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New spaces, new pedagogies

Learning with e's

Here's the abstract for my keynote: New Spaces, New Pedagogies: Harnessing the Power of Social Media in Education A rapid emergence of social media – the so called ‘Web 2.0’ – has opened up new opportunities for participatory learning in all sectors of education. I will offer some examples of how Web 2.0 Unported License. Unported License.

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Engaging the digital generation

Learning with e's

Facebook, Myspace) and video/photo sharing sites (e.g. YouTube, Flickr ) reveals the emergence of collective digital literacies. Tags: MySpace YouTube digital tribes virtual clan social web Flickr cultural capital FaceBook digital identity. An analysis of students’ uses of social networking tools (e.g.

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Going geographical

Learning with e's

I was playing with words, but a message emerged from it - we can connect with others from all over the world using social media, and if you build it, they will come. They can easily connect into and maintain contact with multiple communities of interest, gaining access to experts using social networking tools such as Myspace and Facebook.

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Global digital tribe

Learning with e's

If you are immersed in technology mediated communication, there are no apparent barriers to membership of your community of practice. Post-industrial society saw the emergence of personal computers, the Web and a global communication network of mobile phones. Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures: Cybercultures in Online Learning.

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Virtual clans

Learning with e's

Another example is the social networking tribe which boasts many clans, such as the MySpace clan, the Bebo clan, the YouTube clan and so on. Virtual clans are defined more by the technology they subscribe to, and ultimately, the software they use. Tags: MySpace mobile phones YouTube virtual clan FaceBook Bebo cyberculture.

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The new workplace

Jay Cross

Companies are connecting people with social network technology. Today we all grapple with complexity’s outpouring of unpredictability, volatility, emergence, and uncertainty. Young people who grew up with Facebook, MySpace, Wikipedia, and Google are entering the workforce. Competitors are faster on their feet.

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Keeping Up - April's Big Question

eLearning Cyclops

This is in reference the immense and rapidly expanding technology tools. It is tough to stay on top of all the emerging tools. April's Big Question from Learning Circuits is "How to Keep up?" However, being involved in an e-learning community is a big help. For me it is a blog community and following many experts on Twitter.