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CONCEDE Project

Learning with e's

Podcasts and other pushed services are on the increase, particularly for recorded lectures, useful for thise who either couldn't attend a lesson, or who would like revisit what was said during the session. or social software services, please consider completing this survey.

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

Training Industry

“We learn more when we learn together,” according to the “Harvard Business Journal,” and social media has likely increased our need for social interaction. Social media enables users to observe and learn from each other, which psychologists such as Lev Vygotsky and Albert Bandura believed was crucial for effective learning.

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Turn and face the strain

Learning with e's

A particular emphasis on Web Enhanced Learning (WEL) approaches will be made and strategies for university-wide adoption of social software (Web 2.0) An analysis of the barriers and constraints, and how they might be managed and overcome will feature during the discussion. tools and services will be presented. This is human nature.

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Imitation - the sincerest form of flatulence

Learning with e's

I spoke about 'Social Software in Higher Education' and several really useful questions were raised by the group over copyright, validity and reliability of sources such as Wikipedia , plagiarism and 'fit for purpose' issues. I assume the lecturer wanted the students' gut reactions.?

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Camtasia - LMS - LCMS - Best of eLearning Learning August 2009

eLearning Learning Posts

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. The Secret Recipe to Delivering World Class Lectures - ZaidLearn , August 29, 2009. Social Software Adoption - eLearning Technology , August 10, 2009. –( eLearning Events Calendar )–> Monday, September 14, 2009.

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Top 47 Posts and 10 Hot Topics for February

eLearning Learning Posts

for Marketing – Social Learning Experience The concept is probably easiest to understand by considering what HP did around their course on Web 2.0 for Marketing. Why E-Learning is So Effective - Rapid eLearning Blog , February 2, 2010 E-learning is hot. And for good reason.