Social Media for Trainers: Techniques for Enhancing and Extending Learning
- 2h 10m
- Jane Bozarth
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2010
A how-to resource for incorporating social media into training
Whether you work in a traditional or virtual classroom, social media can broaden your reach and increase the impact of training. In Social Media for Trainers, e-learning and new media expert Jane Bozarth provides an overview of popular tools, including blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, SlideShare, Flickr, and others. You'll learn to leverage each medium's unique features and applications to deliver training, facilitate discussions, and extend learning beyond the confines of a training event. This key resource offers a new set of powerful tools for augmenting and enhancing the value of your training.
About the Author
Jane Bozarth, Ed.D., is an internationally known trainer, speaker, and author. She is the author of Pfeiffer's E-Learning Solutions on A Shoestring; Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging E-Learning with PowerPoint; From Analysis to Evaluation, and, with Jim Kouzes & Barry Posner, The Challenge Continues. In addition to her work as Elearning Coordinator for the state of North Carolina, USA, Dr. Bozarth is the Social Media Strategist of InSync Training, LLC and she is also a moderator of a number of popular Twitter real-time #lrnchat sessions.
In this Book
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About This Book
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Introduction—Getting the Most from This Resource
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The Basics
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Twitter
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Facebook and other Communities
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Blogs
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Wikis
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Other Tools
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The Bigger Picture
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Afterword—Be the Change
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References and Suggested Reading
