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

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This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. Some were itinerant because of the nature of their jobs. Military students for example may be serving overseas, or in submarines.

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Learning first, technology second

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Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. But that is the problem. Sometimes, the technology does get in the way of learning and teaching. The technology, designed to make learning easier, actually ends up making it more difficult.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

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This is a perennial question, one that often exercises the minds of many higher education lecturers. That never worked in the student bar and it won''t work on Facebook. Student groups tend to set up their own Facebook groups anyway, without any prompting from their teachers. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.