Social Media Learning



Social Media as Social Learning

Introduction

It seems like only yesterday when people used to crack the heels of their shoes in searching jobs by visiting offices daily for dropping their resume. Today, it takes absolutely no time for people to find their heart-content job. This is the technological era and during this era, social media such as social networking websites have played a great role in making this search easy for every candidate. Now, be it posting a job online or taking interviews, social media has is there to help employers, as well as, employees. In addition to this, due to the immediate responses of users in the form of feedback or suggestions, it has become easier for organizations to know what their customers want and how they must deliver the required goods or services. This can be witnesses on social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter where people usually explain their love and experience of a brand on their respective pages. Moreover, social media marketing is the name game for promoting brands and companies must learn to adapt to the changes which social media is bringing in for organizations. The main point is, the picture culture is next vehicle for increasing c2c interaction leading to increase in brand awareness. The crust of this article is to highlight how social media can be used by professionals to develop their learning.

Regardless of all the benefits social media has to offer for organizations in terms of marketing in one thing, learning from these social media websites, is another. For instance, Jane Bozarth writes that Facebook is an essential tool for trainers to stay in touch with the learners and helps the organizations, the instructors and the learners to build a sense of community. Having the expertise in social media tools is an must-have for organizations nowadays. However, it is very important for organizations to consider that what may appear to be the latest technology tool for today may become obsolete in the coming days. It is predicted that the learning management platforms will be merged with social media by the end of 2020.

Social Learning for HR Professionals

The field of social learning will be helpful for HR professionals in a very different manner. With the help of social media, HRD will become much easier as employees will need not to be summoned in one room, they can attend the training session ...