What is PMBOLD

The purpose of this literature review is to provide readers with comprehensive information on how adult learners can master their learning autonomously by use of social networking technology. With this extensive review, readers are expected to expand their horizon of the role of social networking tools in progressive higher educational organizations, including their contributions to learning, instruction, instructional design, and project management from a systems perspective with foci on two popular instructional systems design (ISD) models applied in educational processes. Some of the innovative applications of social networking within the project management-based online learning design (PMBOLD) field, in addition to a number of potential risks and challenges associated with incorporating social networking technology into learning and instruction will be additionally presented.