The world has changed people now live and work in a world where Google gives the answers, where a mobile phone is the lifeline to the Web and to your GPS location, and where Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter link people to each other in their own way. By leveraging these ... More »

Career Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Career Development , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Global Workforce Development , Social Learning

One of the core principles of social networking systems that is so appealing is the level of personalization they enable. Both off-the-shelf and internally developed social networking systems offer multiple ways to personalize the user experience, from simple automatic ... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Advanced Level Content , E-Learning , Engagement , Managing the Learning Function , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends

Research indicates that as much as 70 percent of workplace learning is informal, occurring outside the classroom and in the spaces between formal training events. Social media is one way for the training department and the training practitioners to get into those spaces... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Beginner Level Content , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Students

To understand social learning, we must first understand social media. Social media is a set of Internet-based technologies designed to be used by three or more people. Its rarer than it sounds. Most interaction supported by technology is narrowcast (one-to-one), often w... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Engagement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends

Social media tools can help create a more dynamic community of practice and provide an ongoing and searchable conversation to benefit others. To successfully introduce social media into a community of practice within an organization, there are several factors that need ... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Designing Learning , Informal Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Social Learning , Trends