Sinau is a Javanese word, means Learning. The chinese character "欣“ (xin) has the meaning of "happy; joyful", while the "翱" (ao) means "take wing". It means passionate learner who take a wing in his / her professional development. SinauOnline is based on constructive learning approach which will put learner in the focus of the learning process. On the core of its approach is to encourage people to learn through sharing (speak coordinated blogging), and jointly create an open learning materials, which than be provided and packaged for everybody interested in.

1. Blogging at Sinau.me
Social Learning, Knowledge Sharing and Professional Development
by Dr. Hora Tjitra & Daisy Zheng Hangzhou, Sep. 2010

2. WHAT IS SINAU.ME?

3. SinauOnline is based on constructive learning approach which will put
learner in the focus of the learning process. It is built based on the social
learning 2.0 philosophy, mostly using open source technology.
On the core of its approach is to encourage people to learn through sharing
(speak coordinated blogging), and jointly create an open learning materials,
which than be provided and packaged for everybody interested in.
Our regional focus are in particular in China, Indonesia and APAC areas.

4. SinauOnline: Name & Logo
The six blue dots, reflect the six values we are following:
✦ Open source (our learning materials are free for everyone)
✦ Passion to learn
✦ Joy for sharing
✦ Bridge theories and practice
✦ Connect peoples
✦ Independent and neutral (not fix on a specific approach or school of thoughts)
✦ The chinese character " “ (xin) has the Sinau is a Javanese word,
meaning of "happy; joyful", while the " " (ao) means Learning.
means "take wing".
✦ SinauOnline would like to support people to
develop and take wing with joy and happiness.

5. Sinau.me:
Free eLearning Platform based on Social Learning Networks
We are NOT We are NOT
Individual Bloggers Unstructured Bloggers’ Network
• Wordpress.com, Blogger.com • ……
• etc. • etc.
We are an Open Learning Platform
• Providing free learning materials
• Put the learner’s interest in the center
• Creating group’s identity
• Top-Down and Bottom-Up approach
4. Connect Learners
1. Learner’s Orientation
3. Open Learning Materials
2. Edited Learning Materials

6. Voluntary Committee:
Organizational Structure of Local Chapter
Proposed KPI
Title Description
(Key Performance Indicators)
• Represent the group to outside
Speaker / Coordinator / President • Coordinating & Collaboration with others (internal & • Overall Team Achievement
external)
• Internal Communication
Secretary & VP of Finance • Finance and Administration • Effective organization, documentation and finance
• Documentation of (local) Activities
• Coordinating and give feedback to the authors • Quality of Articles / Profile of Authors
VP of Quality & Engagement • Encourage active engagements • # Comments, # Discussions
• Content Support • # Ratings
• Technology Adoption and Direction
VP of Technology & User Experiences • Design & User Interface • Satisfaction Index & other feedback
• Technical Support
• Recruiting new members • # Members / # New Members
VP of Membership • # Members Activities
• Let other knows about sinau • # Visitors
VP of Public Relation • Links to other social networks • # Views
• Promote & collaboration with others
• Project Management • Innovation and Creativity
VP of Special Assignments • Events / Contest etc.

7. WHO ARE
THE TARGET AUDIENCE
OF SINAU.ME?

8. Active Learners
• Learning through Teaching and Sharing Self-Study & Information
• Bloggers, PhD Students
• Self-learners, Members
• Developing Learning Materials
• Curious, specific questions
• Visitors, Guests
Blended Learning
• Complimentary free learning
materials for Classroom teaching
• Educators, Teachers, Trainers,
Professors, etc.
• Teaching members, Classroom 2.0

9. Young Professionals
• Graduate Students
• Fresh-Graduates
• Low-Mid Management
Learning, Training and
Development Professionals
• MNCs
• IT & SMEs
European & US
• Who wants to know what is going on
in China, Indonesia and Asia Pacific

10. SOCIAL LEARNING 2.0 -
PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

11. Learning environment has changed a lot because of the rapid development
of internet. Web 2.0 learning platform is about collaborative, user-centric
content production and interactive content access.
Characteristics of social learning 2.0: exponential, networked, quick,
widely shared knowledge, ideas “paid forward”, convenient, innovative, etc.

12. Social Learning: Learning with the Support of Web 2.0
Learning occurs within a social context.
People learn from one another by observing,
imitating, modeling and more and more by
sharing and exchanging ideas through web
2.0 platforms.

13. What is New in Social Learning 2.0?
SinauOnline: Name & Logo
• Learning is centered around the
interests of the learner
• Learning is owned by the learner
Learner centered
• Workflow Learning
• This learning is immersive
– learning by doing • Community of Practice
Immersive learning Informal learning
Lifelong
Learning
• Learning occurs through
connections with other learners
• Learning is based on • Co-op learning
conversation and interaction • Instant learning
Connected learning Mobile learning

14. HOW TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN
SOCIAL LEARNING PLATFORM?

15. What can I Get as a Blogger on Sinau.me?
Who could join in us as blogger?
✓ Passion to learning
✓ Joy for sharing
✓ Excellent at writing and/or designing
✓ Certain knowledge background
✓ Good written English
✓ Capable to judge and integrate resources
✦ Systemize your knowledge
✦ Resource sharing & Get deep discussion on specific topics
✦ Improvement suggestions from senior professionals
✦ Self-marketing and promotion platform
✦ Learn course design and learning material development
✦ Technical, social and professional support are provided
What are the benefits of being a blogger?

16. Social engagement means how interesting or relevant people
have found an item or category to be.
Examples of engagement include writing a blog post in response
to someone else, bookmarking an article, leaving a comment
on a blog or clicking a link to read a news item.

17. 5Cs of Engagement
The strongest form of engagement is demonstrated by using an item as inspiration to create your own,
Creating for example, writing your own blog post that responds to or refutes someone else's blog post. Creation
requires the most thought and investment of time, actively generates conversation, and therefore
indicates the highest level of engagement.
Critiquing Reading a blog post and then leaving a comment requires an investment of time, thought and effort (or
sometimes just typing and name-calling...), and is a form of conversation. However, it requires less
effort than writing a whole blog post. So while it is an important action, it does not indicate as much
engagement as Creating.
Sharing and discussing information can often be started with one click, so it doesn't require a major
Chatting investment of effort. However, a desire to share is a strong indication of relevance, and the act of
sharing and its ensuing discussion are acts of conversation. Use of social media applications like
Twitter encourage both the sharing of information and the resulting conversations. As a result, social
media "chatting" indicates a good level of engagement.
Collecting Bookmarking or submitting items to social sites also tend to be "one-click" actions. They are intentional
acts of archiving and sharing, but don't require much time or effort. However, the sharing that occurs
often sparks conversations, so Collecting does demonstrate some engagement.
Activities like clicks and page views indicate lower engagement because they're passive interactions.
Clicking Clicking a link to read a blog post doesn't require much work, and you're not giving anything back
except your reading time. It is an intentional act, however, and thus indicates a mild level of interest
and engagement. Which may grow after the item is read.
From http://www.postrank.com/postrank/

18. HOW TO DO BLOGGING
ON SINAU.ME?

19. An open learning network platform based on the social learning 2.0
philosophy, and mostly using open source technology.
On the core of its approach is to encourage people to learn through
sharing (speak coordinated blogging), and jointly create an open
learning materials, which than be provided and packaged for everybody.

20. 1. Register & Create Your Personal Blog
After you get the approval of your registration,
you will be one of the authors on Sinau.me.
At the same time, you will get up to
100 MB free space as your personal blog.

21. 2. Post: Choose a Topic & Write
The topic could be ...
- What you would like to share
- What you have learned
- What you are interested in
- What you want to get more information on
- ... ...
The content could be ...
- Your knowledge
- Your experience
- Integration of the knowledge you get
from other learning/sharing platform
- ... ...

22. 3. Identify the right Category of Your Post
Content Structure
vers. beta 1.0 (Sep. 2010)
PERSONAL • Diagnostic & Assessment
Learning & Development from the Personal
Perspective
• Acceleration Learning
Development • Career Development
ORGANIZATIONAL
• Organizational Learning
Corporate Learning & Development Systems
and Processes
• System & Process
Effectiveness
• Evaluation & ROI
Learning
• Culture & Psychology
CULTURAL • International Business
Learning in the Culture Context
Diversity • Intercultural Learning
• Learning in China
• Learning Management System
TECHNOLOGICAL • Social Learning 2.0
Open Technologies for Learning and
Development
• Online Research 2.0
Advancement • Web 2.0 Tools
• How To-do
Current Content Structure of Sinau.me

23. 4. Give clear Tags for a better searching
Tagging Domains
vers. beta 1.0 (Sep. 2010)
• China, Indonesia, Germany
Location / Cultures Countries, Cities, Places • Hangzhou, Shanghai, Frankfurt
• Chinese, Indonesian, Javanese
Type of Posting Summary, Opinion, Review, Essay • Book, Video, Music, Article, Event
Meta Data
Content of the Posting • Training Transfer, Leadership
Learning Domain
(pay attention not to overlap with category) • Learning, Methodology
• GSO2010, English2010
Events / Projects Name of the Events or Projects
• Employability
Current Tagging Domains of Sinau.me

24. 5. Read and Comment on the Other’s Work
You can get more information on similar topics
from links provided together with the post.
You can give rating, bookmarks
and comment on the other’s post.

25. 6. Popular Person & Post
Top Posts on Sinau.me:
Sinau.me will automatically calculate
the PostRank based on the principle
of “5Cs of Engagement”.
Top Posts from your posts:
Similarly, you can also find out
which of your posts is most popular
from all of your works.

26. 7. Find Friends & Found Groups
Find friends who are interested in the same topic/area
as you, to enlarge knowledge together.
Join in and/or Set up the group for bloggers
who have the same interest topic/area and
to have further discussion there.

27. Have an interest in being a blogger on Sinau.me?
Have any question about being a blogger on Sinau.me?
Please don’t be hesitate to contact us at: hora_t@sinauonline.com
Or visit us at: www.sinau.me
THANK YOU !