... joined social networks enrolled in a Master’s program at Capella University (Education - Instructional Design for ... learning as much as I did in my Master’s program. joined online social networks, started using all the newest tools ... (LMS, LCMS, Live Online Learning, social media) Methods, processes, delivery channels for e-learning - ...

I used to think of LinkedIn as a glorified Rolodex. Although it was useful to maintain contacts with business associates, there was little value that a participant derived from this social network. Although it was nice to see how many ... 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 has an ... already knew. LinkedIn was not helping advance my knowledge.While this observation almost sounds trite, and too ...

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... iterating toward openness » Blog Archive » If Facebook Worked Like Blackboard A short post, but very pointed–if Facebook worked like an LMS, no real community would ever develop. Questions the whole idea of closed educational systems. tags: facebook, education, e-learning, lms, blackboard, openaccess shut down all the groups you belonged to, deleted all your forum posts, removed all the photos, videos, and other files you had shared, and forgot who your friends were. What if Facebook worked like Blackboard (or pretty much any other LMS)? Imagine if every fifteen weeks Facebook ...

Answers. Certainly, the conversations and the finding of expertise via social networks such as LinkedIn is a big part ... The first week of our Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals is wrapping up. This week we looked at Social Networks. Here are some thoughts on this topic, especially thoughts around social networks for learning.Starting with Social Networking was a blessing and a curse. Social networks have a tendency to be a bit messy. Virginia Yonkers told us -I would like to know how to manage the information flows in social networks. I have been part of Ning groups before, ...

... the large number of recommendations I've received - I'm now working on a new list:  100+ social networks for learning ... more networks for workplace learning professionals) It can be available on the Ning platform, or it might be a Facebook ... point about social media - it enables people to establish connections with one another, and engage with them at all levels ... length", professional interactions with others, but for those who enjoy more personal, social connections, then it seems ... in more formal networks. I've currently got about 50 on my list, but this time I am going to ask for ...

Brandon Hall Research is the type of company where you own your ideas. That means when you have an idea, it’s your to implement. I seem to have settled in to all things ’social media’ after embracing social networks, blogging, microblogging, wikis, and presence technologies. As a result, I ended up not getting enough 2.0 action myself but rather working with other people to establish their own blogs, wikis, Twitter accounts, social networks, and wikis, etc. Truly a gratifying experience. How nice to run across some photos and videos of what was an awesome week it was.

... to keep in touch with my peeps: my phone, my email account (Outlook for work, gmail for life); Facebook; Google ...

... workshop, and pointer would provide a way for users to leave review. Social networking sites account for more web traffic than news and information sites. Here’s the bad news for online marketers: people don’t go to Facebook to shop. They visit social sites to see what their friends are up to, to send messages, to update their profiles and check ... for learning professionals: people go to social sites to commune with others; that’s the vehicle for ...

Professionals is how social networks impact personal learning. To me, this is a critical part of The New Skills for knowledge ... to experts in different areas. Social networks can be a good way to do this. Find groups who are interested in the ... Value from Social Media, I talked about the issue of finding information via Google / Search vs. seeking conversation ... experience - My Real-Time, Real-Life Research Project (Using LinkedIn and Ning). Here was the challenge:I am currently trying ... . So much so, that I responded with Searching for Expertise - LinkedIn Answers and LinkedIn for Finding Expertise.

Designing Online Social Networks: The Theories of Social Groups Top 10 Tips for Web 2.0 ... . At the beginning, after having this social learning idea in my head for awhile, I realized that what I needed to do was sell it.  So, I tried.  I told people what social learning was, how it might work and why they would like to use it. ... introduce social learning to an organization, I created a plan and took it to my boss.  He asked a few questions and said, â ... social learning to that, that he finally got it. The first two times I explained WHAT it was, HOW it worked and WHY ...

Socialtext 3.0 came out today and geez did Twitter light up. I checked out the site and watched the 60 second video and then went to blip.tv and watched the other videos and yeah, more impressed than when I started. According to the site, Socialtext 3.0 is comprised of three parts: Socialtext People - Social networking for the enterprise Socialtext ...           and makes other enterprise applications social.     Think Twitter, Facebook, Wikis and more all rolled up in a nice, neat appliance that I can just install behind my firewall - a ...

I've noticed a reasonable amount of buzz around the net about Wordle. I decided I needed to check out this phenomenon ... and I find Wordle is addicting, but more importantly it can help you see relationships in your words. In short, Wordle lets you take any text or web site and get a graphical representation of the word relationships. I find I like Wordle's which are mainly horizontal, and somewhat circular.I've created two Wordle's for your review. The first is my LinkedIn profile; the second is this blog. I challenge everyone to Wordle your resume or LinkedIn profile; ...

Yesterday I created a screen cast on LinkedIn for Finding Expertise. Today, I saw a post on our Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals where someone said:I am currently trying to find a SME experienced with Moodle (a CMS/LMS) and WizIQ (synchronous web class technology). I posted a query about this to several of the groups that I've joined on LinkedIn and have received about a dozen responses so far. I have yet to discover (through further research) which (if any) of the responses will be most helpful to me. This is definitely a knowledge work task where talking to someone will help.

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As part of the Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals, I've created a couple of screen casts showing very quickly how I use LinkedIn to find expertise. This is my first time using Jing. Let me know what you think.FYI - the Jing object does not appear in the RSS feed.Whoops, I clicked too fast on publish - I will try to get additional screen casts posted soon. By the way, I'm still looking for a free tool that will let me do this with someone else online at the same time. In other words, reco