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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. Unported License.

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Learning is changing

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Specifically, I mean personalised, handheld, internet enabled mobile computing. Now passive learning has been replaced by active participation within global communities, and the ability to create, share, repurpose and organise vast amounts of knowledge content. Unported License.

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Opening up #learning: Access to knowledge

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Putnam's view of the Internet is similar to many other educators - it has provided unprecedented access to the world's knowledge. The benefits are that we can all learn from each other, and can freely share our ideas, developing worldwide communities of practice that thrive on this access to knowledge. Unported License.

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The first technology

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The fact that anyone can connect with anyone else in the world, and can tap into any community of practice they are interested in, is very powerful. 1998) Media, Technology and Society: A History: From the Telegraph to the Internet. Unported License. It has caught on very quickly. Reference Winston, B. London: Routledge.

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Our digital future 4: Pervasive computing

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In the 1990s we witnessed the rise of the Internet and the rapid proliferation of web based content. New and emerging embedded systems such as iBeacon might perform this kind of activity tracking, but might also be used to enhance communications across campus, and within communities of practice. Unported License.

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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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Tracking sentiments

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Facebook logs dozens of different items of personal data from your actions every time you visit, tag a photo, post a new status update or 'like' someone's comment. Sometimes sentiment tracking gets it wrong, and sometimes it just takes a wild punt and hopes for the best, a bit like playing Internet Battleships. Unported License.

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