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Social Learning Has Its Place…And Informal Learning Does Too.

Dashe & Thomson

, in which Jane expresses her dislike of the term Social Learning (big S, big L). Jane claims that “Social Learning has come to refer exclusively to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.” Social learning (small S, small L) does not refer to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.

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How To Communicate The Value Of Social Media

The eLearning Coach

How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organization? For example, for the Management group focus on ROI and case studies. Identifying the IT social media users and doing some initial legwork for them could help. How would you answer this question? Get willing users to create buzz.

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10 Social Media Tools For Learning

The eLearning Coach

Do you have a training or information need that could benefit from a social media strategy? So here are descriptions of ten applications representing different social media technologies that promote learning. Category: Podcasts. Elgg is an aggregate of many social media technologies in one platform.

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The changing Web

Learning with e's

Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. What roles will online games and mobile, personal technologies play in developing the skills young people need to study independently?

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): "Intel Launches social media experience Open Port" (PodTech)

Mark Oehlert

"Open Port is Intels first publiconline community targeted at the IT tech enthusiast audience; its acentral destination for Social Media." " Because of the Web every company is suddenly a media outlet. Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us

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Social Learning Examples

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

At DevLearn, many people lamented the difficulty of explaining the benefits of social media to their managers and peers. Jane mined the submissions of her delightful tools database and came up with 100+ ways to use social media for learning. Next, Jane details using social media for different types of learning.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Worlds for Study: Invitation - Virtual Worlds for Studying Real-World Business (and Law, and Politics, and Sociology, and.) (by Robert Bloomfield)

Mark Oehlert

Katie Salen) | Main | The Invention of Good Games:Understanding Learning Design in Commercial Video Games (Katrin Becker thesis) » February 27, 2008 Worlds for Study: Invitation - Virtual Worlds for Studying Real-World Business (and Law, and Politics, and Sociology, and.) (by Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us