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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

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This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education.

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The changing Web

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This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' The web is constantly changing. Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education.

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Very social software

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Two articles that have caught my eye deal with social software in education, and both have landed on my desk in the last few weeks. If you're interested in the impact blogs, wikis and social networking can have on the social and cultural dimensions of education, then take a read of them. Keywords: Web 2.0;

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Learning Theory - Enterprise 2.0 - Social Software - eLearning Learning Weekly Hot List

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Wonderful Chaos: Nonlinear Learning on the Web (Part I) - Electronic Papyrus , June 22, 2009. Using Social Signals to Find Top eLearning Resources - eLearning Technology , June 24, 2009. More Articles on Second Life in Education - WISE Pedagogy , June 22, 2009. Social Media: Trends and Implications for Learning , June 22, 2009.

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Turn and face the strain

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Below is an extract from a forthcoming chapter I'm publishing soon in a book edited by Manuela Repetto and Guglielmo Trentin, on Web Enhanced Learning. It has the optimistic title of: Teacher resistance to new technologies: How barriers to Web Enhanced Learning can be overcome. tools and services will be presented.

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CONCEDE Project

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Students are using social networking sites to post up their content, including text, images and links they would like to keep and share. In more formalised education settings, there is a proliferation in the use of wikis and other collaborative shared spaces. If you are working or studying in HE and use any form of Web 2.0

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Faceworking

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Should we try to use social networking services such as Facebook and Myspace as serious educational tools, or should they remain the domain of informal chat and backstage antics? He calls for a serious debate on these issues, as a means to move away from the 'hype' and presumptions of Web 2.0 toward a more critical perspective.