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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. These tools give us a way to connect with people faster and more easily than ever before.

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Using Social Networking in Education

LearnDash

Most people would probably assume that today social networking and education are now pretty interrelated. Social networking platforms are part of mainstream culture. who have internet access use social networking technologies for blogging, chatting, online communities and more.

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Social Network = Social Class?

Kapp Notes

Is your socio-economic status reflected in your favorite social networking software? Check out the full article Does your social class determine your online social network? The Internet is not this great equalizer that rids us of the problems of the physical world -- the Internet mirrors and magnifies them.

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15 Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest –10

Upside Learning

157 of the Most Useful Websites on the Internet. The Social Side Of The Internet. And social media users are even more likely to be active: 82% of social network users and 85% of Twitter users are group participants. Read this article to know if the tablets will find more success in the education market.

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New Ways To Communicate: Social Networking And Online Collaboration In University

eLearning Industry

With the promotion of mobiles connected to the internet, everything can be immersed in a virtual environment, literally on the go. The way we communicated a decade or so ago has changed today. And what attracts them most is interaction through posting and commenting. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Doctors versus internet: who is better at diagnosing?

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Doctors versus internet In December I watched the television programme dokters versus internet. Here's a trailer for the Danish version: I definitely work and learn very differently than before the Internet. The influence of the Internet is huge. And how did we hence work 15 years ago without the Internet?

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Learning from others through Enterprise Social Networks (ESN)

Matrix

If nowadays an adult person needs to find out how to do something (bake an apple pie, for example) he or she will most probably turn to the internet and search for videos that illustrate how the delicious fruit filled pastry comes to be. How Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) works. Yet it does not work only with children.