The document discusses the strategic value of social learning and its impact on business results, innovation, and problem-solving. It emphasizes the need for a blended approach to learning that incorporates social media tools, overcoming barriers to adoption, and enhancing engagement through peer-to-peer and virtual instructor-led learning. The document also highlights the importance of measuring learning outcomes to connect them to business performance.

1. Fueling Collaborative
Learning with Social Media
ASTD International Conference
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2. Key Questions
• How does social learning
provide strategic value?
• How does that strategic
activity translate to business results?
• How does social learning support
innovation and problem solving?
• How does social learning provide rapid access
to information? To experts?
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3. Tension
Structured and Controlled?
Unstructured and Unmonitored?
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4. Mindset
“We have to bounce teachers and learners out of
that mindset that sees teaching as one to many
and adopt the wisdom of the network.”
Donald Clark
“7 Compelling Arguments for Peer Learning”
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5. Learning All Day
“Learning practitioners are well-advised to start
paying more attention to learning as it really
happens—all day, as we interact with one
another, as we go about the business of
executing our job tasks or schoolwork.”
Social Media for Learning
E-Learning Guild
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6. Social Media in Learning
Structured Blended Unstructured
Learning programs Virtual learning designs Social media tools
delivered using that include web made available for
social media, conferencing, social use by individuals
including media, and collaborative when they choose
scheduled online assignments. to access them.
assignments and
tests.
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7. Barriers to Adoption
What barriers to the adoption of social
media in learning have you experienced?
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8. The New Blend
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9. The New Blend
Podcasting
E-learning Video
Virtual instructor-led Wikis or Knols
Podcasting Blogs
E-books Micro-blogs
Instructor-led classroom Brown-bag lunch seminars
Public speakers Book groups
Industry conferences Mentoring
Consult a colleague
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10. Just-in-time Flexible
Peer-to-Peer
Blended
Collaborative
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11. Virtual Instructor-Led
• Contract with the instructor
• Deeper processing
• Greater learning transfer
• Better performance
improvement
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12. Peer-to-Peer Learning
• Commitment to the group
• Deeper processing
• Enhanced critical thinking
• Social and communication
skills
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13. Making the Business Case
• Specify desired learning gains and goals
• Determine on-the-job evidence that supports
learning transfer
• Blend instructor-led and social learning methods
• Connect the blended solution to one or more
business measures
• Track and report on-the-job evidence
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14. Virtual Learning Evolves
Social Learning is not Social Networking
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15. NetSpeed Fast Tracks™
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16. Integrated Learning System
• Keyword Searchable
• Video podcasting
• Podcasting with avatars
• Knols (web-based units of knowledge)
• Blogs
• Insights (expert interviews via podcast)
• Three authoring levels: content manager,
designated authors, peer authors
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17. Video Podcasts
• Discover
• Watch
• Listen
• Read
• Download as
mp3 or mp4
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18. Podcasts with Avatars
• Discover
• Watch
• Listen
• Read
• Download
as mp3
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19. Knols
• Authored web
pages
• Link to a specific
author (SME)
• Include text,
audio and video
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20. Online Collaboration
• Host collaborative
online learning
• Link to videos,
knols and
podcasts
• Include a Class
Blog
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21. “The central challenge for
organizations today is how to
leverage learning consistently,
quickly and effectively into
improved performance.”
Robert O. Brinkerhoff
Telling Training’s Story
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22. Client Example
• Repurposed a two-day training program.
• Participants completed a compliance exam.
• Highly interactive in face-to-face classroom.
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23. Pre-Webinar Assignments
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24. Series of Webinars
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25. Peers Present Research
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26. Tracking and Measurement
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27. Social Media in Learning
Structured Blended Unstructured
Virtual learning
that includes web
conferencing,
social media, and
collaborative
online
assignments.
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28. Thank You!
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