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My 2017 (11th<\/sup> annual) survey of Top tools for Learning is open for voting here,\u00a0<\/a>and there have already been a few hundred entries, so I thought I’d share \u00a0my personal top 10 tools for this year. If you\u2019d like to share your own 10 favourite learning tools here, then please send them to me at editor@modernworkplacelearning.com<\/a> and I\u2019ll collate them into some follow-up articles.<\/p>\n

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TWITTER <\/strong><\/a>is still the place where I can quickly and easily keep up with what\u2019s happening in the world – and in particular what others are up to with their ideas and activities\u00a0\u00a0 around\u00a0workplace learning. But I do prefer to use TWEETDECK<\/strong><\/a> rather than the web interface – since it’s so easy to set up different columns for my news feed, mentions, hashtags I follow, etc. This makes it much easier for me to get the overall picture of what’s happening in the moment. It\u2019s still \u00a0the first place I turn to in the morning.<\/p>\n

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I also couldn\u2019t do without FEEDLY<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– my RSS reader – where I aggregate well over 300 blog and website feeds. So this as another way important way for me to keep up to date with new ideas and thinking in workplace technology, the future of work, and other related topics.<\/p>\n

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WORDPRESS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is the platform I use for all my websites –\u00a0Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies<\/a>, my blog<\/a>, Centre for Modern Workplace Learning<\/a>, the\u00a0MWL Magazine<\/a> and 30 Day Learning Challenges<\/a>. WordPress is a very powerful\u00a0web publishing too and I have my own WordPress installations which I enhance with the use of a large number of 3rd party plugins . I also make good use of PIXABAY<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s image library.<\/p>\n

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I use YAMMER<\/strong><\/a> to host the online workshops<\/a> I run, since, for me, it is all about facilitating and guiding a social learning experience. \u00a0And I also want to show the workshop participants how valuable a platform it can be to underpin both informal social learning as well as formal (guided) social learning in their own organisations.<\/p>\n

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I am now making increasing use of ZOOM<\/strong><\/a> for video meetings, as it is really good to be able to see so many people\u2019s live videos in one place – rather than just a list of names in a webinar tool. Whilst WHATSAPP<\/strong><\/a> has become my key communication\u00a0tool with individuals and groups.<\/p>\n

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Recently I have become attached to a new web browser, VIVALDI <\/strong><\/a>as I like a number of the features that make it stand out from other browsers. If you don’t know Vivaldi, take a look at 9 reasons to switch to Vivaldi browser today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Finally, I\u2019m still in love with my APPLE WATCH<\/a><\/strong>!\u00a0 <\/strong>People often ask me what it is about it that I like so much, and I say it is not just one thing \u2013 it is all the little things that make it a very useful productivity tool for me – reminders, alerts, notifications and so on.<\/p>\n

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