This document discusses social media, social learning, and curation for learning professionals. It defines social media, social learning, and how the two are converging. Popular social media tools like blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, and Twitter are explored in a learning context. Curation is defined as the process of gathering, organizing and sharing content, and examples of curation like aggregators, filters, and timelines are provided. The benefits of leveraging social media, social learning and curation to address organizational problems are discussed.
1. Social Media, Social Learning,
and Curation for Learning &
Performance Professionals
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2. What’s your Social Media
Usage?
4. I create and share content,
spearhead discussions, and
teach others
3. I actively use my accounts and
connect with others
2. I have accounts, but don’t use
them much.
1. Social what?
3. Who’s here?
Who are you?
What do you do?
Where do you do it?
What’s you favorite
social media tool and
why?
6. Our Core “Agenda”
Examine social media, social
learning, and the convergence of
the two
Explore popular social media tools in
a learning context
Discover the need and opportunity
presented by curation
Explore and build examples of social
media and curation in action
10. What is Social Media?
Social media are media for social
interaction, using highly
accessible and scalable
communication techniques.
Social media is the use of web-
based and mobile technologies to
turn communication into
interactive dialogue.
via Wikipedia.org
11. What is Social Media?
When most people
think of Social
Media, they think of
the most commonly
used tools.
12. Why Use Social Media for
Learning?
• Collaboration
• Reduced Costs
• Strengthen
Culture
• Build Teamwork
• Enhances
Communication
• Knowledge
Management
• Reduced Costs
• Supports
Diversity
• It’s what the
learners want…
14. What is Social Learning?
Social learning is learning that
takes place at a wider scale than
individual or group learning, up
to a societal scale, through social
interaction between peers. It may
or may not lead to a change in
attitudes and behavior.
via Wikipedia.org
15. What is Social Learning?
Social learning is learning that
takes place at a wider scale than
individual or group learning, up
to a societal scale, through social
interaction between peers. It may
or may not lead to a change in
attitudes and behavior.
via Wikipedia.org
16. What is Social Learning?
It’s ALL Social
Learning
Well… MOST of it is anyway.
18. The 70:20:10 Learning
Paradigm
• 70% of learning & development activity
takes place from real-life and on-the-job
experiences, tasks and problem-solving.
• 20% comes from feedback and from
observing and working with role models.
• 10% comes from formal training.
Princeton Learning Philosophy: http://www.princeton.edu/hr/learning/philosophy/
19. How do Employees Learn?
The Traditional Model of Workplace Training
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
HIRED RETIRED
Image Concept from Bill Mosher, built upon by Jane Bozarth
20. How do Employees Learn?
This is Where the ‘Real’ Learning Takes Place
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
FormalTraining
HIRED RETIRED
Image Concept from Bill Mosher, built upon by Jane Bozarth
22. Common Examples of
Social Learning
• Mentoring
• Role Plays
• Teleconferences
• Games
• Field Trips
• Icebreakers
• Group Projects
• Case Studies
• Coaching
• Round Robins
• Teach-Backs
• Discussions
• Compare/Contrast
• Debrief
23. The Convergence…
Social Media is not new.
Social Learning is not new.
What is new is the convergence. Social
media technologies have advanced to a point
that they are no longer a barrier to social
learning. They can now be used to support
and enhance social learning
27. What is a BLOG?
A blog (a blend of the term web
log) is a type of website or part of
a website. Blogs are usually
maintained by an individual with
regular entries of commentary,
descriptions of events, or other
material such as graphics or
video.
via Wikipedia.org
28. The Benefits of Blogs?
• Free
• Easy To Use
• Controllable
• Trackable
• Encourages
Reflection
• Enables
Interaction (via
Comments)
33. What is a facebook?
Facebook is a social networking service and
website launched in February 2004. As of
January 2011, Facebook has more than
600 million active users. Users may create a
personal profile, add other users as friends, and
exchange messages, including automatic
notifications when they update their profile.
Additionally, users may join common interest
user groups, organized by workplace, school or
college, or other characteristics.
via Wikipedia.org
34. The Benefits of facebook?
• Free, Easy To Use
• Flexible
• Expansive
• Leverages
Existing Tool
• Enables and
Encourages
Sharing and
Participation
37. What is a LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is a business-oriented
social networking site. Founded
in December 2002, it is mainly
used for professional networking.
LinkedIn reports more than 100
million registered users, spanning
more than 200 countries and
territories worldwide.
via Wikipedia.org
38. The Benefits of LinkedIn?
• Free, Easy To Use
• Leverages
Existing Tool
• Enables and
Encourages
Sharing and
Participation
40. What is a Google+?
Google+ is a social networking and
identity service that is owned and
operated by Google Inc. Google
has described Google+ as a "social
layer" that enhances many of its
online properties, and that it is not
simply a social networking website,
but also an authorship tool that
associates web-content directly
with its owner/author.
via Wikipedia.org
41. The Benefits of Google+?
• Free, Easy To Use
• Leverages
Existing Tool
• Enables and
Encourages
Sharing and
Participation
• Integrates with
Google Apps
43. What is Twitter?
Twitter is a social networking and
microblogging website. It enables users
to send and read text-based posts
composed of up to 140 characters,
called tweets, which are displayed on
the user's profile page. Users can
subscribe to other users' tweets – this is
known as following and subscribers are
known as followers or tweeps.
via Wikipedia.org
44. The Benefits of Twitter?
• Free
• Very Quick
• Enables and
Encourages
Sharing and
Participation
46. Why use Social Media?
The rules are changing…
•10 Years Ago
“Leave your cell phones home”
•5 Years Ago
“Turn off your cell phones”
•2 Years Ago
“Set your phones to vibrate”
•Today
“Please step outside if you
need to use your phone”
47. The rules are changing…
•Tomorrow
“Yes, you may use your cell
phone during the session”
This is a huge
problem.
Why use Social Media?
48. The rules are changing…
•Tomorrow
“Yes, you may use your cell
phone during the session”
This is a huge
problem.
opportunity.
Why use Social Media?
50. Examples of Social Media in
Learning
1. Trainer can receive real-time evaluations
(Levels 1, 2, and 3)
2. Learners can easily be engaged before,
during, and after a session.
3. Use Social Media to make key learning
points stand out.
4. Adds informal learning to formal learning
plans.
5. Taking Live Polls from Participants.
51. The Backchannel
“A line of communication
created by people in an
audience to connect with
others inside or outside the
room, with or without the
knowledge of the
speaker…”
Cliff Atkinson, The Backchannel
52. The Backchannel
Participants no longer wait
until after a session to
perform an evaluation.
Using Twitter and other
Social Media tools,
participants interact and
provide feedback during
and throughout a session.