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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.&#. Evaluating social networks.

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Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars.

eFront

It makes it very simple to distribute your content to lots of social media and draw people from various audiences into one place to have conversation. I like the results I'm able to create a Amplify a LOT better than Ning, for instance. They aren't open source, but they have free version.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

Question 1 - What are the most likely ways / places your organization might or does use Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking or Collaboration Tools? DogEar – Social Bookmarking BluePages - employee-controlled profiles of 400,000 employees Daily online newsletter called w3. Choose the top 3-5. No anonymous users.

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