GROU.PS is not just a Ning replacement. It's the best do-it-yourself social network on the market. More white label, more sense of belonging, more flexibility and more control for the group administrator and best of all.... it's free. Extra features are at affordable prices. You won't miss any of the features you were enjoying on Ning.
MyVRSpot is the most innovative way to connect true Web 2.0 with curriculum content, combining elements similar to the online publishing of YouTube and the personal space of Facebook. MyVRSpot provides students with a hosted web space (webspot) to upload their videos, audio files, and pictures, all while exploring in the District's "safe backyard." All media is controlled and monitored before going online for others to view. This allows for students to still become those "push button" publishers without the district having to worry about inappropriate content within a multimedia sharing environment. With MyVRSpot, students become researchers, developers, and producers of their own webspot, giving them the sense of ownership.
A social learning model will not replace, eliminate, or displace traditional formal learning.
The Embedded Model involves introducing social media inside formal learning content
In moving from instructor-led training to WBT, organizations have saved significant amounts of money from reduced travel costs
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magine what might happen if we formalized these exchanges through social media. If learners want to discuss formal learning events or curriculum, let’s provide them with discussion forums and comment capabilities.
frastructure for these exchanges, this content becomes searchable and can be included in reports and analytics that provide more insight into the meta-discourse around formal content.
Many of us now reference blogs, wikis, discussion forums, and social networks for information in our personal lives, but far fewer of us have these same options in the workplace.
o matter how effective a training department might be, it will never have the scale of an organization whose entire employee base actively contributes ideas, expertise, and knowledge through vibrant social learning and workplace communities
In the Embedded Model, we’re simply reintroducing the social elements that used to be part of a typical instructor-led class—reflection, debrief, sharing of opinions and perspectives, and the discussion of best practices.
In the Wrapped Model, we’re providing a social platform for the interactions that already happen around formal courseware.
And in the Community Model, we’re providing a broader platform to capture social exchanges and social learning across any topic, not just those addressed in formal learning.