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  • Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008

    ... weren't focused. We need a targeted discussion. For example, I just had someone ask about using Facebook in a corporate context as part of on-boarding. I'll likely schedule a call with this person to discuss what they are trying to do. Why not have several people involved in the discussion? Why not record it? Is the barrier the lack of free access to the tools? The overhead of pulling it together? My guess is that it doesn't take much more to get it to happen with a small group than getting it to happen with two or three people ...

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, January 3, 2008 - Comments

  • Facebook Enterprise Application

    If you've not seen this, there's a Facebook application by Worklight called Workbook that represents an overlay to turn Facebook into an Enterprise Social Network application. This is something I've been expecting for a while based on some conversations with large organizations who planned to use Facebook as their social network.WorkBook combines all the capabilities of Facebook with all the controls of a corporate environment, including integration with existing enterprise ... authorized colleagues, update on status change and get general company news. Employees can freely use Facebook, with ...

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, December 20, 2007 - Comments

  • Blogs as a Basis for Social Networks

    ... starting within the walls of Facebook).Of course, this is early, but the general trend of seeing distributed, open social network solutions is encouraging.

    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - Comments

  • Aha Moments in 2007

    Tools?,But the good news is that it appears that more and more people are getting it (More eLearning Bloggers, Facebook Fridays and I'm definitely Pushing Harder Now and we need to adopt the attitude - eLearning 2.0 - Just Go Do It.We are going to be going through Disruptive Changes in Learning. and unless you innovate (Innovators' Dilemma in Learning/eLearning) you are going to fall prey to alternatives be it do-it-yourself learning or start-ups ...

    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, December 4, 2007 - Comments

  • Facebook Alfresco Platform

    Found via Publishing Enterprise Content To Facebook -Alfresco - a content management system has provided hooks for it to be used to deliver content to Facebook users.This model, where Facebook becomes a platform for application development has some really interesting aspects. However, the open aspect of OpenSocial likely will win out in the long run. Especially with some of the pain of developing Facebook apps.

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, November 29, 2007 - Comments

  • Top eLearning Posts

    Innovations 814 8 5 Facebook as a Learning Platform 754 3 40 Introduction to Wikis, Blogs ... Defined 57 9 9 Facebook Platform 51 2 5 Risk of Identity Theft Due to Social Networking and ... 1,140 9 43 LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers 1,988 6 40 Facebook as a Learning Platform ... 5 eLearning 2.0 Presentation - ISPI Los Angeles 180 2 5 Facebook Platform 51 2 ...

    eLearning Technology - Monday, November 26, 2007 - Comments

  • eLearning 2.0 Random Thoughts based on Chat

    ... learningwhen I went to the BrandonHall conference, I added everyone I met to my Facebook and I find I've stayed in touch with people more then I have in the past after a conferenceLong lost colleagues have 'found me' through Facebook but other ... 'formal' learningI have to say I like one-stop-shops like Facebook where I just have to log in to one place instead of ...

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, November 15, 2007 - Comments

  • Facebook Fridays

    A mistitled article - found via Bill Ives on the FastForward blog - Serena Software Adopts Facebook as Corporate Intranet.The real focus of the article is how Serena Software has adopted a practice called Facebook Fridays:Each Friday, employees are granted one hour of personal time to spend on their Facebook profiles and connect with co-workers, customers, family and friends. This initiative will start today and will be rolled out in 18 countries where the company has ... have a CEO say things like:"Social networking tools like Facebook can bring us back together, help us get to know ...

    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - Comments

  • OpenSocial Platform

    Well, we finally are starting to hear what Google's anticipated response to the fact that Facebook Platform and Facebook as a Learning Platform. The real beauty of Google's approach is in the word "open." With Facebook you are somewhat forced to make a hard choice about rewiring your application to live seamlessly within the Facebook environment or pushing Facebook users across to your site which is a bit ugly. Further, you face the prospect of having Facebook rework ... connections that exist across the network of different applications (e.g., del.icio.us, flickr, MyBlogLog, Facebook, ...

    eLearning Technology - Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - Comments

  • Facebook Platform

    Stephen Downes picked up my post on Facebook As a Learning Platform. He commented:To be clear, I do not think that Facebook itself is really a learning environment. It's a large, centralized piece of software that is getting creaky with ... feel like Facebook is a bit creaky and as Thomas Vanderwal's recent post Facebook for Business or LinkedIn Gets More Valuable points out, as you use Facebook more and have more friends, it seems to get harder to use. Linked in doesn't seem to suffer from that.All of that said, Facebook is surprising me in terms of how well it works as a platform. As ...

    eLearning Technology - Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - Comments

  • Facebook as a Learning Platform

    Facebook seems to be coming up everywhere the past few weeks. The most recent, which finally got me to post, was a Stephen Downes post - I'm Majoring in Facebook, How about You? He points us to a Fortune Magazine article that describes a Stanford class being offered by BJ Fogg that studies Facebook as a platform:"Facebook is the most convenient and ... in agreement.The class has each student creating applications in Facebook and presenting to potential investors ... improvement through technology.Why is Facebook so hot right now? I see two main reasons which I give below, but first ...

    eLearning Technology - Monday, October 15, 2007 - Comments

  • Social Networking

    ... need critical mass and passion to be successful. I actually think that Facebook and Ning are heading in the right ... networking sites, he's:tried them all (facebook, myspace, bebo, orkut, linkedin, twitter, etc.) and then resume the more ... commitment.Again, I'm not so sure I agree. Facebook maybe represents a new way to stay in touch with folks, but it ...

    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, October 2, 2007 - Comments

  • Web 2.0 - Consumer vs. Enterprise Use

    ... workers are adopting already. In other words, if facebook and del.icio.us are already being used, then try to align your ... instead of being one of the 41% apparently ban Facebook and other such applications via firewall rules.Organizations ...

    eLearning Technology - Sunday, September 30, 2007 - Comments

  • Too Many Social Networks?

    I just read David Warlicks' post - I Just Don't Get it Yet â¬" Social Networks where he discusses his recent experience with several Ning generated social networks including: I've joined Library 2.0, School 2.0, and Classroom 2.0.He then tells us:I must confess that I am a little under-impressed. I have a personal page, just like my daughter's Facebook page. I have an unflattering picture of me there, a place to put a blog, a profile (which I've scaled way back), a picture of Steve Hargadon (best part of the page), and something called a Chatter.The Chatter intrigues me, but it appears ...

    eLearning Technology - Friday, March 30, 2007 - Comments