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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Summary: “Debates rage about the appropriateness of using social networking in teaching, with arguments ranging from waste of time and distraction from academic goals to needed to reach net generation student. An example of using a social networking tool, Ning, in an online class is reported.&#. Three main points.

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

According to the article, user input has increased 1,200 percent in the last year, and the latest version can import satellite imagery, to allow soldiers and Marines to rehearse on the exact terrain they will later fight on. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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Facebook for e-Learning

eFront

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/07/2010 Facebook for e-Learning Facebook objective is " to help you connect and share with the people in your life ". 50% of Facebooks active users log on to Facebook in any given day.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Half of Companies Blocking Facebook

Learning Visions

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Half of Companies Blocking Facebook Christy Tucker has been musing on Social Networking as LMS: Problems and Opportunities. One real problem is corporate fear of social networking tools. Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:38 AM Labels: facebook 4comments: Rosetta Thurman said.

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From version 3.6 to version 3.6.6

eFront

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 8/24/2010 From version 3.6 to version 3.6.6 Since then we released 13 new minor versions (approximately once every 2 weeks) with more than 2500 commits on our SVN. release back on January.

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Exclusive offers for eFront facebook fans

eFront

The content the first exclusive offer is the following: " The first exclusive offer for the members of the eFront facebook community is a flat 25% discount for any on-line eFront purchase! Visit the eFront price-list for hosted and non-hosted versions: - [link] - [link] Exclusive facebook discount to be applied on these prices.

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Is the cloud hastening the demise of the LMS?

Xyleme

The IMS Global Learning Consortium has announced the release latest version of the IMS Learning Tools Interoperability Specification – Version 1.1. Perhaps the unintended consequence of the IMS LTI 1.1 LEARNING REACHES TO THE CLOUD. The specification enables courses to access remote content and services.

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