Social Workforce

Social media is here to stay. CLO bloggers tackle the implications.

CLOmedia.com: All Grown Up Over Time

on September 25, 2012 · Comments · in Social Workforce

It’s been 10 years since Chief Learning Officer magazine broke black and white print ground. Congratulations to everyone who has contributed both their insight and their intelligence during the past decade to bring the community of learning professionals together. Not surprisingly, the editorial team at MediaTec also launched, in parallel, a companion website to the [...]

Redefining the Social Employee

on June 18, 2012 · Comments · in Social Workforce

Back in the day, and by day I’m referring to PI (pre-Internet), the social employee was someone who knew how to network, to dialogue and to get things done without the aid of online systems or tools. Remember Sally? She knew everyone and anyone who she met in the elevator. In the cafeteria there wasn’t [...]

The Earnest Learnist

on June 4, 2012 · Comments · in Social Workforce

There are those who can’t avoid the temptation of beer, salt and sugary snacks at night and there are people like me who treat new learning and collaboration platforms infectiously. I wish I could turn my eyes away from these calorie-induced sites or applications, but I just can’t. Perhaps at the core I yearn to [...]

Five Uses for Virtual Worlds in the Workplace

on May 14, 2012 · Comments · in Social Workforce

For the past two and half years at my real job as the head of learning and collaboration, we’ve been early adopters of a virtual world product called AvayaLive Engage, developed by a company named Avaya. It was formerly known as Web.Alive, and although I’m not a fan of the name change, that’s about the [...]

3D GameLab Takes Learners on ‘Quests’

on April 24, 2012 · Comments · in Social Workforce

There is something fascinating going on at Boise State University and specifically the Department of Educational Technology. Let me introduce you to 3D GameLab, arguably an actual example demonstrating the evolution of today’s antiquated learning management system. The brainchild of Lisa Dawley and Chris Haskell, 3D GameLab is an online game-based learning environment facilitated by what are [...]