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

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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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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

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Here''s a few ideas for you to consider: 1) Lecturers can make sure they maintain dialogue with their students through participation in social media sites. 2) One popular social media site - Twitter - is a different proposition entirely. Hyperinks and other media can be sent as tweets. But be careful.

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Learning first, technology second

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Ideas range from games based learning , to the use of social media and networking, to simpler approaches such as the use of digital cameras in art or data logging in science. Sometimes, the technology does get in the way of learning and teaching.

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The future of learning

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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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The personal web

Learning with e's

I believe the PLE extends beyond personal web tools to encompass other tools and resources, such as paper based resources and broadcast media such as television and radio, as well as conversations with other people, realia experiences and so on. My view is that PWTs sit inside a PLE but they are not the whole story.

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Dead personal

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I deliberately avoided using the term PLE because I believe the PLE extends beyond personal web tools to encompass other tools and resources, such as paper based resources and broadcast media such as television and radio, as well as conversations with other people and so on.

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Opening plenary at Online Educa

Jay Cross

> old media. a social revolution. Identity management. Social wealth. Attention management. Operating system for learning. store and manage files. 03 MLE = managed learning environment, 05 Personal Learning Environment, 08 CWE Collaborative Working Environment.

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