One of the most interesting aspects to this program is its emphasis on social learning.
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Online social learning communities are redrawing the lines between leaders, employees, brands and culture.
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Andrew Hsu, 20, started a company called Airy Labs to develop mobile and tablet social learning games for children.
An integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for symbolic thought and social learning.
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The author of the report, Arjen Wals, UNESCO Chair of Social Learning and Sustainable Development at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, presented the publication.
For instance, studies of social learning, the core process that appears affected in children with autism-spectrum disorders, have found differences between the two sexes.
An interesting new book by Marcia Conner and Tony Bingham, The New Social Learning (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Sep 2010) covers this topic very well.
Social learning technology holds the potential to change this.
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This form of social learning is becoming more relevant because of the speed of change of information, the increasing demand for situation-specific knowledge, and recognition that this knowledge can come from practically anywhere.
"The work I do focuses on helping organisations to use social technologies to connect the people in their organisations, " says Ms Conner, a partner in the Altimeter Group and author of the forthcoming book The New Social Learning: A Guide to Transforming Organizations Through Social Media.
" What's more, while the research hasn't even begun yet, one of the professors involved sees it as nothing short of a milestone, saying that "the outcome of the research will define the scientific and technological requirements for the design of humanoid robots able to develop complex behavioural, thinking and communication skills through individual and social learning.
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He compared learning social media to learning a new language and said that the only way to learn a new language is to make mistakes, get corrected and gain fluency in time.
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"The first year for newly qualified staff is so crucial, " said Louise Purser, the county council's head of social care learning.
Online learning social communities exist which cater to all learning styles, all skill sets and personalities, native abilities and educational needs.
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Making social connections around learning is not a new idea, though social networks mean it takes less time and, given the potential for reaching around the globe for these networks, the difference in background of those involved can be refreshingly wide.
Obami Founded in 2009, Obami is a social network and learning management system for South African schools, teachers and students.
He also talks about the importance of the social aspects of learning for people who might otherwise spend many hours alone.
We make it a priority to educate the whole child by providing opportunities for success in their academic and social-emotional learning.
Add to this landscape powerful education reform initiatives such as overhauled teacher evaluation systems, new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and an increased focus on social and emotional learning.
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The efforts of these organizations and many other like-minded groups are part of a national movement that would make social and emotional learning a free-standing, required learning standard for grades pre-k through 12.
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Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship: The center offers Middlebury students a wide range of learning opportunities, including an annual symposium featuring the brightest stars of social entrepreneurship, summer grants, multi-year fellowships, and the MLab, a weekly discussion for students learning about the challenges of social change leadership.
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Instead, I spent my weekdays learning about social media and blogging from my desk.
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It uses machine learning and social media and is very sensitive to privacy concerns often associated with mining data about individuals.
Additionally, the center convenes leaders from college campuses around the U.S. to share their learning in social entrepreneurship in liberal arts education.
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Meilyr Rowlands, Estyn's managing inspector, maintained that the impact of Raise had been significant on the development of pupils' personal, learning and social skills.
But even I am learning new Social Security provisions over time.
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The passion for learning about social and environmental issues in other cultures and educating youth led me to teach high school Environmental Systems for two years at Colegio Americano in Quito, Ecuador.
Social media marketer Salorix has upgraded its analytics product, Amplify, which is a machine learning program that focuses on social networks.
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On the one hand, education (meant here in the broadest possible sense) provided him with unimagined opportunities for learning and upward social mobility.
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