Informal Learning

February 20, 2014

Steal These 5 Social Media Tricks to Engage Your Learners

Social media is now the top Internet activity, according to Business Insider. Americans alone spend 114 billion minutes a month on Facebook, plus even more time on Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and more. So, why is social media so engaging?

by Christie Wroten

December 6, 2013

Future eLearning Trends And Technologies In The Global eLearning Industry

The following article was created for my virtual presentation “Global Trends in the eLearning Industry” at the International Congress on eLearning 2013 organized by the Philippine eLearning Society.

by Christopher Pappas

August 1, 2013

Social Learning Best Practices for the Workplace

Do you want to incorporate social learning in your organization’s training and development regimen? You’re in good company.

by Stephanie Ivec

July 23, 2013

The Role of Social Media in eLearning

This article reflects the use of social media in eLearning plus some tips on how social media can be used as learning platforms.

by Christopher Pappas

May 30, 2013

5 Sexy Steps to Informal Learning, Content Curation & Knowledge Hustling

A community manager or knowledge hustler is someone who... Can you feel the blank? Do you know how to become a Knowledge Hustler? Check the 5 sexy steps to informal learning!

by Brian Bishop

May 24, 2013

6 Tips for Using Social Media to Stay Up-to-Date on e-Learning

Social media isn’t just for following your favorite celebrities—it’s also an amazing way to stay up-to-date on e-Learning trends and e-Learning tips. 

by Christie Wroten

May 17, 2013

How To Use Facebook For Social Learning

Just by reading the title, someone might think that this is a joke. It’s not. So ok, Facebook wasn’t created for educational purposes, but you ’d be surprised of how the social affordances of this versatile tool can generate great potentials for social learning.

by Christopher Pappas

May 13, 2013

10 Tips To Effectively Use Social Media In Formal Learning

We live in the era of social media and professionals of any level should not make the mistake to underestimate their power. We can easily understand why social media can be useful from a marketing point of view. What’s more interesting, however, is to see how social can be effectively used in formal learning.

by Christopher Pappas

January 4, 2013

12 Twitter Tips For The Tenderfoot

Many educators disregard Twitter as a narcissistic fad used to mark one’s personal movement through the day. How could Twitter be used effectively for education? While many limit the use of Twitter to self-proclamation of what they ate for breakfast, educators can instead use it as a flexible forum for promoting student engagement and nurturing development of a learning community.

by LuAnne Holder

July 5, 2012

Exploring The Layers Of Social Learning

Exploring the layers of social learning by Julian Stodd

by Julian Stodd