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Making the most of Informal Learning

Jane Hart

In this event, we will look at real-world case studies in which social media is making a positive impact within an organisation. So please join us then - we’ll be using the #elnil tag again. Here’s a brief overview of the event: “We know how important informal learning is in the workplace, but how do we encourage it?

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Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest – 5

Upside Learning

New Study Urges Colleges To Develop E-Learning Strategies For Higher Education : JISC. The use of mobile technologies and a more innovative use of existing institutional systems such as virtual learning environments will be increasingly important to colleges that provide higher education according to a new JISC funded study.

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Facebook--Good for Your Memory: Twitter--Not So Much

Kapp Notes

A study recently released by Dr. Tracy Alloway of Scotland’s University of Stirling found that using Facebook stretches a person's “working memory” (short-term or recent memory), while Twitter, YouTube and text messaging tend to weaken it. Tags: Technology Web 2.0 Bad news for all you Twanker's in a Twance.*

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I Don’t Care What You Had For Lunch: Finding Professional Value in Twitter

Dashe & Thomson

Anyway, back to the Learning Solutions conference, my two biggest take aways were: How to use hash tags effectively to find and track topics that are important to me. The first thing, hash tags, really helped me to finally find streams that I could follow that actually held value for me.

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“Current Need-to-Know Tools and What’s Around the Corner” Nick Floro #olconf

Learning Visions

When creating content, think about making it more flexible – tagging and organizing it so you can easily shuffle it together. Tag things so they are easily searchable. If your current LMS/learning system doesn’t have the ability to do accurate searching , it’s up to you to make sure your content is well-tagged and discoverable.

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Virtual Worlds: Affordances and Learning

Clark Quinn

First, let me say that the day of the conference I got to attend was great, with lots of the really involved folks there, and every evidence (including the tweet stream) that the second day was every bit as good. Tags: social virtual worlds. Some issues remain. It may be time to dust off my avatar and get traveling.

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5 Ways to Use New Generation Learning Tools

CLO Magazine

In the study, 83 percent of HR executives say a modern company cannot compete effectively without its workforce using talent management tools, and development is a key tool. But, as the study found, 86 percent of millennials are more inclined to stay at their current company if they’re given access to quality learning and development.

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