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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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TCC08: Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking

Experiencing eLearning

Developed a course on social networking for business. Use online library databases to research social networking. Provided a bunch of stats on social networking usage–I’m not taking notes on all that). Many businesses consider time on social networking sites wasted, but not all.

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The Web 3.0 Social Network

Learning with e's

I hope you enjoy it. :-) For many people the Social Web is simply far too complex to organise. Many of us have unwanted or unused Facebook, Myspace, Flickr or Bebo accounts 'out there' that we haven't visited or done anything with for a very long time. tool that will give you more time by doing your social networking for you.

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Daily Bookmarks 06/25/2008

Experiencing eLearning

Social networks ‘teaching tech skills’ - vnunet.com. Brief summary of research on the educational benefits of sites like MySpace and Facebook for high schoolers. tags: socialnetworking , education , 21stcenturyskills , research , k-12. tags: socialnetworking , education , 21stcenturyskills , research , k-12.

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How the Fastest Growing Companies are Using Social Media

Upside Learning

Questions probed the familiarity of respondents with six prominent social media (blogging, podcasting, online video, social networking, message boards and wikis). Soon, there will be very few companies NOT using any of the social media. Three things that stand out for us: 1. Twitter has arrived with a bang in 2009.

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Daily Bookmarks 09/29/2008

Experiencing eLearning

tags: literacy , writing , technology. Haven’t you see MySpace, facebook and blogs. tags: e-learning , learning2.0 , orgculture , changemanagement. tags: skype. Harold Jarche » Selecting Social Network Platforms. Harold Jarche » Selecting Social Network Platforms. Posted in

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Google Goes Gaming?

Kapp Notes

There have been a number of interesting development in term of Google and social game purchases and game related initiatives. Google Buys Slide for $182 Million, Getting More Serious about Social Games* Google has invested between $100 million and $200 million in social gaming company Zynga. Tags: Games industry.

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