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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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How Virtual Classes Have Changed The Education Sector Forever?

Yatharthriti

These classes have reached to new heights, and helping students learn via the web, unaffected by the geographical barriers. Instant messaging. In virtual class, teachers interact with students in real-time and, communicate and discuss topics via chat or voice. Online learning appears to have reached to a tipping point.

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How Mobile Apps Can Act as Social Learning Tools

Origin Learning

Instant messaging, e-mails, texts, social media interactions- all of these have become an inseparable part of our lives ever since the smartphone revolution has taken place. A native app (in contrast with a web app) can let you access content even when you are not connected to the internet. Communication, right?

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Top 100 Tools For Learning 2010 – C4LPT Survey

Upside Learning

Skype – instant messaging and VoIP call tool. This skew is probably because the people who participate in this survey are those at the cutting edge of information technology tools and are also socially more active on the web. YouTube – video hosting and sharing tool. GoogleDocs – online collaboration tool.

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Mini Glossary of Elearning

KnowledgeOne

Elearning has evolved significantly over the last few decades, particularly with the advent of digital technology and Web 2.0. These resources include virtual classes, chat, instant messaging, audio and video conference. What is Web 2.0? The second generation of the World Wide Web, Web 2.0 Among the Web 2.0

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10 Conflict Resolution Training Software

Ed App

It’s web-based and can be used on mobile devices. SpiraPlan also has an integrated instant messaging capability, perfect for discussions and peer learning. . Instant messaging. Best practice templates. Conflict Resolution Training Software #4 – Meister Task. Cost: Available upon request. Rich content editing.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

A wiki is a self-organizing knowledge web site. Wiki software allows users to create, edit and link web pages easily. It is so named because of the speed in which wiki software allows someone to update the web site. The term comes from “web log” which is shortened to “blog.” Short Text Messaging. Social Network.