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eLearning Course Authoring Tools by Leveraging Microsoft Word and PowerPoint with Aspose

Instancy

Microsoft PowerPoint and Word are ubiquitous tools that have long been the bedrock of content creation in various industries. Unleashing the Editing Capabilities Microsoft Office tools offer many features that can significantly enhance the eLearning content creation process.

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Microsoft So.cl: An Experiment In Social + Search + Learning

Upside Learning

Last week Microsoft launched a new network called so.cl – pronounced ‘social’ – which is being discussed all over the web. It is described as “an experimental research project, developed by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, focused on exploring the possibilities of social search for the purpose of learning.”

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A new generation of tools for meeting and networking online

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

The common denominator seems to be that they are tools that change online networking: make it more visual and provide more freedom. As they phrase it on their website “ for informal meetings, remote drinks, social mixers, networking events, or just hanging around ”. They are more visual than Zoom, Webex or Microsoft Teams.

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Social Learning – A Transformational Shift in Workplace Learning

Origin Learning

In this blog post, we look at how ‘social learning’ is gaining traction and being deployed in organizations to foster workplace learning. Understanding Social Learning Theory. Social learning theory as we understand it today primarily evolved from the work of Albert Bandura in the 1960s. Humans are social animals”.

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Key social learning resources: part 15 #sociallearning

Jane Hart

Here is this week’s roundup of 5 resources about social learning and the use of social media for learning. This is a research experiment, from Microsoft, for students focused on combining web browsing, search, and social networking for the purposes of learning. The first is So.cl. … Read the rest.

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Social Media vs. Social Learning

Integrated Learnings

We also use tools such as Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media. In a lot of cases, we are using internal corporate social media tools to collaborate. This has included reading some books, attending some webinars, and talking with other learning professionals about how they are making social media work in a learning environment.

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10 free social learning platforms

Ed App

Most learning by its nature is a social process since the knowledge we need to succeed in society is embedded within a cultural context. Along with the rise of online social networking, the ability to transfer social learning into an online format has also become a more seamless process. What is social learning?