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A new common tragedy?

Clark Quinn

The ways in which certain platforms (*cough* Facebook *cough*) have been used to spread misinformation is a caution. Yet, I believe these are problems that are solvable. Of course, the service itself must be principled, including a way to self-repair any problems. You do have to offer your own input, but you gain from others.

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10 Guidelines to Help Your Learners Find Credible Online Sources

LearnDash

Later, we were told “you can use online sources, but not Wikipedia.” And later still, we were told “you can use Wikipedia not as a source itself, but as a source for other sources, and by the way, here are the MLA guidelines for how to site them in your term paper.”. Or in 2005, before Facebook became open to the public?

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What corporates can learn from the Top 10 Tools for Learning 2012

Jane Hart

It can also be the device to use when you need an immediate answer to a performance problem and you know just the right person who can help you! The most popular social networking site, now with over 1 billion users – everyone knows Facebook! 10 - Wikipedia. 8 - PowerPoint.

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The Death of the Traditional Web: Implications for Self-Directed Learning

Dashe & Thomson

Within that shrinking slice of online time, Facebook is increasingly the portal for everything. While the “document Web” (as author Ben Elowitz terms the old-style Web) shrank by 9 percent overall, Facebook consumption increased by 69 percent, essentially stealing time from everything else. And, frankly, they often don’t.

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How to Reduce Your Course Development Costs By 90+ Per Cent

Absorb LMS

The problem, though, is that it can be difficult to find high quality, informative learning content among a massive sea of choices. Articles from Wikipedia and other online encyclopedia. External discussion forums in the form of Facebook or LinkedIn groups, Reddit discussions, etc. to find learning content. A solution.

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How to Reduce Your Course Development Costs By 90+ Per Cent

Absorb LMS

The problem, though, is that it can be difficult to find high quality, informative learning content among a massive sea of choices. Articles from Wikipedia and other online encyclopedia. External discussion forums in the form of Facebook or LinkedIn groups, Reddit discussions, etc. to find learning content. A solution.

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How to Reduce Your Course Development Costs By 90+ Per Cent

Absorb LMS

The problem, though, is that it can be difficult to find high quality, informative learning content among a massive sea of choices. Articles from Wikipedia and other online encyclopedia. External discussion forums in the form of Facebook or LinkedIn groups, Reddit discussions, etc. to find learning content. A solution.