Here are 5 more resources I’ve found this week that look at different social approaches to working and learning.
1 – The first one this week is an article I wrote for the E-Learning Council, Social Media + Learning = more than Social Learning. I cover quite a bit of ground in this article, but in this quote I focus on the use of the term “social learning”.
“But now with the emergence of social tools, we have moved into the Social Era, and this time the word “Social” is being prefixed to old words to form new terms like Social Business, Social Media Marketing, etc. The same has of course happened with Learning, and this had led to the increasing use of the term “Social Learning”. Unfortunately, there are a few problems with this term. Firstly, it is often used to refer solely to the use of social media within formal courses, but secondly, and more importantly, it also conflicts with the existing term “social learning” which refers to ALL learning that happens socially with others – i.e. not just that in formal learning contexts – both social-media-powered and not.
Read the full posting here