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The Smart Worker : relies on a trusted network of friends and colleagues

Jane Hart

A recent article in the WebWorker Daily, Supporting milennials in the workplace , pointed out: “One interesting characteristic of Millenials … is that they tend to rely on their own resources and network of friends or colleagues to try and solve problems before going down the official support path.&#. For example -.

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Yammer

Jay Cross

Yammer is like a private Twitter. Instead of Twitter’s question, “What are you doing?&# , Yammer asks “What are you working on?&#. Yammer also serves as a company directory in which every employee has a profile and as a knowledge base where past conversations can be easily accessed and referenced.

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The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 list is revealed

Jane Hart

Although security and privacy concerns are preventing many organisations from making significant use of public social media tools, there does appear to be an increased interest this year in enterprise social networking and collaboration tools (viz Yammer and Sharepoint ).

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6 Ways to Use Interactive Technology in Your Curriculum Development Model

Hurix Digital

Apart from creating personal learning networks for online collaboration, institutes can leverage the numerous online collaborative tools already available, such as Padlet, TodaysMeet, Socrative, Twilda, Collaborize Classroom, Scribblar, etc. Google Drive, Edmodo, Yammer, Skype), and so on can improve the interactive learning process.

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Will chat replace email? Slack thinks so.

Obsidian Learning

As Manjoo notes, some have expressed privacy concerns over Slack’s ability to archive employee chats. And we’ve also looked at using social learning to build communities of practice and personal learning networks. That sounds good. And maybe (sometimes) not. Messaging Apps in the Workplace.

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Can An Enterprise Social Network Enhance Company IT Training With The Right Strategy?

IT Training Department Blog

That also goes for any type of learning that happens on an enterprise social network. That’s why enterprise social networks (ESNs) can be a good solution for training employees on corporate IT. An enterprise social network can be a powerful tool for training when paired with formal methods.

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Part 1: Creating a Social Learning Environment

OpenSesame

This is an incredibly powerful example of how combining social media with social networks is making sure that Peace Corps Volunteers aren’t wasting time reinventing the wheel. As in this example and many others, social learning networks promote collaboration, save time and enable workforces to innovate faster.