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The changing Web

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This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. More on this in future posts on this blog.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

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The Social Web is comprised of software that enables people to both read from, and write onto web spaces. A Social Web that supports learning Staff at the University of Plymouth have been using Web 2.0 Social networking and social bookmarking for health librarians. Continued tomorrow References Barsky, E.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

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By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. Other tools such as wikis, blogs and podcasts also began to be used in education, at first tentatively, and then as embedded features in various programmes of study.