Presentation at RSC Future Focus, Glasgow Jne 2011

1. The future of
learning is
social!
Jane Hart
Centre for Learning &
Performance Technologies
www.C4LPT.co.uk

3. Emerging List
of
Top 100 Tools
for Learning
2011
List at 7 June
compiled
from the Top
10 Tools
contributions
of
163
learning
professionals
worldwide

4. 1‐ Consumerization of IT
2 – Merging of personal, learning
and working tools
3‐ Individuals are doing
“their own thing”

6. Work independently
Work in spurts
Drawn to technology
Like freedom of choice
Social
Collaborative
Self‐directed

8. Facebook

11. “I learn something new several
times a day and stay connected
with people that form my most
valuable network. This is the
one tool I would choose if I
could only keep one.”
“I use Twitter to share my thoughts, ideas,
information with others and to learn or get
inspired by others.”
"A performance support tool, learning platform
and social network all rolled in one."
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13. Twitter
in a Workshop

19. Micro‐learning
with Twitter

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23. “I've learned more in the last few weeks by monitoring this
community than I have in the past year in class..... It's an amazing
group ‐ I have seen discussions on questions I hadn't thought
about and received pointers towards great articles...... Makes me
wonder why I'm spending all that money on a formal education
when I'm not learning as much....”
“I really "ummed and ahhed" before joining this
community. Participating in social media is still a bit "scary"
for me ‐ don't laugh!!! But I'm glad I did ‐ I've learnt more in
a few days than in the previous 6 months of trying to figure
it all out for myself. Another vote for social learning.”

24. What do these examples have in common?
Not fundamentally “learning” systems
But social systems
It’s about enabling and encouraging
participation than managing access to
learning content
Start with a social system and build in the
learning

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