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5 Insights into Workplace Social Learning Technologies

Lambda Solutions

The evolution of social technologies from Yahoo in 1995 to Facebook in 2004 has greatly impacted the way we communicate and hence the way we learn in our professional lives.

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Our Many Hats

eLearning Cyclops

Social Media (SoMe) expert and Informal Learning Catalyst - Sometimes I''m the go to guy to coach staff on utilizing SoMe or I''m the guy implementing informal/social learning. Curator - Find that tutorial, guide, piece of knowledge at just the right time for… everyone. You know him, don''t pretend you don''t.

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10 resources I enjoyed in February 2013

Jane Hart

One of the hot topics on the Web over the last week or so has been Marissa Meyer’s decision to terminate working at home for Yahoo employees. Thanks to an internal memo leaked to Kara Swisher by a Yahoo employee, we have insight into a recent decision by their C-Suite. “Edicts like the one from the Head of Yahoo!

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5 Things To Look Out For While Choosing An LMS

Origin Learning

Be it in-house ERP systems or external applications from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, if your LMS does not merge its functionalities with the applications your employees use most commonly, it will not be able to deliver the full utility that it must. Social features. Integration. to facilitate onboarding.

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Social play can be Social Learning

Ideaon

I have been asked a half-dozen times about my thoughts on Social Learning within corporations. At work we do use social tools such as Skype, Yahoo Messenger and YouTube for learning purposes. This makes me wonder whether everyone is classifying social learning as social playing.

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Social Network Analysis - Twitter - Social Media - Best Stuff from Last Week

Tony Karrer

Here is the best stuff from last week via eLearning Learning. Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. 4) Social Networks (23) Adoption (8) eLearning Technology. 4) Social Networks (23) Adoption (8) eLearning Technology.

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Learning Management Systems Promote Knowledge Sharing

TOPYX LMS

Companies like Nokia, AOL, and Yahoo are known to encourage work-life balance. By its very design and nature, an eLearning platform, also known as an LMS (a social learning management system) allows knowledge sharing to happen naturally. eLearning, or online learning, used to be referred to as the learning style of the future.

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