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Social Learning Has Its Placeā€¦And Informal Learning Does Too.

Dashe & Thomson

Social learning refers to a class of learning, which includes wikis, blogs, screen sharing, podcasting, photo sharing, social bookmarking, collaborative working, social networking, etc. Social learning (small S, small L) does not refer to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.

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Web 2.0 Learning

Tony Karrer

Jet Blue University (their internal corporate university that I recently heard being discussed on Knowledge @ Wharton) is using Awareness Networks ' platform to work collaboratively on projects between employees in disparate locations and programs and to share best practices on how to train JetBlue crew members.

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Introducting social media in organisations to improve the learning function is more difficult than you may think.

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

The organization chose a toolset with thematic wikis as a basis, supplemented with other social media such as social bookmarking, blogs and discussion forums. "We We chose to use existing social media services in the cloud instead of buying a company package, because this creates flexibility and is cheaper.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Thousands of people at IBM are already doing it.

Mark Oehlert

o IBM employees use a social bookmarking program called DogEar. o IBM has a MySpace-like social network calledBluePages. Only thumb-nail photos are permitted andpages cannot play songs. Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us books futures Web 2.0

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2009 Technology Trends That Impact Online Learning

The eLearning Coach

Access to the source code makes the programs customizable. How To Communicate The Value Of Social Media. Photo credit: Kozuch]. Share this on del.icio.us. The advantages? Open Source apps are usually free to download, which makes online learning more affordable. The downside? The Future of Learning Design. Tweet This!

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Smell of Books

Learning Visions

Photo Credit: Books by algiamil on stock.exchng Posted by Cammy Bean at 12:34 PM Labels: books , reading 5comments: Michele said. I think of del.icio.us But you cant smell the vinegar in del.icio.us! The databases include multiple copies of some titles. and diigo for example. But I also think we may be gaining some things.

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10 Ways To Design For Emotions (Part III)

The eLearning Coach

This might mean telling the audience how a program will help them become more effective, more competent, or enable them to help others. Most users have a mental model of how an online program should work and may get frustrated if your course breaks the mold. Does this photo on the left evoke an emotional response in you?

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