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Social Media as Social Learning: Provide a brief summary of the Allen and Naughton (2011) article (no more than two to three paragraphs).
What Will It Mean?: In your opinion, what will the rise of social learning mean for professionals in the field of human resource management (HRM) and human resource development (HRD)? Be specific.
What's In Use? What type of social media is your present organization using for learning, if any? How so? If not, why not and where would be a good place to begin using social media for learning in the organization?
Competencies: What competencies will HRM and HRD professionals need to succeed in this new paradigm? Why? How can these competencies be obtained?
Techniques for Overcoming Organizational Challenges: From the article section, Techniques for Overcoming Organizational Challenges, select one of the three organizational challenges listed below to explain in detail how that social media challenge might be specifically addressed in the context of your own organization.
Types of barriers and obstacles (to social learning and social media use) within organizations
Influencing others (e.g., demonstrating business value, ROI) of the use of social media
Approaches for user adoption of social media (Allen & Naughton, 2011)
Social Learning Technologies Self-Assessment: Determine which topics you need to know (and to what level of depth) based on relevance to your current job and to your career. Refer to the list, Social Learning Technologies - Types of Applications and Their Limitations, on page 54 of the article written by Allen and Naughton (2011) article. Focus only on the top three to five highest priority areas based on expected benefits to your organization and to you individually. In one-two paragraphs, identify the highest priority areas and explain why becoming competent in these technologies would be of benefit to your current job and/or career.