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Fascinating article on Baylor research on how internal social networking sites supported and managed within the workplace helps newcomers (younger people usually) to connect and learn from each other, interact directly with more senior people, and inadvertently cause problems for middle managers who did not want to mentor new hires and who did not necessarily have the social/technology proficiencies to participate in the SNS, Science Daily, 1/29/2013. Their conclusions showed that a "company can improve morale and reduce turnover." Researchers are Hope Koch, Baylor, Dorothy Leidner, Ph.D., Ferguson Professor of Information Systems at Baylor; and Ester Gonzalez from Washington State University. Excerpt: he study centered on a financial institution's efforts to reduce IT employee turnover by starting a social and work-related online networking site. Under the supervision of executives, the IT new hires developed and managed the site's content. Since most new hires had moved hundreds of miles to start their new jobs with the institution, they initially used the social pages as an introduction to the community. After a year or so with the organization, the more senior new hires began using the system to acclimate and mentor incoming new hires. All study respondents worked in the institution's IT department and included new hires, middle managers and executives. With less than three years of experience, most new hires and interns were men between 21 and 27 years old. The middle managers and executives were baby boomers or members of generation X. The internal social networking site helped the new hires build social capital in several ways, according to Koch. "It gave them access to people who could provide useful information and new perspectives and allowed them to meet more senior new hires and executives. These relationships set the new hires at ease during work meetings, helped them understand where to go for help and increased their commitment to the financial

Very good personal assessment of why Twitter is valuable, Ross Dawson, June 20, 2011, blog

Very important website for identifying most popular learning tools, compiled by the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies at the end of 2012, Jane Hart et al. Jane runs the Centre and is a member of the Internet Time Alliance and the Social Learning Centre that is offering the PKM workshop that Lisa and I are enrolled in. This is a very valuable resource that should affect our Digital Literacy Foundations Workshop design and should show up someplace on our site--perhaps in the blog?

Jane Hart's top 100 tools for 2013. Votes of over 500 learning professionals from 48 countries compiled the list. "A learning tool is a tool for your own personal or professional learning or one you use for teaching and training."

The latest list from Jane Hart.

Great blog by Jarche on benefits of blogging--I ought to do it, too!!!

Very good blog post on the Connected Leader by Jarche, 2.12.13

Connected Educator partnered with the USDOE for Connected Educator month. This is the report on the results of that month. This site has the pdf of the report and the Appendix with the core elelment details.

Report on Connected Educator Month: partnership with Connected Educators and USDOE

"FEBRUARY 2013 * Roland Deiser and Sylvain Newton " This blog post asserts the importance of certain social-media skills for every leader by using the executives at General Electric as a case study.

Great blog post for writing blogs and getting and staying unstuck

Skillshare one week class by Sarah Bryden-Brown, co founder and COO, GoMight.com, February 2013, Sounds similar to some of our Reset goals for the Studio,

An upcoming class at Skillshare for $15--fun and role modeling for Studio learning series?

Very interesting simple way to build a P2PU course--has implications for Studio learning series

Interesting round-up of engagement techniques for the classroom but at least some could be adapted for online adult work. Contained in a Google docs; came to me via weekly PLP social media roundup

Jane Hart's reading list for 2012 of monthly curated links to useful articles, presentations and readings.

whether or not to use Twitter--funny infographic

An article view by Jenna Wortham at the New York Times of different online learning sites for mastering computer codes and programming, March 27, 2012. Mentions Codecademy, Girls Develop It, Treehouse, General Assembly, etc. Excerpt: "Peter Harsha, director of government affairs at the association, said the figure had been steadily climbing for the last three years, after a six-year decline in the aftermath of the dot-com bust. Mr. Harsha said that interest in computer science was cyclical but that the current excitement seemed to be more than a blip and was not limited to people who wanted to be engineers. "To be successful in the modern world, regardless of your occupation, requires a fluency in computers," he said. "It is more than knowing how to use Word or Excel but how to use a computer to solve problems." "

Offers resources, "MindTools", for leadership, team management, strategy-setting, problem solving, decision making, project management, time management, stress management, communication skills, creativity techniques, learning skills, and career skills.

Georgia Tech does a lot of its courses online and is encouraging more courses to go online. Some questions have been raised about the quality that I am still trying to explore. But the excerpt below on FAQ--last question--might be useful to us in describing our courses. Excerpt: "FAQ Will I get a certificate after completing this class? Certificate of Completion will be provided by Georgia Tech C21U What resources will I need for this class? You will a good internet connection as you may be downloading software, installing software and uploading files. What is the coolest thing I'll learn if I take this class? You will learn how to convert your face-to-face class to a robust online course"

Nellie Deutsch is a wonderful educator using the WizIQ platform for helping people learn all kinds of things. This one is focused on the virtual classroom and has a list of learning objectives that might be adapted for our beta test work group as what they will learn while they are helping us with the website/program development issues.

an interesting free tool for basic screen capture recording on Windows or Mac. A pro version is also available. Found it through Kathy Schrock's web tips on her blog, 2.20.13