{"id":54463,"date":"2016-03-31T17:28:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T21:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=54463"},"modified":"2016-03-31T17:28:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T21:28:37","slug":"could-slack-be-the-next-online-learning-platform-ahearn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2016\/03\/31\/could-slack-be-the-next-online-learning-platform-ahearn\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Slack be the next online learning platform? [Ahearn]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2016-03-04-could-slack-be-the-next-online-learning-platform\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Could Slack be the next online learning platform?<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edsurge.com by Amy Ahearn<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Enter <a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slack<\/a>. The online communication platform launched two years ago and now has more than 2.3 million users. It facilitates an online, supercharged version of watercooler conversation, enabling people to trade information and chat informally with colleagues. And it might just be a game changer for online education.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nOn Slack there are flexible public channels, along with small private groups for exchanges between just a few people. Media companies including the New York Times are using it as a content management system,\u00a0and corporations from Walmart to Blue Bottle Coffee rely on it to keep globally distributed teams in sync.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>At <a href=\"http:\/\/plusacumen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">+Acumen<\/a> we were intrigued when marketing guru <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Godin<\/a> used Slack for an experiment in online learning. In 2014 he started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altmba.com\" target=\"_blank\">altMBA<\/a>, an online leadership workshop,\u00a0and hosted it in Slack.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #034503;\"><em>Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slack<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/is\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-54465\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54465\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Slack2-March2016.jpg\" alt=\"Slack2-March2016\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Slack2-March2016.jpg 757w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Slack2-March2016-150x88.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/is\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-54464\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54464\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Slack-March2016.jpg\" alt=\"Slack-March2016\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Slack-March2016.jpg 842w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Slack-March2016-150x81.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Slack-March2016-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could Slack be the next online learning platform? &#8212; from edsurge.com by Amy Ahearn Excerpt: Enter Slack. The online communication platform launched two years ago and now has more than 2.3 million users. It facilitates an online, supercharged version of watercooler conversation, enabling people to trade information and chat informally with colleagues. 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