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PLN or CoP?

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That''s quite an apt result because Google and many of the other large, supposedly ''free'' social media tools are very much focused on making money to sustain their operations. Nor is it about the morality of social media companies. But this post is not about money. How do they differ from yours? Unported License.

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Instagram, WhatsApp and Learning

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In a recently published article, my colleagues Maged Boulos, Dean Giustini and I write about how learning through social media is transforming medical practices, health care and education. Here's an excerpt from the article, published in the open access journal Future Internet. The full text is available at this link.

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Connected educators

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Are you a teacher who has managed to harness the power of social media to connect with peers and experts around the globe? Connected educators know that in doing this they become global educators, with their content being amplified across a worldwide community of practice. Are you a connected educator? Unported License.

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Learning and performance

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For performers, there have never been more channels, stages and platforms upon which we can perform our knowledge than there are in today's media rich and internet aware society. Blogging and other user generated content practices enable us to focus our performance of knowledge and project it toward relevant peer groups.

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Shifting sands

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With the agenda for student centred learning, teaching staff should now act more as a supporting cast rather than as leading actors. For example, social media is encouraging learners not only to discover existing knowledge, it is also enabling them to create, repurpose, organise and share new knowledge. Unported License.

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Five tools for global educators

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In effect, through the use of social media and telecommunication technologies, these teachers are becoming global educators. The comments boxes below each post support dialogue, and the tagging feature on most blogs enables easier search for content. I am sure others will have different preferences or recommendations to make.

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Global digital tribe

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If you are immersed in technology mediated communication, there are no apparent barriers to membership of your community of practice. It is your virtual community. It is tribal because the global online community exhibits many of the characteristics of traditional, territorial tribal practice.

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