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

Training Industry

Social media is not only a buzzword in several different industries; it is also a powerful force on society and the workplace. The Pew Research Center began tracking social media usage in 2005; since then, the percentage of American adults who use social networking sites has increased from 7 percent to 65 percent.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Tagging/Bookmarking - described how they worked; relatively low adoption but may increase as more LMSs include. 2, 2005, pp. Distance learning—Social software’s killer ap? 17th Biennial Conference of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, 2005. 34 (1) 5-32, 2005-2006. Manrique, D. &