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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

Dashe & Thomson

For those of you that are unaware of TweetDeck, it is essentially a social media aggregator (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Buzz, Foursquare and MySpace) that can be used on almost any device (PC, iPhone, Android, iPad, Google Chrome, and more). Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Funny? Do You Think That's Funny?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

" But in books like DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web, Excel Data Analysis, Illustrator, and even The Rough Guide to MySpace & Online Communities , humor and joking did not find a place. Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script? Please send us your comments.

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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Wordle tag cloud of presentation instead of the usual overview nice to have this instead of bullet points. Facebook & Myspace are most common in the US, but other parts of the world have regional favorites. One tool to use: Effective use of VLEs Infokit from JISC. Three main points. Social networks for distance learning.

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MyFace or SpaceBook?

Learning with e's

A recent US research project (by a PhD student mind you) has reported that users of FaceBook are generally toffs from wealthier homes and are more likely to study in further/higher education than that great unwashed working class lot who like using MySpace. I used to have a MySpace , but abandoned it because FaceBook was easier to use.

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The new workplace

Jay Cross

Companies are attracted by the low price tag. Young people who grew up with Facebook, MySpace, Wikipedia, and Google are entering the workforce. I’ve resolved to show organizations how to increase the effectiveness and depth of informal learning — in the larger context of working smarter in the digital enterprise.

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Share trading

Learning with e's

The likes of Friendster, and later MySpace, Bebo and Faceboook (some would argue that the BBS users were the first), promoted the idea that you could connect with those you knew, and you could share your thoughts with them. Tagging made it even more personal. Sharing was not unknown, it just wasn''t that commonplace.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with e's

By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. We enjoyed great success, with many students learning through creating, sharing and editing content online, a collateral effect of which was better writing outcomes. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.