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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Summary: “Debates rage about the appropriateness of using social networking in teaching, with arguments ranging from waste of time and distraction from academic goals to needed to reach net generation student. An example of using a social networking tool, Ning, in an online class is reported.&#. Three main points.

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Smaller Niches in Social Networking Support Micro-Learnings

Vignettes Learning

Ross Mayfield pointed out that " Widgets and ( Web Widget )are the battering rams that will fracture the sand castles of large social networks." A photo with a story attached can be more compelling to some than millions of MySpace pages plagued by bad design. A Flickr widget brings people together around an object.

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Why I left Linkedin

Saffron Interactive

By “one”, Tom was referring to LinkedIn’s classification as a “social media” platform, lumped in with Facebook, Twitter, Yammer, MySpace, Bebo, Friendster and the rest. What sets LinkedIn apart is that it’s considered to be the professional network; a platform you can use to build your career, not your social life.

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Why I left Linkedin

Saffron Interactive

By “one”, Tom was referring to LinkedIn’s classification as a “social media” platform, lumped in with Facebook, Twitter, Yammer, MySpace, Bebo, Friendster and the rest. What sets LinkedIn apart is that it’s considered to be the professional network; a platform you can use to build your career, not your social life.

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New spaces, new pedagogies

Learning with e's

Students now have the capability to create and share their own content through blogs, wikis, video- and photo-sharing services such as YouTube and Flickr. They can easily connect into and maintain contact with multiple communities of interest, gaining access to experts using social networking tools such as Myspace and Facebook.

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Cyworld: Myspace, Flickr, Blogger, AIM, and SecondLife in ONE

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

It looks like the future of Social networking is going to come from Korea in the form of a tool called Cyworld. article : "Cyworld, for example, is a social network owned by a subsidiary of SK Telecom, the country's largest wireless provider. O'Reilly has a long post referencing the Business2.0

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MyFace or SpaceBook?

Learning with e's

Apparently your choice of social networking site indicates what social class you belong to. And what about those who use Bebo - are they part of a particular social class, or are they just little oiks who couldn't design a tasteful personal space to save their lives? Well, fancy that. What do you think?