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Change Our Traditional Approach to Education

Kapp Notes

And adding technology hardware is not enough, the next wave in engineering and technology education is to leverage the connectivity of the third millennials and their aptitude for creating content to share with others via web-based and mobile-based social networking tools.

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Using social media for eLearning (a look at the top 6 social platforms)

eFront

Social media have become an indispensable part of modern life. A huge part of our social lives already happens online rather than in the “real world” And while individual social media networks might rise and fall (remember MySpace?), social networking itself is not going anywhere.

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Using social media for eLearning (a look at the top 6 social platforms)

eFront

Social media have become an indispensable part of modern life. A huge part of our social lives already happens online rather than in the “real world” And while individual social media networks might rise and fall (remember MySpace?), social networking itself is not going anywhere.

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Zip it, Block it, Flag it

Learning with e's

Zip it, Block it, Flag it' is the tag line for a new campaign introduced by the UK government , which will show primary school children (ages 5-11) how to avoid nasty content and risky conversations on social networking sites. Block it - Block people who send nasty messages and don't open unknown links and attachments.

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LMSs that kick ass: GeoLearning

Janet Clarey

Continuing my series of email interviews about LMSs that are doing innovative things with social media, here’s the scoop on what GeoLearning is up to. Q: What social media tools is GeoLearning incorporating into their LMS? Q: What drove your decision to incorporate social media tools into your LMS? Me: Thanks Super Will.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Gin System

Learning Visions

Files can be password protected Discussion Boards In August, Gin Premiere is launching with new features, including instant messaging, a "whos online" feature, skinning features, and the ability to upload pictures with your profile. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. So whos using The Gin System?

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Multi-Generational Learning in the Workplace

Janet Clarey

Google, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia for homework, the school’s VLE/LMS, instant message, text, profile on a social networking service like Facebook or MySpace.). Neomillennial User Experience Design Strategies: Utilizing social networking media to support “always on” learning styles. & Fisher, M. McLester, S.