: see Emergent Knowledge Management , Direction of eLearning - Emergence or Big System , and Future Platforms for eLearning. Selling the Value Often it can be tricky to convince management of the value of providing these tools. Still, this is a somewhat uphill battle.

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iPad & eBooks: A Game Changer for Blended Learning

Xyleme

This is key opportunity for educational publishers, many of whom have already adopted the ePub standard, to realize an even greater ROI on their eBook investment. This non-proprietary media format provides a way to have your traditional print materials in digital format.

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My Moodle Test

Xyleme

The point that I am trying to make is that standards and breadth of functionality are hugely important and to make the assumption that the term ‘open source’ automatically translates into these can lead to uninformed decision-making and projects that don’t reach their expected ROI. Or to put it more simply: Open source or proprietary?

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