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Very social software

Learning with e's

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: social software; Web 2.0;

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100 eLearning Articles and White Papers

Tony Karrer

Understanding E-Learning 2.0 There are some very interesting changes going on in the world of e-learning that seem to have crept up on practitioners. Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional By Stephen Downes, National Research Council Canada 5. e-learning 2.0

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Learning with 'e's: The 5th Plymouth e-Learning Conference

Learning with e's

Josie Fraser is well known in the field of social media and learning, and writes regularly about her research on her blog SocialTech. Josie spreads her time and energy across a wide variety of social media/networking spaces, where she can be found experimenting with all manner of emerging technologies.

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Hot tools, hot topics

Learning with e's

I will definitely be in touch to discuss their research. The third paper, ‘A wiki as an intercultural learning environment’ was the result of collaborative research between Spanish and Australian universities. When we are using social software, who needs protection? e-portfolios) access to materials (e.g.

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Wiki activities 5 stage model

Learning with e's

Tomorrow I'm in Bristol on the invitation of the JISC to present two papers reporting on recent research we have been doing on social software at their regional support centre conference. One of my papers will detail my wiki activities 5 stage model. See the wiki activities page of one online group for an example here.

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LMSs that kick ass: Saba

Janet Clarey

Saba Social is a productivity tool designed to engage employees & customers, build connected corporate communities and accelerate high-quality knowledge exchange. Q: What drove your decision to incorporate social media tools into your LMS? Saba was also a sponsor of Brandon Hall Research’s IiL08 conference.).

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Social media, in general, is misunderstood in many organizations. More and more, learning management system companies are seeing the need to expand their solutions beyond a learning environment where classes and courses are the center of activity. Strategies: As part of a blended learning strategy. 2, 2005, pp.