These guys keep crankin' 'em out. I love it! Social Networking is also Social Learning. I think deepest learning comes from human connections and Social Networking tools make it easier than ever to connect to the people you want to learn something from, or with whom you are willing to learn with, together, collaboratively. Before there was online social networking I remember reading business books about the power of the "rollodex": Important successful people ALWAYS had a massive rollodex. At the time I remember thinking about the dozen or so people that I had on a piece ...

I wrote this article back in November for Learning Technologies magazine. I'm placing it here as a matter of record and to note that social networking tools are clearly important to accelerating the (effective) learning process. --------------------------------- We are social animals by nature, so any technology that allows us to connect more efficiently and effectively with others will ...

... great social networking features that make it easy to share your knowledge and establish connections with others in your ... established and potential LinkedIn connections I hope to learn through others experiences and discover opportunities to ... company but I am always looking for opportunities to gain more experience and LinkedIn is a great tool for this.

The more and more I get into the OpenSource Learning project with the Masie Consortium, the more I see the incredible possibilities. XplanaZine has taken the social networking idea in the world of quiz creation . Cool! I hadn't thought of that yet. Multiple people helping to craft the perfect assessments instead of random content experts writing their own and trying to be tricky...or worse funny. I'm sure you all have taken a quiz where the last choice is always ... educational psychologists, the problem with most quizzes is that they do not encourage active learning. Further, some ...

... and tools brought this home. And I think it's very interesting to see a formal learning experience using a social network ... Networks. Here are some thoughts on this topic, especially thoughts around social networks for learning. Starting with ... helped learning professionals to know at a base level around social networks and their relationship to learning: What's a ... . How do social networks relate to personal learning? How do social networks relate to formal learning? I think we ... networking tool meant that you somewhat had to get some feel for using a social network. And the messiness is ...

... agree with George around blogs being a great learning and networking tool. But, its quite a different thing from social networking tools. ... - Scaling the Social Web . The article tells us that various players are adding social networking features to their sites: A ... (bookmarks), etc. all have a social networking aspect to them? The point is that its probably natural for lots of sites to have social networking type features and functions for visitors. This is something we are commonly doing on sites ...

... offices, social networking-style technologies are quickly becoming a very real possibility for even the most conservative ... DEEP learning within and across job business functions. There are many online technologies and tools that can begin to ... Communities of Practice: Addressing Workforce Trends Through New Learning Models Some good quotes from the article above: "Organizations would be well-advised to shift budgets and resources from formal learning settings to informal situations where the majority of learning actually takes place." "Organizations need to recognize that to ...

... head, but Iâ??m to dull to know it. So please explain. Ive tried out several social network tools and have had a ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... 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 ...

Social Networks, the Next Educational Tool? : “At last year's Educause conference, in Seattle, educators pondered what to do about students' technology habits. Should they try to change them? Accept that they're here to stay? Try to co-opt them? A lot can change in a year. Many colleges seem to have moved on from the question of whether to follow ... ; instead, they are enlarging the range of options for learners. We’re not doing away with email. Or even learning management systems. We’re adding blogs, wikis, social networking, virtual worlds, and numerous other technologies ...

Learning at Nick.com .) Eighty-one percent say they have visited a social networking Web site within the past three months and 71 percent say they use social networking tools at least weekly. But here is the part that got me... Students ... 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 ...

... thing is certain in my mind: Closed off Exclusive Social networks - Blackboard-style are NOT going to fly...at least ... I'd like to get in on the group think over at e-Clippings . The new thoughts on what learning widgets and LMSs might be like is very interesting to me. I've long been thinking about the Learning Dashboard. The Google analytics ... doubt blend into Learning. Its a natural progression that is simply going to take some time, but it will happen. Remember, its always been about the people, NOT the technology. Web2.0 tools simply support the connects and the ...

... for sensemaking; our need to socialize and negotiate around knowledge; our patterning mind; our desire to 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, shifting ... ... it is my experience that the most difficult things to learn are peace, social equality and other such very human though ... , opening up learning will give developing countries the tools to get cracking with their own theories and ideas...

... more generic content asignments (granted, this will not work for proprietary learning materials). Can you think of any ... . I'm just sayin', If someone built that Web2.0 tool, I'd be ALL OVER IT! (wink, wink) Maybe that already exists ...

... social networking platforms such as MySpace, Flikr, YouTube, Twitter, Bebo and Facebook. They are almost household names. This is not so of a new generation of social networking technology, which is being used to provide software services ... . Informal learning - the next big thing? - Training Zone We are on the threshold of a paradigm shift in learning. We have new learning environments and tools that enable us to access knowledge more effectively and to share and collaborate in ... . KM Asia: keynote on social computing - Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge Includes podcast and slides (pdf).

... learning and collaboration tool...not just something to do "socially." As a learning and development professional or any ... If you think that social networking is just a fad or is only good for social things like what album you like or what ... analysis, exchange and monitoring agencies are using social networking software to make their information gathering ... National Security Agency bosses are encouraging their staffs to use a new social-networking site designed for the super-secret world of spying to exchange information. The social networking application is called A-Space. As the ...

Predictive markets Social Networking New Hires Communities of Practice One of the questions we got was: How do you start as a Learning Professional? Start with yourself and your work group Adopt tools that are free and password protected ... actually some good stuff that we discussed. The associated links: Learning and Networking With A Blog (T+D article) Today's PowerPoint Presentation ASTD homepage Webcast Archives T+D magazine website Learning ... 1.0 to 2.0 and Learning 1.0 to Learning 2.0. It's a bit different than my comparison of eLearning 1.0 to 1.3 to ...

... simulation tool - Firefly) and Shared Insights - a community / business social networking software company. From what I can ... says about the LMS and tools market. We are beginning to see dominance by a few bigger vendors and if you can't be one of ... function or certification. This merger points to another direction - combination of LMS capability + community / social networking. I'm not sure I quite get what that means yet. I wonder if mzinga does? The description of their offerings seem still mostly separate (communities software and the KP learning platform). Also, if you go to the solutions ...

I’ve been using Twitter for a number of weeks now, and that, combined with several recent social networking activities prompted this reflection.  There’s lots more for me to learn, of course, but there are powerful reasons to ... notifications right. So, lots of tools, lots of opportunities, still more to learn.  What am I missing? ... tools to understand them.  I find blogging personally beneficial to cause me to take time to reflect, and that’s ... mostly as a job hunt tool (consequently, more for others than myself, e.g. to support people I know who are on a ...

... of the eLearning simulation tool - Firefly) and Shared Insights - a community / business social networking software ... eLearning Technology italki - Social Network for Language Learning Too many ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... , 2007 Communities / Social Networking and LMS Merger : eLearning ...

As more and more risk takers take advantage of social networks we will begin to see a snowball effect. Many will wait until the academics prove that social networks are a viable business tool. And still others will wait until there is a rapid development tool created to make it easy with a step by step manual to get it done. A school system in the ... "this is a LEARNING tool, and it must be used as such...". Its an infrastructure that gives the user the freedom to do ... change afoot in education and within our corporations. "From our point of view, learning isn't an isolated ...

Social Networking & Collaboration Social Software ... Was Away... Project Status: Social Networking Within The Enterprise Oracle Buys Intellectual Property Assets of Tacit Software Project Status: Social Networking Within ... Social Network Sites: Webinar Today Cisco WebEx Connect Questions ... ... Book Roll Robert L. Cross: The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really ...

... mentions a variety of new learning tools that will be used in this course. The course will be delivered fully online in ... epistemology: Connective knowledge Week 3: (September 21-27) Properties of Networks Week 4: (September 28-October 4) History of networked learning Week 5: (October 5-11) Connectives and Collectives: Distinctions between networks and ... the connectivism course will be taught. So prepare to get twelve weeks of intens learning spread out to you and build by ... Week 9: (November 2-8) What becomes of the teacher? New roles for educators Week 10: (November 9-15) Openness: social ...

White Label Social Networking Solutions, Part II A Comparison Chart by TechCrunch The information in the ... and custom social networking solutions. For do-it-yourself, hosted solutions, please see our previous chart and our post "9 Ways to Build Your Own Social Network" . You can also return to the post accompanying this chart. Hover ... America Omnifuse Pringo Networks Prospero Technologies SelectMinds Small World Labs Social Platform Sparta Social Networks Telligent Systems ThePort Network, Inc. VMIX Media Web ...

... them about preferred project management processes. For learning organizations looking to bring social networking tools ... reading. The article, " Social Networking and Corporate Learning " is a quick read and could serve as a jumping-off ... least of which is to upgrade with new solutions that implement social networking tools. Why? Social neworking (platforms ... networks in the corporate learning environment . For a one-pager, it's packed with a laundry list of concepts and ... (space-imposed limitations, I'm sure), it does give named examples of companies where social networking has ...

... another paradigm changer because it’s a different kind of immediacy than virtual worlds “Social ... people made time for online tools by cutting their TV time–replacing a passive media with an active one ... basically a live photostream–almost no text. Very cool images. The network increasingly organizes itself around people and less so around files and folders–connections are social, not just content That sounds a lot like ... changes how we make connections. This affects how we think about teaching and learning too. People who work ...

A new version of ProProfs QuizSchool is available.  New features include: Brand new user interface, completely revamped for ease of use. Social sharing through customizable widgets which allow YouTube-style quiz embedding on any blog, e-learning system, and social networks like Facebook. Yahoo Flick r integration for a limitless image library for quizzes. Interesting aggregate analytics & trends reports, with precision down to a stored snapshot of each attempt. Google Maps integration for visualization of where quiz takers are located ...

... experiencing, new tools, upgrades & applications by which to manage social networks efficiently are becoming more ... ; Your organizations social networking strategy doesnt have ... or Part of Your Job Or Combination? Tips for managing multi-memberships in social networks? Source ... know that  professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks.  LinkedIn is designed ... ) hosted an online conference about Managing Multi Memberships in Social Networks .  I had wanted to participate, ...

Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking, and RSS .

Use Ning to build online communities and memorable learning experiences.  Ning is a free social networking platform that offers a wide array of features and capabilities.  Networks can be public or private, which gives facilitators ... excellent!  ( Work Literacy Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals , 25 Tools by Jane Hart , and Corporate Learning Trends ... ). This was timely information for me.  It helped me explain a very useful, free tool that more learning professionals ... want to build online learning workshops. I was trying to explain Ning to a group of people today when I came ...