The typical Twitter user is a young woman with an iphone and 208 followers
Editor’s note: Useful and interesting insights into Twitter users based on a study of 36 million users.
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From elearning to mlearning: the top 5 challenges beyond technology
Editor’s note: A great post looking at the challenges around moving to multi-screen learning.
5 tools and strategies that support group collaboration online
Editor’s note: Education focused but this article highlights some useful tools and the issues around group collaboration online.
Smartphones, reading and a new world of collaborative writing
Editor’s note: Can L&D teams learn from collaborative approaches to writing fiction? This article looks at how authors and fans use technology to collaborate as well as emerging collaborative models of writing.
Polycom tools up for ‘mass adoption’ of video collaboration
Editor’s note: Video-conferencing vendor Polycomhas unveiled a wide-ranging portfolio of new software, platform enhancements and hardware. A notable new feature allows the user to transfer a video call from a tablet to big screen with the swipe of a finger, and use the tablet as a remote control.
Peoplefluent launches social HCM product suite
Editor’s note: Vendor Peoplefluent launches a range of new products to support enterprise collaboration and engagement.
Online attitudes predict individuals’ compulsive and excessive Internet use and poor wellbeing
Editor’s note: Researchers are exploring how specific online communication attitudes – such as individuals’ tendency for online self-disclosure, online social connection, and online anxiety – predicted their compulsive and excessive Internet use. Does excessive participation in social networks foster compulsive and excessive Internet use?
What corporates can learn from the Top 10 Tools for Learning 2012
Editor’s note: Some interesting insights and analysis into how social tools could be better used in corporates based on Jane Hart’s latest list of the top 100 tools for learning.
How to build trust in a virtual workplace
Editor’s note: Trust is enough of a big issue within physical offices, so what about trusting virtual team members? Interesting look at ‘swift trust’ and our default to giving others the benefit of the doubt.
The ipad fosters interaction and creativity among the elderly
Editor’s note: two studies show how iPads can be used outside of their immediate use as a tool for knowledge workers. Interesting applications that show the potential for tablets as a learning tool.
From knowledge stocks to knowledge flows: the journey just begins
Editor’s note: Are organisations designed for optimal knowledge flow? We know the answer, which is why this article is worth reading. Well researched and argued and with lots of links and references.
What’s to come as Jive’s Tony Zingale appears on stage at Boxworks with Box CEO Aaron Levie?
Editor’s note: Speculation that we might be seeing yet more activity in the enterprise social tools space . . .
The corporate LMS market approaches $1.9bn
Editor’s note: Today, Bersin & Associates launch their latest research into the corporate learning management system market. It’s a market that’s worth a lot but vendors have their challenges, not least keeping up with learners.
In an Internet minute
Editor’s note: Steve Wheeler shared this slide at the World of Learning conference. It’s a great image which reflects the exponential growth in the web and user-generated content.
Open collections program: reading, choosing books
Editor’s note: So how did Victorians deal with the fire hose of information that was the explosion in book publishing?