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SteveB's Social Learning Scoop
Wecome to my Social Learning Scoop. It contains a generic mix of articles, gathered through twitter, the blogs I follow and suggestions from the Scoop.it curation tool, that catch my attention as interesting to me and possibly other people. You can use the filter option just above this introduction to search for a particular topic within the numerous articles collated here.
Want to navigate the world of social media without losing your mind? Here are the 10 best social media secrets for 2013.
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What would you like to see in any training programme for current and/or future ministers – or should they require no training at all?
The Importance of Learning-Environment Design
Huffington Post
Question: When was the last time you stopped and thought about how much you learn in a day?
Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them.
Frederick Baker III has started a Google Drive list of public use datasets and people have been busily adding to the resource. Please visit and use the information and contribute if you can.
Via Jim Lerman
Blog post at Learn Camtasia - Online Camtasia Training and Tutorials : There are LOTS of times when I record the audio track for my Camtasia videos first. Why?
Via ewaadam
There is an article in the Boston Review by Thomas Leddy called "Are MOOCs Good for Students?" In this article Leddy claims that "MOOCs pose a great threat to the most important value of higher education: 'literacy.' By 'literacy' I mean, very broadly, the ability to read, think about, and intelligently respond (both orally and in writing) to the literature of any field of study. Thus, implementation of MOOCs for university credit is bad because it is bad for our students."
Via Alastair Creelman
To facilitate Social Media SEO optimization… Include social buttons on every page of your site, and in all blog posts, press releases, and outbound communication.
Focus on the channels your customers use. It’s better to do a thorough job in just one often-visited channel than poorly in three.
Keep in mind that Google has made it clear that social signals play a role in its algorithm; Google+ is going to have the biggest role in your ranking. Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/seo/the-10-new-rules-for-seo-0518641
Via Antonino Militello
The Framework presents a holistic view of 21st century teaching and learning that combines a discrete focus on 21st century student outcomes (a blending
Via ewaadam
When I look at apps like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Vine, etc. in iOS 7, they match the new "flat" environment. They just look outdated by comparison. Developers have had six years to adopt Apple's style, and now they have ...
The Guardian
Can We Move Beyond the MOOC to Reclaim Open Learning?
Huffington Post
But what about the learning?
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When designing a website, what are some of the best ways to make it responsive and easy to use?
Via Spyros Thalassinos
The Guardian
Google lacks instinct
The Guardian
More than four years later, his tantalising insight into Google's lack of instinctive design still rings true – and nowhere is this more evident than in its social media product, Google Plus.
Phys.Org
Breakthrough platform technology for improving effectiveness of online learning
Phys.Org
In recent years, a wide range of learning materials has become available online.
What's the most 'natural' way to learn? It might surprise you
Washington Post
3) A child learns to play a video game by being taught by a more experienced player.
Summary Some thoughts from a gathering in Cambridge where we discussed Catherine Howe’s report for the East of England Local Government Association First of all ***thank you*** to Catherine for allowing Puffles and I to gatecrash what was otherwise...
by David Pogue Lenovo’s new Horizon has a 27-inch touch screen and can be used upright or as a tabletop entertainment hub. " Lenovo deserves great credit for transforming the tablet into something that’s fresh and interesting, something that serves a purpose no other machine quite fills. There really is something new in the Horizon."
Via Jim Lerman, michel verstrepen
A great collection of links for self-directed learners. Over 100 resources in 12 different areas such as Open Courseware, Non-traditional education outside of college, Noteworthy Blogs about undorthodox ways of working, and Work Colleges combining schooling and working.
Via Jim Lerman
Social Media Strategy in 8 steps – an infographic. A recent study by the Altimeter Group [states] that “most companies feel they have fairly coherent social strategies”, but given the advanced nature of the sample i.e. social strategists, large organizations, etc. my sense is that the findings may not represent the experiences of the majority of companies that are using social media.
Via Mike Ellsworth
There are a lot of little-known Twitter tools that don't see the light of day on sites like Edudemic. So I thought this would be a good time to start fixing that.
Via Stephanie Sandifer
While clever word smiths, comedians and business owners were trying to compose their wittiest 140 character tweets, millions of others were rushing to Google Plus. Google Plus gained an additional 90 million users over the ...
Marketing Best Practice With Google Plus Business Pages
Business 2 Community
Google Plus business Page for Marketing is an indispensable tool for savvy B2B Marketers and enterprises.
A Nice Graphic On The Risks of Social Networking http://t.co/aN5AHH86L8 #SoMe #edtech #edchat #digitalfootprint #esafety #elearning
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