Social Learning Systems

Knowledge sharing tools key, says Google head - People Management Magazine Online

“We have a great starting point at Google – we have the culture and attitude that breeds innovation,” he told delegates. “Out talent philosophy is if you give people freedom, they will amaze you.”

He explained that the organisation had implemented several strategies based on this principle, including the ‘20 per cent time’ rule – where employees have the equivalent of one day per week to develop Google projects they feel passionate about. This initiative has spawned both Google News and Google Ocean, part of Google Earth.

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Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does! Learning in the Social Workplace

Harold Jarche makes this point succinctly himself in Social Learning: the freedom to act and cooperate with others

“One current theme in the workplace and education circles is to “blend” social with the formal and structured. But social learning is not a bolted-on component of our formal educational and training programs. It is a sea change. It will disrupt institutions built upon the technology of  the printing press – all communication enterprises, including education. Yes, we have always learned and worked socially, but we have never had the power of ridiculously easy group-forming or almost zero-cost duplication of our words and images.”

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Ignite Great Lakes - Maria Andersen: Where's the "Learn This" Button? - YouTube

Dr. Maria H. Andersen is the Learning Futurist for the LIFT Institute and a Math Professor at Muskegon Community College, where she organizes Ignite MCC. She writes the "Teaching with Tech" column for MAA Focus and has recently published articles in Educause Review and The Futurist. Lately she has been spending a lot of time building games for teaching math and musing about the future of learning and higher education. You can find Maria blogging on the Internet at TeachingCollegeMath.com or on Twitter at @busynessgirl.

 

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The Ubiquity of Informal Learning: Beyond the 70/20/10 Model by Ben Betts : Learning Solutions Magazine

To quote EDC’s informal learning thesis, “informal learning is ubiquitous” (p. 178). In work, as in life, informal learning has always been present. It isn’t a new idea and it certainly isn’t powered by the internet. To generalize on how much of our learning is sourced from informal happenstance is somewhat missing the point in my mind.

 

-- An interesting look at the origin and validity of the 70/20/10 model. --

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via www.learningsolutionsmag.com