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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. Technology moves fast but social sharing and learning moves faster. What’s An Enterprise Social Network?

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

Jane Hart

What is different though, for many Millenials – as well as (indeed) for many other older workers – is that they now have quick and easy access to a much wider group of friends and colleagues through their online social networks, who they can call on for help.

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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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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.

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ASTD #TK11 – Opening Keynote Kara Swisher

Learning Visions

Information is ever-changing When you apply social tools to information, it makes it more useful Quora as an example of information with social Everybody becomes a producer of content (people make Facebook useful by posting pictures, text, links, etc. The Facebookization of the enterprise.” Yammer, Socialcast, Jive, etc.

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10 Social Media Tools For Learning

The eLearning Coach

Although Edublogs seems focused on academia, its also ideal for other types of organizations due to its centralized control, privacy options, security features, custom branding and support. Category: Social Networking Platform. Yammer seems to be a simple way to engage and to open communication across an organization.

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What Universities Must Learn About Social Networks

Jay Cross

What Universities Must Learning About Social Networks. Increasingly, businesses are looking to more social approaches to employee learning and development. THE ISSUE IS NOT whether you are going to become a socially networked university but how soon. Businesses are being transformed into social businesses.