10 things to remember about social learning (and the use of social media for learning) Yesterday I listened into the #lscon Twitter stream for Learning Solutions conference in Orlando, Florida.
There was some discussion about social learning, so I tweeted a few of my own thoughts. I’ve been asked to repeat them in a blog post here, so here are some of my tweets plus a few more points. As I’m not constrained by 140 characters I’ve added a few more words to some of them. Social learning is not what you make people do (as in training) – but something that happens naturally and spontaneously every day – at work as well as at home.Social learning is the lifeblood of all businesses.Social learning is a natural process – you can encourage it but you can’t (en)force it. Social media can only help to support and enhance it.
The Social Learning Revolution. Social Media Is Not Social Learning. There, I said it.
Social media is not social learning. But before I follow through with an analysis of this point, let’s establish a few definitions first. Brian Solis, principal at Altimeter Group, a research-based advisory firm, defines social media as follows: