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Learning 2.0

Free Webinar – Learning 2.0: Where Social Media and Education Connect

by Jeff Cobb on July 6, 2010

On Thursday of this week I’ll be leading a free Webinar on social media and education as part of Higher Logic’s summer learning series. See below for the description, and please join me if you can! (Note: This is geared specifically for trade and professional association audiences.)

Free Webinar

Higher Logic™, a leading professional social media solutions provider, and Tagoras present Learning 2.0: Where Social Media and Education Connect  Thursday July 8 at 2:00 pm EDT. Social networks, YouTube, wikis, blogs….these and a wide range of other social media technologies have moved from the cutting edge to the core of today’s web landscape. The benefits they offer for your learning programs – online and off – are significant, but making sense of the choices and implementing the new technologies in ways that truly enhance the learner experience can be a challenge. This session will highlight some of the best social media approaches for learning and explore how to incorporate them effectively into your education strategy. Are you making the connection?

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More Perspectives on Learning

by Jeff Cobb on March 3, 2010

In my previous post, I referenced a definition of learning I encountered in Digital Habitats, an excellent resource on using technology to support communities of practice. One of the authors, John Smith, was kind enough to drop by and offer the following perspective on learning from a book he is currently reading: [click to continue…]

A Definition of Learning

March 2, 2010

I offered up a definition of learning as I see it a while back on my Mission to Learn blog. Readers there would not have been surprised that I see learning as being much more about ongoing process and interaction than about specific events or degrees or credit. Earlier this week, I was reading Digital [...]

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#untech10 – Learning 2.0 in Action

February 10, 2010

Yesterday, a conference died and a new event – I won’t call it a conference – was born immediately in its wake. By 3:00 in the afternoon, it was clear that many attendees and speakers would not be able to make it the annual ASAE Technology Conference in DC, and it would be unsafe to [...]

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Are you on the train or standing at the station?

January 11, 2010

People tend to fall into two groups when it comes to predictions.
Those in the first group “catch the train” and leave the station. They commit to seeing whether the predictions are true and where things will go.
Those in the second group remain at the station, waiting for the train to return. Maybe the train will [...]

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Learning 2.0 Resources

August 6, 2009

I’ll be presenting – along with SocialFish Lindy Dreyer – on “Professional Development 2.0″ soon at the American Society of Association Executives annual meeting, so thought I’d prepare my handout for the session via a blog post. Below are a number of resources you might find valuable when it comes to blending social media tools [...]

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Social Media and Professional Development Survey

July 10, 2009

During July and August I will be updating the free Tagoras eBook Learning 2.0 for Associations to discuss new technologies and to offer new and different examples of the ways in which associations are using social media (blogs, wikis, social networks, Twitter, etc.) as part of their professional development activities.
To support the [...]

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