2. Introduction
• Make Effective Presentations
• Using Awesome Backgrounds
• Engage your Audience
• Capture Audience Attention
3. Social Learning
• Definition: learning with and from
others
• Barriers to overcome include
– Organizational culture
– Employee perceptions
– Privacy and content concerns
• Social media is a versatile resource for
training
• Ethical dilemmas need to be
considered
4. Problem Solving through Social
Learning
• Addressing business problems by
– Crowd sourcing content
– Quick information sharing
– Questions answered from a variety of
sources
• Positively affects employee perception
of problems through teamwork
5. Business Issues and Strengthening
Relationships
Business Issues
• Works toward
organizational goals
through
– Collaboration
– Seeking feedback
– Sharing information quickly
• Dependent on employee
participation
• Address accountability
Strengthening Relationships
• Encourages new
relationships
• Discussions
• Not limited by time and
space
6. Social Media Tools
Twitter
• Microblogging tool
• Useful for
– Instant information
– Updates
– Finding quick answers
– Making new connections
– Quick, concise
conversations
– Staying connected with the
home feed
Delicious
• Social bookmarking tool
• Useful for
– Organizing and sharing
websites
– Searching for relevant
content using tags
– Organize FAQ and online
manual pages
7. Social Media Tools cont.
Facebook
• Informal tool for
connecting and sharing
news
• Useful for:
– Finding and developing
new relationships
– Sharing information,
pictures, videos, and links
LinkedIn
• Business-focused site for
networking and group
discussions
• Useful for
– Professional discussions
– Finding and maintaining
new professional
relationships
9. References
• Baxter, A. M. (2014). Social Media Fosters
Professional Learning and Collaboration.
Learning & Leading With Technology, 41(7), 36-
38.
• Drumwright, B. (2009). Bandura's Theories.
Retrieved from Bonnie Drumwright, Ph.D.:
http://bdrum.com/Bandura/theory2.htm
Editor's Notes
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This training is designed to not only introduce social learning but also social media tools. It is our goal to improve the organization through utilizing social medial tools, which will increase productivity, moral, and information sharing. In order to do this you have to have an effective presentation, having awesome backgrounds, be able to engage your audience and to capture audience attention from the start.
When thinking about social learning it is just that social. It is learning by observing others. It is paying close attention, being able to retain the information, attempting the behavior, and also the use of the modeled behavior (Drumwright, 2009). Just like with anything else there are going to be barriers to overcome. You have organizational culture, employee perceptions, and privacy and content concerns. Having social media is a great resource for training as it gives other avenues to help understand and retain the information in a different way. Ethical dilemmas would have to be considered just like in a regular class room setting. There has to be policies in place.
Social learning can be used for problem solving by crowd sourcing content, being able to quickly share the information and have questions answered in a variety of ways and sources. Having social learning is going to have a positive affect on the perception when it comes to problems because it encourages the discussion. It allows for people to think, ask questions, and become part of the solution.
Social learning through social media is going to help work towards organizational goals. There is a collaboration amongst teams, seeking the feedback and being able to share the information quickly. There has to have accountability with the social media to eliminate the perception of hierarchy and for it to be successful. With doing all of this it is going to build relationships and break down silos. It is going to encourage people to engage with others, build new relationships and partnerships, have in depth discussions and not be limited by time or space.
Some of the tools that are being looked at are twitter and delicious. Twitter is a microblogging tool that allows for instant information, updates and finding information quickly. It builds new connections as well as concise conversations. Delicious is a social bookmarkiing tool that one can use for organizing and sharing websites amongst each other. You can search for relevant content with tags and also be able to organize FAQ and online manual pages.
Facebook is an informal tool that allows for not only connecting with people but sharing news and updates. One can share information, pictures, videos and links. LinkedIn is more of a business focused site that allows for networking and group discussions. It can help build up a network, finding new information and reaching out for leads. One can find interesting or new information or technology and be able to share with their network as well.
In conclusion having social learning and also adding in social media tools is going to give the organization a different experience when it comes to learning such as building connections, creating out of the box thinking, and a more interactive approach. Utilizing social media tools is a stepping stone to the foundation of social learning. It is going to create more opportunities for employees to feel more productive, have more self confidence and feel like they are part of the enhanced learning experience.
