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6 Social Media Platforms, and How to Use Them for Your E-Learning

LearnDash

Facebook pages are public by default, although they do have some privacy settings. Probably the easiest way to use Twitter in your online course is as a simple networking tool. Another lesser known feature of Twitter is its lists. There are two ways to go about doing this, and the one you choose will depend on your goals.

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TCC08: Wikis and Blogs and Tags: Oh Why?

Experiencing eLearning

Question about FERPA (student privacy law in the US). Cynthia uses Twitter for keeping track of bookmarks–lets her tag it with who shared it with her and when to give her context. Privacy issues: Edublogs may be better than Blogger, or do it on your own servers to control information. Audience is important!

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In Praise of Secret Gardens

Learning Visions

What I say on Twitter can be viewed by anyone. What I update on my Facebook status can be viewed by lots of people (not anyone – I have designated my FB friends and set my privacy settings, but 300 people isn’t really a private place, is it? Photo credit: The Secret Bower by Athena’s Pix But now we’re all awfully exposed.

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David Rose: Enchanted Objects -- Opening Keynote #ATDTK

Learning Visions

We do need to think carefully about privacy and data flow. billlion photos are shared every day on Instagram, twitter, fb, etc. So who’s looking at all those photos? Building classifiers – the ability to see things in photos by feeding the algorithm examples. That’s all it does. To make them fashionable.

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The dark side of online interaction

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Or privacy issues. Burglars read along on twitter if you're on vacation. The speed with which information is circulated on the Internet through blogs and twitter leads to hyping and creates room for manipulation. Photo by [link]. Think of cyberbullying, and hate groups. when to avoid online interaction? when to embrace?

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Watch your back!

Learning with e's

One of the important skills I identified in a previous post on digital literacies is how people manage and protect their privacy. Indeed, each of us is vulnerable because there is a huge potential for our privacy to be breached in any online environment. This begs the question - can any of us protect our privacy on the web?

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Allowing eLearners to Correct their Mistakes

Vignettes Learning

How could you hide or erase that comment you just made on social media like - Facebook, Twitter and other sites? We now see in classrooms and conferences that participants are doing back channel conversations with Twitter and other postings. Too late: it has become viral. An app called Snapchat solves that predicament.