When to Use Social Media for Learning

This article seemed to be the most relevant to me because it identifies specific situations that will describe when it would be appropriate to use Social Media in education:

1) Productive Employees - Creating a social networking environment conducive for learning will link novices and experts within an organization.

2) Speed, flexibility, and quality - When learning and training needs to be fast, high-quality, and efficient, incorporating learning through social media helps to facilitate the process. It works more effectively when the workers or learners share common practices and interests. Collaborative work can occur and there is faster access to information and answers.

3) Competitive Edge - The only way to achieve an advantage is to see knowledge as a valuable commodity. Ideas breed more ideas and shared knowledge is intrinsically stored in the givers mental capacities while it is being shared with others. Sharing of ideas allows for innovation.

I really appreciate our guest speakers from Week 3 discussing social media and how to use it effectively. This is something I am trying to encourage others to incorporate for business purposes.