There’s been quite a bit written about how Twitter can be used for learning. A few interesting reads are listed at the end of this post.
I personally believe that Twitter is a great tool to get access to knowledge and information—provided you follow the right people. It’s also a great place to get answers—better than Google searches sometimes—if the right people are following you.
Now learning professionals have voted Twitter the #1 learning tool. As per the 25 May 2009 status of the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 survey conducted by Jane Hart, a social media and learning consultant with a 25-year track record, Twitter has leapt from #43 in 2007 to #1 in 2009. While the survey is not yet over, Twitter seems well set to consolidate its top position as the #1 tool, given the lead it enjoys with 66.5% responses in its favor compared to 42.5% in favor of the #2 tool, Delicious. While Twitter’s rise is not completely unexpected, the jump to #1 is still quite extraordinary.
Here’s a short introductory video to Twitter:
| Further related reading: | |
| • | A good article by ASTD: Twitter As a Learning Tool. Really. |
| • | A great post titled Twitter: Can We Use This As A Training Tool? |
| • | A great list of 22 interesting ways to use Twitter in the classroom |
Happy Tweeting!
www.twitter.com/gargamit100
May 27th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Hey Amit
I have been following your company for some time now and am excited with the type of work being done by you people!
As I was thinking about it I got following ideas which you might evaluate to further expand into:
1. domain specific e-learning — Insurance as a sector in India is growing and it poses unique challenges to companies operating in this area. Basic job training to various key roles (sales, ops etc) becomes challenging in absence of an integrated e-learning solution. You can take advantage of this by combining LMS, e-learning & pre-defined content suited for the industry needs.
2. Engineering & Business Schools — today many colleges have opened up without proper access to high-quality or decent-quality professors, with subjects being taught the same across many locations, create specific contents which can be distributed across various colleges. (example – case-studies, experiments, lectures etc)
Both these approaches have the following benefits:
1. It creates a universal content which can be leveraged to reduce the cost per unit for the consumer
2. Gives you LMS & content power into the user account
3. Use of games & other innovative methods in the delivery mechanism
Do let me know what do you think.
Best Regards
Amol Pawar
Pune
May 28th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Amol,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Both domain specific training and high-quality generic content which can be shared by multiple schools, colleges are good ideas. And I do agree that there would be a good market for it in India. Over the next 3-4 quarters, we will be looking into possibilities of expasion into these areas.
Regards,
June 10th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
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