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		<title>Last Call for Participants in Microblog Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Yammer Users A study is currently being conducted on microblogs in the workplace and you would receive $50 for your participation. The purpose of this study is to examine whether or not microblogs, when used within an organization to communicate with colleagues, can help people learn, improve their performance and create communities of colleagues [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=370&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2010 in Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been hard at work interviewing research participants for my study on microblogs in the workplace and will update you soon on what trends I am starting to see. However, in the meantime, as I reflect on 2010, the stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com provided me with a great high level summary of this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=363&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microblogs for Learning &amp; Performance Research Proposal: Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reni Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I handed in my research proposal to my professor and he said he was not sure how my interview questions were going to get at my high level research questions. He asked me to map my interview questions to my research questions and it was such a valuable experience and even made me tweak my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=350&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microblogs for Learning &amp; Performance Research Proposal: References</title>
		<link>http://renigorman.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/microblogs-for-learning-performance-research-proposal%c2%a0references/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reni Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmad, N. (2009). Examining the effectiveness of a mobile electronic performance support system in a workplace environment. Unpublished Dissertation, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York. Barab, S. A., &#38; Kirshner, D. (2001). Guest editors’ introduction: Rethinking methodology in the learning sciences. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 10(1&#38;2), 5-15. Barab, S. A., &#38; Plucker, J. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=342&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microblogs for Learning &amp; Performance Research Proposal: Materials &amp; Procedure–Interview Protocol</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reni Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The interview protocol was designed to solicit rich feedback from participants. To this end, following demographic questions, critical incident technique (CIT) was used. For over 50 years the CIT has been and continues to be an effective exploratory and investigative tool that is widely used in qualitative research methods (Butterfield, Borgen, Amundson, &#38; Maglio, 2005; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=332&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microblogs for Learning &amp; Performance Research Proposal: Materials &amp; Procedure&#8211;Messages to Recruit Participants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reni Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Materials and Procedure The emails and any messages posted on blogs will contain a request for participation that also informed participants why they were receiving the message, what they are being asked to do and the criteria by which they are eligible: that they have used Yammer for more than a month. It will also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=320&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microblogs for Learning &amp; Performance Research Proposal: Participants</title>
		<link>http://renigorman.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/microblogs-for-learning-performance-research-proposal%c2%a0participants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reni Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The research is aimed at current users of Yammer, which, according to a Yammer, is currently just over 1 million. In an unpublished pilot study, this researcher has seen the benefits of using Yammer bring themselves to light after only 1 day of usage, however, this researcher will require that participants have at least a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=313&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microblogs for Learning &amp; Performance Research Proposal: Method, Yammer Functionality</title>
		<link>http://renigorman.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/microblogs-for-learning-performance-research-proposal-method-yammer-functionality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reni Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Method  This study utilizes a mixed-method design of quantitative and qualitative measures combined into one instrument and delivered via telephone interviews. Yammer Functionality Once you have signed up you can invite people, and/or follow people. To follow a person means every time they post a status message, you can see that message in your timeline. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=299&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summary: Microblogs and Their Effect on Learning and Performance Improvement in the Workplace</title>
		<link>http://renigorman.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/summary-microblogs-and-their-effect-on-learning-and-performance-improvement-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reni Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only do microblogs give people access to communities of practice and experts but also to content in a somewhat organized fashion (using hash tags to add meta data). What are they ultimately doing? What knowledge management systems always aspired to do: to capture and manage an organization’s knowledge. In this researcher’s opinion, the possibilities [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=291&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recommendations for Future Research: Knowledge Management, Expert Networks and Microblogs in the Workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reni Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowledge Management This research does not address microblogs as Knowledge Management Systems but the connection is important to point out for potential further research and microblog development. Imagine that a person has found a solution, posted an updated with a link to that solution, and tagged his solution with a hashtag—a microblog’s version of meta [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=renigorman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8813080&amp;post=271&amp;subd=renigorman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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