Your Training Edge

JUNE 10, 2013

and the rapid rise of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other communications platforms have made one thing abundantly clear: Everything is social. As the workforce grows to include more Millennials – digital natives who spend nearly four hours per day on social networking sites – the social impact on training cannot be overstated. Course discussion forums are the most basic type of social platform used in MOOCs, but they are powerful tools and almost all MOOCs have them.

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Technology Tools Social Media Wiki 109

Sticky Learning

MAY 12, 2010

I write a blog, use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc but what did I know about Social Media really? I use it a fair bit and speak with business clients about how they can use social media to promote learning, however to be honest I still feel like a newbie with much of this!

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

For some, admittedly small, portion of learning, lectures can be effective. Games and simulations tend to motivate learners more than text on a PowerPoint slide. So, ironically, an electronic simulation can be more realistic than a lecture because of the visual cues of simulations.

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Simulations Games Cognitive Lecture 69

Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

List of 52 Emerging eLearning technologies: I just typed down some of these, youll have to view the slide deck for a full list. Animation Tools Avatars Blogs Clickers Gaming Tools E-Portfolios Mobil Learning Personal Learning Environments Personalization Rapid e-Learning Semantic Web Simulation Tools Social Bookmarking Social Networking Tools VoIP and Telephony Wikis Wearable Peer to Peer Authoring Tools Haptics (the ability to touch things and get a sense of force feedback.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Too often we take something like a podcast and present it as an hour long lecture. It does not mean “shrunken slides.” Coach: How do you think social media and newer technologies will converge in the learning space in the next 5-10 years?

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Podcaster Podcasting Podcasts Liability 73

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

AUGUST 15, 2007

Sent to you by brent via Google Reader: Online Networking in Courses via Experiencing E-Learning by Christy Tucker on Aug 15, 2007 These are my notes from the presentation MySpace is not YourSpace: The Promise and Pitfalls of Online Social Networking at the Conference for Distance Learning and Teaching last week. The slides from the presentation are available as a pdf. Models don't consider all social and cultural aspects. Showed using del.icio.us Here's a thought!

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