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

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The MentorBlog project for example, employed the use of two-person blogs to connect students with their professional mentors, who may never have had the opportunity to meet face to face (Wheeler and Lambert-Heggs, 2008). MentorBlog: Connecting Students and their Mentors using Social Software. References Wheeler, S., Yeomans, P.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

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The Social Web is comprised of software that enables people to both read from, and write onto web spaces. 2008) Connecting distance learners and their mentors using blogs : The MentorBlog Project, Quarterly Review of Distance Education , 10(4), 3-17. As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0 The Network Society. London: Sage.

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The changing Web

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Social software is software that enables people to both read from, and write onto web spaces. What is the extent of the capability of social software to encourage a culture of sharing and collaboration? Retrieved 14 April, 2008 from: [link] Kamel Boulos, M. As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0 Maramba, I.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: New Product Announcement

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 New Product Announcement Just in time for the holidays: "socially-networked virtual game-based blended mobile cloudy-learning 4.0" New Product Announcement Best Practices for Software Training? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Blog-o- the-Month at ISTE Island in Second Life

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 Blog-o- the-Month at ISTE Island in Second Life Imagine my surprise when Scott Merrick contacted me, letting me know that Learning Visions had been nominated as Blog-o-the-month on ISTE Island in Second Life. New Product Announcement Best Practices for Software Training? Thanks for voting!

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Putting the Demand Back in On-Demand Learning

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Monday, January 21, 2008 Putting the Demand Back in On-Demand Learning I didnt come up with that headline. Im writing financial industry software training course storyboard #10, in a series of 29 courses! My Predictions for 2008 Instructional Design and Market Sector Differences. That puts the demand back in on-demand training?

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The hidden audience effect

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She reported great learning results through activities supported through the use of games, mobile technology, video, music technology and other specialised software. The entire account of that research can be found in the 2008 British Journal of Educational Technology article The Good, the Bad and the Wiki. Unported License.

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