-Software programs
-Allow people to communicate and share
within same document (collaboration)

-Examples:
*Journal club,collaborate on summary report of literature
*Hold "grand rounds", share experiences and examples
*Collaborate on a manual/procedure/handout/protocol
*Share study protocols and instruments
*Have students blog about clinical experiences

Social Networking Strategy Examples ...

Wikis & Blogs

You Tube

Facebook, LinkedIn, Ning, and others

Twitter

(Billings & Kowalski, 2009)

-A video sharing website in which users create a profile, identify with that profile, and interact with/watch/learn from other YouTube members

-Examples:
*Video sharing
*Post tutorials
*Post lectures
*Learn from others tutorials/lectures/video blogs
*Comment (interact)

-More of what the mainstream considers social networking

-Examples
*Connect with others on a social or educational level
*Privacy concerns with public sites
*Sites such as Ning allow a 'structured' 'informal'
learning environment that can be steered towards
learning objectives but with the informal learning
possibilities of social networking.

(Gibson, 2010; Stoeckel & Sinkinson, 2013)

-A microblog
(somewhere between a text message and a blog)

-Examples
*Back-channel chat
*Anonymous questions
*Trending

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