In my State of. Social Learning in the Workplace I identified 5 types of. social) learning that take place in an organisation, as well as how. social media is being used in each. But for social learning to be. successfully implemented in an organisation it is not just about adding in the. MORE >>

Regular readers of this blog know that I have been posting recently about the need for change within  L&D - to move from a focus on training to supporting the wider "learning" and performance needs of employees.  Cuts, Change & Collaboration. serving the public sector. initiative and prove its value to the organisation. MORE >>

But even in Stage 4, the use of social media for formal learning is quite different; and I am seeing three different approaches or models, each of which has its advantages and disadvantages.    I have posted about this before , but I think it is worth a re-post. 1 - Wrap-around model. Here the social. aspects of learning are. added-on. MORE >>

Those of you who are regular readers of my blog know that I am a host of the early synchronous live-chat session that takes place on Twitter at 4.30 on Thursday afternoons in the UK (5.30 pm CET and 11.30 am EDT) known as #lrnchat.    I discovered lrnchat through your blog and it seemed like a good idea.  MORE >>

I recently noticed a few tweets and other postings that implied that Timo Elliot's SAP Web 2.0 Auto-tweet plugin for PowerPoint was no longer working. In fact Timo has had to update his plugin due to changes in Twitter's authentication process, as he explains on his website. Because it’s very hard to use the new “OAuth” verification now required. MORE >>