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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

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Photo by Steve Wheeler In a previous post I outlined some of the metrics around the use of digital media, technologies and social networks. I wrote that: "The age of social technologies has radically transformed the way we live our lives, and that includes how we learn and teach. 2008) Tribes. 2008) Here Comes Everybody.

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

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Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. Firstly.the Social Web connects people together At Plymouth University, we very quickly began to explore the ways Social Web tools could support our students.

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Daily Bookmarks 05/10/2008

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Aligned to National Social Studies standards and NETS info literacy. Although she encouraged the use of Creative Commons images, the nature of the student work clearly fell under fair use. FactCheckED: Monty Python and the Quest for the Perfect Fallacy. tags: logic , lessonplans , politics , k-12 , informationliteracy.

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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

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From the telegraph, through the telephone and radio and television, to 21st Century satellites, smartphones, the Internet and social media, all were designed to communicate. I noted that we tend to swarm together online in what I have called digital tribes (Wheeler, 2008). 2008) Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures. Wheeler, S.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

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By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. Social media is one of the most versatile, and very personal technologies available to teachers.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Predictions for 2008

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 My Predictions for 2008 I wont deign to make grandiose predictions about the state of eLearning in the year 2008 as many have already done. Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:06 AM Labels: 2008 , Learning Circuits 4comments: Christine Martell said. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID.

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

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Self regulation of learning is thought to be a characteristic of individual students (Beishuizen, 2008) but increasingly can be contextualised within social learning environments. A number of collaborative and social networking tools regularly play a role within the average student PLE. London: John Wiley and Sons. Delfino, M.,

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