There were some interesting stats in the UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's People Management magazine last week, in an article entitled Face to face with social networking. Apparently, in the UK: 20% of firms use social networking sites to research applications. 68% use search engines to check candidates. 70% of London firms block the use of Facebook at work. 51% of recruiters think social networking poses a challenge to traditional recruitment. 60% of firms would check a candidate's blog. 65% of university students are Facebook users. Facebook's ...

... take-up of social networking across Internet users in the various age groups: 15-25: 31%, 25-44: 24%, 45-64: 24%, 65+: 10%.

Today I came across some great posts on a potential difference between ego-centric and object-centric networks. A post ... Cartoons . Some questions were raised as to what will be the next big thing after the users of ego-centric networks have gotten bored of the ‘hi, I am into...'? There is indeed a significant difference between these networks, because network size does not trump network relevance as Fred suggests. If I want to learn or reflect on my professional knowledge ... network, but still trust is essential. Trust gets even more crucial if users would shift from their ego-centered networks ...

... link to report ) I'm trying to get my head around this first stat from the report - I'd love some help - " Just over half of American adults (53%) say that they are currently employed with full or part-time work " So 47% of American adults are not employed with full or part-time work? So of that 53% (sample size was 2,134 and 1,000 self-ID'd as full or part-time workers), 62% identify themselves as "networked"...now of those: 93% own a cell phone ... , compared with 13% of all adults. 56% of Networked Workers report some at-home work and 20% say they do ...

... scientific research. Specifically, he looks at the research potential that Second Life and World of Warcraft have in the ... for research: Second Life is especially well designed to mount formal experiments in social psychology or cognitive science, because the researcher can construct a facility comparable to a real-world laboratory and recruit research subjects. World of Warcraft may be better for non-intrusive statistical methodologies examining social networks and economic values. Compared to the real world, virtual worlds have the potential to recruit thousands of research ...

Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide' - c/net "What we found was that students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st century skills we want them to develop to be successful today," Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher from the school's College of Education and Human Development, said ... wisdom. Information Overload Research Group news wrapup - emaildashboard Wow. We publicly launched the Information Overload Research Group yesterday, ...

Just a suggestion for sociological research in social networking software's. In a divorce you want to do two ... other social networking sites make this virtually impossible. You know how it goes. You split up, you divide books, cd's ... that are 'your' friends. And because your friends are polite, they add your ex-partner to their network. By now you are ... there is something like a constraining order for social networks? I am lucky, my ex-partners and I get along just fine ... , inspiring though, I never looked at facebook this way. Anyone interested in researching the subject? Anyone have ...

Tony Karrer of the eLearning Technology blog invited me to take part in a new site called eLearning Learning . This new site brings a collection of ed tech related blogs together making it very easy to research a variety of topics without jumping from blog to blog. Tony describes it best with this quote; "This is the beginning of a community portal where the community will help to collect and organize the best content from blogs and web sites. The goal is to create a ... post : ) I'm excited to be a part of the launch of this new site and just as excited to use it for my own research ...

Wilfred Rubens who keeps on delivering great insights on eLearning on his blog (Dutch) has directed me to the superb wiki of George Siemens on Facebook and its benefits as a social network service. This wiki was one of the results ... network was started. After that he zooms into Facebook with a good analyses on pro's and cons if you want to use it in a corporate or other environment for educational reasons. He also added a link to Danah Boyd who writes and researches social media. Read her blog for some really great insights into social networks and media. She writes with ...

... learners themselves. The research was carried out in the UK amongst those involved in further and higher education, as well ... the term e-learning still meaningful or relevant? " Communication and networking : Technology supports a continuum of social interaction, increasing learners' ability to network with their peers and communicate with their ...

I find it valuable to see what groups my network of contacts is linking to. As an example, I recently found the Web 2.0 and Mapping Social Network group. Some research revealed that this group (many similar titled groups exist) actually ... associates, there was little value that a participant derived from this social network. Although it was nice to see how many ... / updates). My contacts, although great people, were generally folks whose work and "personal stories / research" I ... obvious. If you are involved in benchmarking and researching new ideas, the groups search capability now allows one ...

I just saw that several of the Brandon Hall researchers have started blogs: Tom Werner - example post - Why ... Network is not going to be the central hub for them to have discussions? I previously predicted that in its currently form the network wouldn't really work. If Brandon Hall or the eLearningGuild had used a distributed hub model, then maybe they would have a chance. But creating a closed model is very hard, especially when you are a paid-research firm. How does blogging jive with paid research? Is this going to only be teaser content? Any real meat will need to be paid ...

Asynchronously there’s been similar progress, with email, forums and newsgroups; the World Wide Web; social networking ...

Towards new learning networks December 2006 ... report argues for a move towards the network logic of the learning community ... Other research ...

Kosslyn, who studies how brains process images, wants to improve the world with his cutting-edge research by explaining that ... support, courses, wikis, social networks, search, YouTube...the colors on a palette tend to run together, don't they? The real question is, "what's the picture like?" Learning and Knowing in Networks: Changing roles for Educators and Designers - elearnspace When knowledge is seen as existing in networks, and learning as forming and navigating these networks, many existing aspects of academia are subject to change. Dawn of the digital natives - ...

... new research in this area. Introduction to social network methods This on-line textbook by Robert Hanneman and ... ; Networks Building networks for learning Social capital refers to those stocks of social trust, norms and networks that people can draw upon to solve common problems. But harnessing the power of these seemingly invisible networks to achieve sustainable development goals such as in public health, well being or environment is an ... downside is that misguided networking efforts can creates relational demands that sap peoples time and energy. So there ...

... facilitates and supports cooperation between higher education teachers and students, scientists, researchers and other ... network of organisations involved in higher education, academic cooperation and science based activities between the two ... framework initiatives, the locally working researchers, scientists, teachers and students in universities, academies and ... them to present their research at the Forum, and to participate in a training workshop on scientifi writing, to be hosted ... University, Nairobi, ( www.ku.ac.ke ) | Lesley Boyd Consultant, South Africa, ( www.lesley-boyd.za ) | MENON Network ...

Too Many Social Networks? : eLearning Technology I just read David Warlicks post - I Just Donâ??t Get it Yet â?? Social Networks where he discusses his recent experience with several Ning generated social networks including: Iâ??ve joined Library 2.0 , School 2.0 , and Classroom ... head, but Iâ??m to dull to know it. So please explain. Ive tried out several social network tools and have had a ... critical mass of people joined the network, I would join to be able to participate - but - thats not really going to ...

... respective tree branch, you can select your research interests, display a photo and post a professional profile which ... , etc. This social networking site is a great way to connect with other faculty members at other institutions working on ... fits nicely into the Connectivism course topic for week 5: Groups and Networks.

... you by brent via Google Reader:     Online Networking in Courses via Experiencing E-Learning by ... Pitfalls of Online Social Networking at the Conference for Distance Learning and Teaching last week. The slides from ... because the research shows that it's pedagogy and teaching methods, not technology, that influences learning. Alan made a ... how to presentation, although there is some of that How social networking tools can capture possibilities in distance education Construct and reconstruct the teaching and learning environment No significant difference research ...

... networks to find answers. But that is okay, we did do this in the past (International researchers, well traveled artists ... exceed our humanity through technology; Connectivism = knowledge is networked and distributed; the experience of learning is one of forming new neural, conceptual and external networks; occurs in complex, chaotic, ...

Chart shows percentage of teens and tweens and what social networking/Web 2.0 activities they do weekly online ... social networking is now so deeply embedded in the lifestyles of tweens and teens that it rivals television for their attention...Nine- to 17-year-olds report spending almost as much time using social networking services and Web sites as they spend watching television. Among teens, that amounts to about 9 hours a week on social networking activities ... , many students engage in highly creative activities on social networking sites...Overall, an astonishing 96 percent ...

Patrick Dunn has created a an engaging and accessible site for learning designers called Networked Learning Design . As it says, it is: "...is about design thinking and creativity, applied to the practice of learning design. It's based on research into a wide range of design disciplines including architecture, product design, interior design, graphics and web design. Its premise is that the relatively immature discipline of learning design - previously called 'instructional design' - may have something to learn from these more mature design disciplines." The site provides plenty ...

... nbsp;   Learning Ecology, Communities, and Networks Extending the ... needs are changing. The course, as a model for learning, is being challenged by communities and networks ... ). Learning is an ecology, community, network In order for learning institutions to be relevant in an era ... own information needs. This may include research in a library, searching on the Internet, asking a colleague (or ... the personal computer. And PARCs small, eccentric community of researchers were as ...

Chris Brannigan of Caspian Learning alerted me to Cognitive Fitness , an article by Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts in the Harvard Business Review, which you can download online for US$6.50. The byline to the article gives you the gist: "New research in neuroscience shows you how to stay sharp by exercising your brain." Now brain training is already in vogue, but Gilkey and Kilts (try saying that with false teeth) are aiming this at the executive ... specialized nerve cells that enable you to form new neural networks through indirect experience such as ...

... to collaborate, share resources and make new connections. ... If you've read other blogs claiming the Network is dead, consider that a great exaggeration! I feel somewhat bad because if you Google search "Brandon Hall Network" the results give you a couple of links to Brandon Hall and then links to a few of my past posts around the network such as: Brandon Hall Network - Nicely Done? and Brandon Hall Researchers Blogging - Implications? where I predict and then ... I just saw a post from Tim Sosbe - The "New" Network that tells us the following about the Brandon Hall Network ...

This post is going out to the following people in particular: Patricia B. Elmore, Gregory Camilli, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Marla H. Mallette...and anybody else directly involved with the choice to publish the journal " Educational Researcher " through SAGE. Can you people PLEASE get a clue?! Its not about the money...I can afford the $50 for ... information with my network, the value of that article, insofar as it sparks conversation and dialog and thinking, is X to the Nth (N being some composite of the size and interest level of my network). Your authors' work is seen by more people, ...

... they provide some kind of social networking to get to those respondents. Note: Steve Wexler (head of the guild's research ... correspond to what other research has shown. As a case in point, in my post I said: To me, it's interesting to see news like ... much higher by other researchers, in particular, Bersin . Looking at Cornerstone's site: "Cornerstone's customers ... research rated Cornerstone as having market leading customer satisfaction and customer loyalty numbers. So which research is ... discrepancy? How Research is Conducted So let's start with how Bersin and the eLearningGuild gather their data.

Scientific American When ideas are shared in highly connected networks, free-thinking goes south and we tend to ... Schools, is based on research from: Classroom Instruction That Works by Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, Jane E. Pollock. Also see Marzano's A Theory-Based Meta-Analysis of Research on Instruction . Flock is Maturing... - Forever ...

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