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thomas n. burg - on social media and its benefits for us, and sometimes gossip.

social skills conference Salzburg

Completely forgot about that: I’m invited to speak at about the nature of Tagging ( ) aka social classification as a part of knowledge organization. The organizers brought together almost everybody in Europe who dealt with weblogs and social sofware over the last years. The conference in Salzburg ( ) is aimed at the educational sector but the issues at stake are overall interesting - so if you are close enough be there.

Social skills through Social Software: Tagging: Beschlagwortung und Wissensteilung in offenen und geschlossenen Netzen, Thomas Burg, Geschäftsführer permalink “

They always forget the N. - I fight for that since I’m 20 or so ;-)


The end of instructional solutions

Well, that ultimately leads to building knowledge and practice networks enabled via collaborative aka social software. The clickable course is the exception not the rule. At least in this utopian draft. Saying that after having talked to some school officials.


What Lies Beyond E-Learning? By Marc J. Rosenberg
: “[...]What workers are looking for is straightforward and reliable access to information and expertise that answers their questions, demonstrates a task or processes, provides advice, and makes their work easier and better[...].” (via weiterbildungsblog)