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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

It is literally the ‘ architecture of participation ’ (O''Reilly, 2004; Barsky and Purdon, 2006) and demands active engagement as a natural facet of its character (Kamel Boulos and Wheeler, 2007). A Social Web that supports learning Staff at the University of Plymouth have been using Web 2.0 The Network Society. and Purdon, M.

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My 1-liners from ElNet 2011

E-Learning Provocateur

Clinton Smith contrasted the main varieties of e-learning in the VET sector in 2004 – self-paced learning (online courses), online distance learning and web in class – against those in 2008 – live online learning (virtual classes), knowledge sharing (social networking) and virtual worlds, simulations and games.

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Using Social Media to Improve Workplace Learning

Janet Clarey

. “Learning is an integral and inseparable aspect of social practice.&# (Lave & Wenger, 1991). “We are moving toward a knowledge-era model of education with large-scale social networks involving complex communities and individual identify construction.&# (Wenger, 2004). Microlearning and Capacity Building.

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Multi-Generational Learning in the Workplace

Janet Clarey

Google, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia for homework, the school’s VLE/LMS, instant message, text, profile on a social networking service like Facebook or MySpace.). Neomillennial User Experience Design Strategies: Utilizing social networking media to support “always on” learning styles. & Gasser, Urs (2008).

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eLearning Topics

Tony Karrer

When you look at the keywords on the left you see things like: Social Learning (356) Social Media (411) Twitter (725) Google Wave (22) Camtasia (76) Adobe Captivate (71) Social Network (460) Now, the content set in this case are highly skewed towards innovators as compared to the topic sets being used by my past analysis (training conferences).

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Learning Developments: WBT Development Toolbox

Learning Developments

Dec 9, 2008. ▼ 2008. (5). Comic for December 15, 2008. Part 2: A four-level framework for evaluating social network ROI. Part 2: A four-level framework for evaluating social network ROI. Learning Developments. WBT Development Toolbox. My role is to help start up a web based training program.

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e-Learning Acupuncture: Technology, Colleges and Community Online Conference

E-Learning Acupuncture

All the presenters and attendees stay in their current locations yet everyone joins together in synchronous and asynchronous activities for three days (April 15-17, 2008). ► January (1) Free Academic Videos for Everyone ► 2008 (37) ► December (2) Wikipedia is now a primary source for research!