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

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

For some time now, I have an evaluation report of an organization that has experience with the introduction of social media (like wikis and blog) in the organization since 2009. 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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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

RSS (really simple syndication) readers and social bookmarking are two popular information aggregation tools. Social bookmarking tools (i.e., Many students are participating in PLNs to learn skills that are not taught in their schools (computer programming, photography/videography, graphic design, foreign languages).

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

RSS (really simple syndication) readers and social bookmarking are two popular information aggregation tools. Social bookmarking tools (i.e., Many students are participating in PLNs to learn skills that are not taught in their schools (computer programming, photography/videography, graphic design, foreign languages).

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): "Seven Strategies for Implementing a Successful Corporate Wiki" (Industry Week)

Mark Oehlert

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Hey! The study recommended: Integrate the wiki as one of several important tools in an organizations IT collaboration architecture. Understand the wiki "rules of conduct" and ensure they are monitored and enforced. I made a Blidget!

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Instructivism, constructivism or connectivism?

E-Learning Provocateur

Whether in a classroom setting, via an online course or otherwise, the resident subject matter expert (SME) within the organisation typically provides the learner with a programmed sequence of knowledge, carefully scaffolding their learning and ā€“ to adopt a cognitivist view ā€“ construct a basic framework of knowledge in the learner’s mind.

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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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