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Blogging: Five of the best

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That is one of the key reasons I believe blogging is a powerful method of professional engagement, and as Lawrence Lessig argues: "Blogging, a bit like forums, are spaces where people can congregate to share ideas, engage in dialogue over particular issues, and learn a great deal. 2005) Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity.

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Can Doodling Actually Enhance Training? Apparently, Yes

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An April 24 Wall Street Journal article pointed out that several high-tech companies like Facebook are responding to a growing body of evidence that suggests that doodling — sketching ideas out graphically, even if crudely — can simplify communication, fuel collaboration, and help generate new ideas.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

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At the recent ALT-C Conference in Nottingham (which I couldn''t attend) a very good question was asked by Renee Filius on Twitter: How can we enable true two-way interaction between lecturers and students that is not too time consuming? That never worked in the student bar and it won''t work on Facebook.

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Tracking sentiments

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Last year I flew via Amsterdam into Cologne, Germany to give a keynote speech at a large international conference. This is known as sentiment tracking, a method that may well come in useful in education in the future. Before you know it, Facebook is pushing targeted advertising to your page, and it's highly effective.

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New wine in old bottles

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Facebookers for example, generally use their real names and images. Do we need a new set of methods to cut through these issues, or is it new wine in old bottles? Should they see all a student's Facebook photos for example? Finally, I want to raise the issue of Twitter as a conference amplification tool and back channel.

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

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The Social Web promotes collaboration Collaborative forms of learning are becoming increasingly popular methods of adult education, because they involve all students in the process of learning. This is particularly evident on a cursory inspection of any social web space, whether it be Facebook, Snapchat or any other popular free space.

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Windmills on the mind

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Copyright is an issue, and not many people understand the notion of creative commons. The question was posed: do students know the possible consequences of posting for example, images of themselves in compromising contexts on FaceBook? for this read 'drunk and disorderly'). Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.