Practical Social Learning Solutions
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Online Learning Solutions that Deliver Results Social Learning and the Enterprise
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A brief overview of how to apply social learning in a corporate setting
Transcript of Practical Social Learning Solutions
- 1. Social Learning and the Enterprise
2. Objectives
- Define Social Learning
- How to Take Advantage of Social Learning Methods & Tools
- Identify the Costs of Social Learning
3. What is Social Learning Social learning:Learning that occurs within a social context. It considers that people learn from one another, including such concepts as observational learning, imitation, and modeling. -J.E. Ormond, Human Learning, 1999
- It is not Casual learning
- It is inherently informal
- It requires communication
4. Social Learning in the Workplace Today
- According to Albert Banura, Social Learning Theorist:
- 4 conditions for Actual Learning to occur:
- Attention to the Subject
- Retention of the Material
- Behavioral Replication
- Motivation to Participate/Demonstrate
Examples of Social Learning in the workplace: Water cooler conversations Lunch/Break Time Mentoring an employee Shadowing a co-worker After hours social events Social Media Websites Role Playing Practicing Skills 5. Impacts of Social Learning + _
- Builds Morale
- Rapid Knowledge Transfer
- Fosters Research
- Real Life Examples/Best Practices
- Free
- Voluntary
- Wrong Behaviors can be reinforced
- Time Sink
- Unmanaged
- Good News is not News
- Not Measured
- Voluntary
6. Coaching Social Learning
- Set ground rules
- Participate
- Routinely identify topics for Discussion
- Start a blog and show peers how to use it
- Create a business alias on a social networking site & use it!
7. Social Media Sites 8. The Major Social Networking Sites 9. Twitter as a Learning Tool
- Short 140 byte statements
- Ability to choose only subjects you are interested in
- Great for technical research topics, information sharing
- Feedback given when convenient
- Direct and Broadcast Messaging enabled
- Email alerts
- Cost:$0 + your time
10. LinkedIn as a Learning Tool
- Group Discussions
- Great Networking Vehicle
- Search, Internal & External
- Application Widgets are useful
- Easy to upload video
- Can support many users
- Promotes alternative Discussion
- Personal = Trust
- Realtime Chat/Messanger
- Average Networking
- Needs separation between personal and corporate use
11. Measuringthe ROTI of Twitter
- Identify your users
- Track & record tweet activity & time of tweets (you might be surprised)
- Compare activity by Tweet threads (requires tweetdeck)
- Count your followers & who you follow
- Meet with your team regularly to discuss what they learned and how they applied it
- The Smile Test
12. Questions 13. Other questions? Mike Vandall EVP, Business Development (813) 864-2663 [email_address] www.vector-learning.com www.redvectorsolutions.com www.care2learn.com
