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

Learning with e's

Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. Firstly.the Social Web connects people together At Plymouth University, we very quickly began to explore the ways Social Web tools could support our students.

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The future of learning

Learning with e's

The Future of Learning View more presentations from Steve Wheeler. 80 per cent or so of the learning that most of us engage in is of an informal nature. Students will use Facebook when they want to, and their institutional managed learning environment when they have to. What is the future of education?

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Opening plenary at Online Educa

Jay Cross

You are not going to turn passive consumers into active participants on the internet. a social revolution. Identity management. Social wealth. Attention management. Operating system for learning. store and manage files. ABC chief) YouTube is growing at 10,000 videos a day. > > old media.

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