Yes, social learning platforms are in my classrooms (face-to-face, blended, and online) and have been part of my teaching methodology since 2011 or so. I personally got online around 2008 not too long after social media started getting popular among the business community. My first blog was actually on my original website (although clunky) because I remember writing a blog post about my very first Facebook post featuring my kids. Of course, it took me a couple years to master all the start ups and I think twitter became a favorite in 2009 or 2010. I remember, many of my SHRM friends showed me how to use twitter at conferences. Twitter which is where I have my strongest following currently with just under 20k unique followers (no purchased lists - wouldn't even think of doing that). In those early days, it seems like the Human Resource community was among the first to adopt the technology even though many of their employers were still strongly forbidding the use of any type of
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