Upcoming Online Event

SOCIAL LEARNING ONLINE WORKSHOP
A practical online workshop on how to use social media
for formal and informal workplace learning

This Workshop takes a practical look at the key social media tools and how they can be used for learning.  It assumes no knowledge, experience or skills with any of the tools, so starts from first principles, but also covers their application for both formal and informal learning purposes.

Programme

Part /Week 1 - Getting started and communicating with others

1. Social networking - getting started, using a social network informally and formally; profiling, making contacts
2. Working and learning with others - joining a group to work/learning formally or informally with others, tagging content
3. Communication tools: Synchronous and asynchronous communications, discussion,  chat, messaging, live meetings, etc

Part/Week 2 - Sharing and collaborating with others

4. File sharing  -  uploading and sharing files, embedding shareable resources in web pages
5. Collaboration tools - wikis and other collaboration tools

Part /Week 3 - Personal Tools

6. Social bookmarking - storing and sharing online bookmarks
7. Micro-blogging - using public and private Twitter-like services

Part/Week 4: Personal Tools (contd)

8. Blogging - blogging formally and informally in the workplace
9. RSS feeds - keeping track of news and blog feeds

Part/Week 5

10. Setting up a collaborative workspace for formal/informal learning purposes - putting it altogether, creating and maintaining informal and formal groups

Part/Week 6

Social Learning project - identify a learning or performance problem and implement a social learning solution to address the problem.

Technology

Although this online workshop will be hosted in our own private, integrated social media platform - SLOE (Social Learning Online Events) -  it will also refer to and consider other publically available stand-alone social media tools. 

Content and facilitation

All the content will be online and will include readings, activities, discussions and other interactivities and collaborative tasks. 

A facilitator will be available online for general support through the programme, and to provide feedback on the project.

Event fee:

INTRODUCTORY INDIVIDUAL RATE - £95 + VAT per person

Event availability

The Wokshop is available EITHER on-demand, i.e. you can join up  at any time and work in your own time and at your on pace on it, OR else work with others on a 6-weekly basis.  You can join the workshop any time from 7 September 2009.  All participants will work in the same group space to ensure they benefit from all the comments and activity within the workshop.

Register interest

If you are interested in signing up for  this event, please send an email to events@c4lpt.co.uk and we will let you know when online registration opens.