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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. Wikis, blogs and podcasts : a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education. A Social Web that supports learning Staff at the University of Plymouth have been using Web 2.0 Maramba, I.

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The changing Web

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This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' My own students create a lot of their own content during their study, usually in the form of podcasts, videos, wiki and blog content, and are encouraged to share these publicly online to gain additional feedback. The web is constantly changing.

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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. Other tools such as wikis, blogs and podcasts also began to be used in education, at first tentatively, and then as embedded features in various programmes of study. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.