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The changing Web

Learning with e's

Social software is software that enables people to both read from, and write onto web spaces. What is the extent of the capability of social software to encourage a culture of sharing and collaboration? Social networking and social bookmarking for health librarians. 2002) The Network Society.

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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? Tags: social networking wiki Lyndsay Grant FaceBook Neil Selwyn. toward a more critical perspective. 'We

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EdCast the Twitter of Education Raises 16 Million in Latest Funding Round

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The Pew Research Center began tracking social media usage in 2005; since then, the percentage of American adults who use social networking sites has increased from 7 percent to 65 percent. Furthermore, social networking can provide easy access to experts when and where their assistance is needed.

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World Health 2.0

Learning with e's

I'm very pleased to see that a paper I have been working on with colleagues was published this week in a very specialised health related journal: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. tools, mashups and aggregators to predict localised social trends such as flu epidemics. Keywords: Social Web; Web 2.0; 24 (4), 233-245.

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

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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. British Journal of Educational Technology , 39(6), 987-995. MentorBlog: Connecting Students and their Mentors using Social Software.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Reviewed: Social networking services (corporate learning applications): To identify experts on a topic – most “knowledge” exists in the heads of employees; To reduce the time to find connections and answers to questions; extend relationships beyond traditional classroom instruction and e-learning courses. . & & Vines, J.M.