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Lessons from Ning and free Web 2.0 services - eLearning R&D engines

Vignettes Learning

There has been abundance in Web 2.0 Unfortunately, Ning has decided to close down its free service and requires account holders to move to paid subscription. Ning's decision shows the volatility of funding web 2.0 companies; it is risky to use free Web 2.0 Tags: social networking web 2.0

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TCC09 Keynote: Global Collaboration in the Web 2.0 World

Experiencing eLearning

Summary: Web 2.0 In this presentation, Sue Waters will guide you on a tour of how educators, from different educational sectors, utilize web technologies with their learners to collaborate on global projects. With Web 2.0 Communicate = Ning. Posted in Learning Communities, PLE, Read/Write Web. My notes in italics.

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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

An example of using a social networking tool, Ning, in an online class is reported.&#. Elgg & Ning as two social networking tools. Case study with Ning. Instructor was interested in trying Ning. Decided on Ning partly because she wanted the privacy of a closed environment. Meets goal of modeling new technology.

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Effective Web Conferences – 41 Resources

Tony Karrer

28 Web Conference Training Tips - eLearning Weekly , July 10, 2009 Learning to use web conferencing technology is pretty easy, but there is a lot more to training via web conference than just putting on a headset, dialing up an audio-conferencing bridge, and logging onto the application. Yes, Mark, it is.

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Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals - Free Online Event

Clark Quinn

I've announced this already - Free - Web 2.0 To sign-up, go to the Ning group. for Learning Professionals and the response is great already - it looks like we are going to have quite a mix of people involved.

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Elgg, Ning, and SocialText

eLearning Weekly

Please chime in and comment on your experiences if you’ve used Elgg, Ning, and/or SocialText. "Ning lets you create and join new social networks for your interests and passions." Ning hosts your social network(s) for you. Ning has both free and paid options. " Pricing. " Hosting. SocialText. "With

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

In addition to the popular social media tools ( Facebook , Edmodo , Twitter ), there are also interest-based groups, including Ning and Google/Yahoo! Edmodo and Ning are gaining popularity with educators. Ning is a fully functional social networking site. Edmodo has over 6.5 million members (students and teachers). Classroom 2.0