@slqotd on Twitter – What a conversation!

Wow.  I am blown away by the response and the quality of tweets offered up in the Social Learning Question of the Day on Twitter.  Thanks to everyone who has chipped in to the conversation.

Here are a few great responses:

• via @toddbynum: @sorden, I think SL goes way beyond just a substitute for F2F. It embodies the concept that anyone can create content.
• via @dwilkinsnh: enabling learners to produce, not just consume; stem courses that link to discussions for example
• via @JaneBozarth: It will force training to let learners drive
• @wilko64: Social Learning is a very personal journey before it is social in any form!
• via @toddbynum: I can see SL being used to augment formal training as a way to support the learner in his/her everyday environment.
• via @tonykarrer: – Does social learning change the fundamental approach to Training Design? – http://is.gd/aT1h
• via @ericwilbanks: Most valuable characteristics of social learning for me is the sheer breadth of the insights created by multiple pers
• via @kerrymcguire: access to knowledge rather than just information, context rather than just content, expertise rather than just FAQ

There is so much to explore, yet so little time (and only 140 characters).   Oh that we never needed to sleep!

If you haven’t joined us, please do!  The more join in on the conversation, the more perspectives we will learn from.  Social Learning at its best.

One thing I have powerfully learned from a number of experiences lately is the power of sharing the stage and letting the learners participate in not only learning, but creating.  This includes during the learning.  It is often a scary thing to do for many reasons, but the synergy and ideas that come up are FAR better than I could have ever have done lecturing preconfigured material by myself.