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The changing Web

Learning with e's

My own students create a lot of their own content during their study, usually in the form of podcasts, videos, wiki and blog content, and are encouraged to share these publicly online to gain additional feedback. Social software is software that enables people to both read from, and write onto web spaces. Van Dijk, J.

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CONCEDE Project

Learning with e's

Students are using social networking sites to post up their content, including text, images and links they would like to keep and share. If you are working or studying in HE and use any form of Web 2.0 or social software services, please consider completing this survey. User generated content is everywhere.

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Faceworking

Learning with e's

Neil Selwyn and Lyndsay Grant are to be applauded for bringing together an excellent, very readable special issue of the journal which focuses on Learning and Social Software. Read also: Mistaken Goal Blog Image source Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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

Learning with e's

The Social Web promotes collaboration Collaborative forms of learning are becoming increasingly popular methods of adult education, because they involve all students in the process of learning. MentorBlog: Connecting Students and their Mentors using Social Software. British Journal of Educational Technology , 39(6), 987-995.

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Breaking eggs

Learning with e's

My chapter appears in an edited volume by Stylianos Hatzipanagos and Steven Warburton on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies. It is a solid reference manual for best practice of social software tools in teaching and learning. Image source Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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DevLearn ‘09 Keynote: Andrew McAfee #dl09

Learning Visions

is the use of emergent social software platforms by organizations in pursuit of their goals.” Impact Results of a McKinsey study about web 2.0 Executives don’t want to make business more social. Challenges to core assumptions: how work gets done, how people get on with each other. Definition: “Enterprise 2.0

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Learning with 'e's: Mashing it up

Learning with e's

Interest is growing about how social software tools can provide added value to the learning process, and this is reflected in the growing literature on the topic. Image source Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Wikis form a part of a community space, whilst blogs are situated within an individual’s personal space.

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