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TCC08: Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking

Experiencing eLearning

Developed a course on social networking for business. Use online library databases to research social networking. Past predictions about online communities assumed text because that was what was available. Provided a bunch of stats on social networking usage–I’m not taking notes on all that).

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In response to Twitter Quitters - 40% leave after one month.

ID Reflections

Because it is a powerful social networking tool that is fast becoming a social learning tool. Also, I feel Twitter falls into the slightly advanced category of social networking site–more complex than Facebook or MySpace. All of this takes about two months of diligently pursuing twitter.

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The new workplace

Jay Cross

Today’s common wisdom is that most workplace learning is experiential, unplanned, social, and informal. Companies are attracted by the low price tag. Consider what’s changed: We used to think that communities of practice could only sprout up organically. New hires ask “Where’s the network?

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Reach out and connect

Learning with e's

One of the digital literacies I identified in yesterday's blogpost was effective social networking. Lots of us use Twitter, and some of those out on the periphery may still be using Myspace or Bebo. What else do we need to learn about social networking that can help us or our students to learn better?

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Global digital tribe

Learning with e's

If you are immersed in technology mediated communication, there are no apparent barriers to membership of your community of practice. It is your personal network. It is your virtual community. The most familiar social space, particularly for distributed work teams, is the social network.

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