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

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This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. Using two-person blogs, students were encouraged to regularly write their reflections on professional practice directly to their blog.

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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. Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work.

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Thinking around corners

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I have been doing that for a while, with wikis, blogs and the like, circumventing the university portal. As I write this I am listening to Graham Attwell's Emerging Mondays podcast, where he is in converstion with Jim Groom (dubbed the 'poster boy' for Edupunk, whatever that means). Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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