RWW Network. The official definition of crowdsourcing from Jeff Howe, is "the act of a company or institution taking a function once performed by employees and outsourcing it to an undefined (and generally large) network of people in the form of an open call." A number of large web development discussion communities host contest areas, including NamePros , v7 Network , and Webmaster Talk. social networking. social media. social news. mashups. MORE

RWW Network. There are many ways to filter news feeds from your favorite sources, including passively by relying on meme trackers like Techmeme or social news services such as Google Readers shared items. Why Filtering is the Next Step for Social Media. I recently did an article on my blog illustrating a practical example of how Pipes was used to aggregate feeds from job boards to get the most qualified results for freelance web design and contract work. social media. MORE

This article has been compiled after tracking recent conversations in the blogosphere and following social bookmarks. Towards a Definition The following definition is intended to introduce the general nature of PLEs: a Personal Learning Environment is a facility for an individual to access, aggregate, configure and manipulate digital artefacts of their ongoing learning experiences. services like social bookmarking or photo sharing. A PLE could be implemented as a mashup. MORE

RWW Network. Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media. Social media. Whether youre socializing on Facebook , updating Twitter , or just adding a new bookmark to Ma.gnolia , social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. Thats why many of todays colleges and universities are now offering "social media" classes as an option for their students. Welcome to Social Media U. Lesson # 5 Use Social Networks. MORE

Social media analytics. Oktopost’s social media solutions are GetApp favorites for a number of years. Besides featuring widespread integration to the majority of CRMs and integrations, Oktopost recently released its own set of data analysis tools dubbed Social BI. MORE

RWW Network. Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google. Business social network LinkedIn. So it is not a surprise to me that LinkedIn is seeing easily the highest growth rate among social networking sites. That fits the original mission of LinkedIn, which is to enable people to rebuild their relationship networks built up over years in business. However, LinkedIn is less useful to somebody without a deep network. social networking. MORE

blogs, wikis, podcasts, social bookmarking and others â?? Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) refer to the aggregation of single-functionality tools which enable learners greater control over their own learning experience. Instead of centralized, instructor-controlled learning, PLEs are distributed, social and learner-centric. Numerous other factors play a role: content creation tools, content storage, tools for communication, protocols/APIs, and identity management. MORE