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

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These were posted up onto the group wiki, and a short summary attached by the ‘gold miner’ to explain what it contained and why it would be useful. This is particularly evident on a cursory inspection of any social web space, whether it be Facebook, Snapchat or any other popular free space. Unported License.

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Can anybody hear me?

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I walked back up the stairs to my desk for a quick cup of tea before the session started. And here are the points I wanted to make: 1) Edupunk is a philosophy deeply rooted in the belief that educators can 'do it themselves', and use tools that are open, 'free' and non-proprietary. The sound quality was good. All set to go.

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Social Learning and LMSs Marketplace

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When so many potential customers are seeing the advantages of open source, creating their own learning or VLE portals or seeing the value of various social media types and incorporating them into some type of social learning community, the “do nothing&# spin is well, a time warp into the past. Isn’t a free marketplace, great?