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We are entering the age of collaboration. http://www.universitybusiness.com/article/collaborate-or-die-future-education

Collaborate or Die: The Future of Education

Social Networking: Learning Theory in Action -- THE Journal

http://thejournal.com/articles/2008/05/21/social-networking-learning-theory-in-action.aspx Social Networking: Learning Theory in Action
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/openlearning/;jsessionid=OIMFIAJPGFOH

Open learning initiative

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Social Networking: The Future

http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/05/social-networking-future/ Editor’s note : This is the third of a three-part guest post by venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners on “Social Networking: The Past, Present, And Future.” Read Part I and Part II first.

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http://www.amazon.com/Building-Virtual-Communities-Computational-Perspectives/dp/0521785588 I found this to be a mildly interesting collection of papers but rather uneven in focus and range.

Social Networking for Innovative Educators

When innovative educator Will Richardson speaks to audiences he often asks how many people belong to social networks (aside from dating sites*)? About 10% of hands go up depending on the audience. He follows that with how many people teach MySpace or Facebook? http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2008/04/social-networking-for-innovative.html
Key elements of success for innovative businesses is the ability to collaborate and do it well.

7 action steps to improve collaboration - Massi Brand Management

http://stevemassi.com/7-action-steps-to-improve-collaboration
Learning is a continuum of degrees of formality • BY JAY CROSS In the five years since the publication of Informal Learning, I’ve become the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. I didn’t invent the concept.

Overcoming Bipolar Thinking

Change can be scary. If you agree, then 2010 has been a “scary” year.

Dec 10 2010 Trends - Free - ASTD

An operational attitude towards learning

You've probably heard me say this before, but I am increasingly of the view that the workplace training/learning/L&D (whatever they're called in your organisation) team should be moved out of HR and into Operations.
Jane Hart writes an interesting post on top-down vs. bottom-up approaches to nurturing social media in organizations, making the excellent point that bottom up support of existing social media activities will work better than imposing social media use from the top down.

The Bamboo Project Blog: 5 Strategies for Supporting Bottom-Up Social Media Use