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

Dashe & Thomson

Where Facebook and LinkedIn serve mainly as social dashboards for our personal and professional networks, respectively, I see Twitter as a customized information portal. Reply – Replying is very similar to retweeting, but it’s a bit more personalized. Replying is best if you really want somone to start following you on Twitter.

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TCC08: What can Educators Learn from Online Religious Communities?

Experiencing eLearning

Used MySpace & a wiki. Chose MySpace b/c lots of existing religious tools available (e.g., Also explored specifically Christian sites, but secular sites like MySpace may offer better options. She had not used a chat room, IM, Facebook, or MySpace before joining a site called OurPrayer.org. Sue Phillips.

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TCC08: Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking

Experiencing eLearning

Right now, this is “Tier 1″ Proprietary with some customization (like Facebook & MySpace). Ease of entry will allow more personalized websites. Owned by major companies. Mass subscription with low/no barriers to entry. Free or low-cost, available to all online, use task-specific tools. Google Sites for the wiki.

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The (Eventual) Downfall of MOOCs

LearnDash

Personally, I can’t stand that site anymore (especially when the ads seem to stream just fine but then the video I want to watch only loads 1/8 of the way in 10min). No pesky ads, no concerns about personal data being leaked or sold – just harmless procrastination.

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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. If that wasn’t enough, the relatively new ability to share personal achievements with social networks have made “winning” that much sweeter for Millennials.

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Employee Spotlight : Kat Bajno-Atkinson

OpenSesame

I had my first taste of programming in fifth grade when I taught myself how to modify HTML & CSS to make MySpace layouts. Do you have a motto or personal mantra? My personal mantra, as cheesy as it is, “Everything happens for a reason.” How did you get into the field you’re in? Also, don’t be afraid to speak up.

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Using Content Distribution to Market E-Learning

LearnDash

Let’s say the website goes the way of MySpace. The best you can do on sites like these is to put a link in your profile and then engage the community like a peer, not as a sales person. The content you publish on your own site belongs to you. All the posts you made go with it, as does the audience you worked to generate.

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