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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity.

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It’s Time To Focus On Remote Workforce Management

WhatFix

Some of the more common challenges are: Inability to download files, communicate or collaborate – owing to lack of access to the right video conferencing tools, high-speed internet, instant messaging, or role-specific software. Feeling of being disconnected from the rest of the team – leading to loneliness and low morale.

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LMS Selection Checklist: How To Choose The Best One?

ProProfs

Does the selected software meet your company’s security needs? Let’s consider the case of WhatsApp, the most popular instant messaging app for smartphones at the moment. Why is it that people install WhatsApp as the first IM app on their smartphone when the market is flooded with innumerable options?

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Come Together

Jay Cross

The use of instant messaging migrated from high school to corporate life. Unmanaged technologies introduce security risks. For example, bloggers may not communicate well with IM users. Then, along came the Internet. Today’s organizations are learning the power of people working together in real time.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Gin System

Learning Visions

Then again, perhaps Im missing something. The Gin System provides you with (among other things): Secure login Calendar of events Phone & Email lists Email group s ("public" f0r all members; or private for designated members only) Questions: Allows for easy posting of questions. It seems to me that FaceBook is a great networking tool.

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6 Effective Ways To Increase Employee Productivity

eFront

Keep an eye on them, though, as this kind of motivation easily turn against your business by making employees uncooperative as each tries to secure the most work (and thus a bigger cut) for themselves. Some companies have established stand-up meetings for this very purpose.

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Cisco releases Jabber

Jane Hart

Cisco has just released Cisco Jabber “a unified communications application that brings together presence, instant messaging (IM), voice and video, voice messaging, desktop sharing and conferencing into a single consistent experience across PCs, Macs, tablets and smart phones.