Upside Learning

MAY 29, 2012

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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Tony Karrer

MARCH 4, 2009

What are Conversation Searches? During those presentations, I'll mention what are sometimes called "vanity searches." These searches look for any mention of your name, company, URLs across blogs and other sites. So, I think of these searches as conversation searches, not vanity searches.

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eFront

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Socl: pronounced social, allows you to express and share your ideas through rich post collages comprised of images, links, captions and videos. Socl is a research project from Microsoft Research FUSE Labs and began as an experiment in social search targeted at students for the purpose of learning.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 26, 2010

I search or ask people when I need to know. If I have a good network of savvy colleagues, I can ask them for advice (“social search”). “I Among the options available to them: Searching and asking questions work best with explicit information, things that could be written down. I store knowledge in my friends.” (6).

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 29, 2010

Social News Aggregator - Digg. Social Q&A - Askville or Answers.com. Social Search - Samepoint WhosTalkin BingTwitter Scour - My favorite. Social Measuring - Technorati. RSS Reader – Google Reader Bloglines. Reviews & Recommendations – Yelp or Epinions (the granddaddy).

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 30, 2007

My own session is entitled: 'Use of wikis to promote a culture of sharing', whilst other invited speakers in the international lineup include: Graham Attwell , Organiser (Personal learning environments) - pictured above left in contemplative mood, Josie Fraser , UK (Social networking services and social search), Helen Keegan , UK (THINKing and UNDERSTANDing (..)

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eLearning 24-7

MARCH 22, 2010

Social News Aggregator - Digg. Social Q&A - Askville or Answers.com. Social Search – Bing Twitter. Social Measuring - Technorati. Open Social – APis, open source – while this necessarily isn’t social media, it will enable multi-faceted social media features and capabilities.

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