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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

Dashe & Thomson

My passions in life include music, sports, Minneapolis and adult learning, so I search for experts in these fields and follow them for up-to-the-second updates (Tweets). I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music. Properly d.

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What Millennials Want from Member Education

Association eLearning

I learned some basic html coding when I was just 11 years old because I constantly wanted to update the backgrounds on my NeoPets and MySpace profiles. The rise of YouTube took the music videos that awed our parents’ generation and elevated them to another level. This is true for every form of media and entertainment today.

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All This Talk About Reading

Learning Rebels

These were the days before the interwebs, before twitter, YouTube, MySpace, and Facebook. Now that we are in the age of twitter, Facebook and YouTube, it’s easy to fall into the trap of sound bites and headlines. Reading for 6 minutes reduces more stress than listening to music or going for a walk. Click To Tweet.

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Networked noughties 2003-2005

Learning with e's

Myspace was to become the trend setter - within 3 years it had signed up an astounding 100 million users. The history of both Myspace and Facebook are very well documented on their respective Wikipedia entries. Music fans were delighted in June 2004 to witness the commercial launch of iTunes. It was later to be renamed Facebook.

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Share trading

Learning with e's

The likes of Friendster, and later MySpace, Bebo and Faceboook (some would argue that the BBS users were the first), promoted the idea that you could connect with those you knew, and you could share your thoughts with them. The arrival of YouTube, Flickr and Slideshare and of course Twitter, made it easier to share than ever.

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Noughties. but nice

Learning with e's

The music industry must be rubbing its hands with glee. Social networking sites: Facebook (2006), Myspace (2003), Bebo (2005), LinkedIn (2003) and other sites together have changed the face of social networking for ever. YouTube: Freaking out, spoofing, parodies, pirated music videos and plenty of dross - that's YouTube for you.

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Networked noughties 2006-2009

Learning with e's

In September 2006, Facebook came late to the party, but within a short time (March 2008) it overhauled Myspace as the world's favourite social networking tool. Google purchased YouTube in November for an estimated 1.65 Google purchased YouTube in November for an estimated 1.65