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Social media: 4 opportunities for secondary education

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Not too long ago I went to an evening session about social media at the secondary school of my daughter. It struck me how the subject of social media is approached from fear. You can imagine that it was not about fear, but about the 4 opportunities that social media offer.

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Social media workshop is a success for Saffron and charities

Saffron Interactive

From Saffron’s award winning instructional design team, senior instructional designer Kim George recently presented at a social media workshop with client and marketing manager Joanna Liem. The discussions were lively and productive and so many great ideas were contributed by the group.

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Saffron organises social media workshop for charities

Saffron Interactive

Social media is a hot topic in all industries and businesses nowadays. However, research has proven that the charity sector and volunteering movement is not maximising the potential of social networks – less than 25% of volunteer involving organisations and support services are using them.

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Using social media for eLearning (a look at the top 6 social platforms)

eFront

Social media have become an indispensable part of modern life. A huge part of our social lives already happens online rather than in the “real world” And while individual social media networks might rise and fall (remember MySpace?), social networking itself is not going anywhere.

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Using social media for eLearning (a look at the top 6 social platforms)

eFront

Social media have become an indispensable part of modern life. A huge part of our social lives already happens online rather than in the “real world” And while individual social media networks might rise and fall (remember MySpace?), social networking itself is not going anywhere.

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[from gminks] Social Learning Measurement : eLearning Technology

Tony Karrer

number of posts, how often people read them, quality ratings) are going to be especially useful for helping us improve our social-media designs (and support), but NOT so helpful to prove/show cost-benefit, AND certainly very little to actually improve learning. I dont believe that social media is a strategy.

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

A: The field is so focused on efficiency that MOOCs seem like an obvious idea. Social Media: An Interview STEPHEN DOWNES: HALF AN HOUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012. Having said that, a MOOC organized for the purposes of K-12 education would be a fabulous idea. Social Artists, Connecting the Dots and Steve.