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Change Our Traditional Approach to Education

Kapp Notes

And adding technology hardware is not enough, the next wave in engineering and technology education is to leverage the connectivity of the third millennials and their aptitude for creating content to share with others via web-based and mobile-based social networking tools.

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

eFront

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. Facebook is the Godzilla of social networks.

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

eFront

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. Facebook is the Godzilla of social networks.

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Tools Used

Clark Quinn

LinkedIn was shown as being used monthly or more by 68% which is higher than I would have expected. I personally get a lot of value out of LinkedIn , but I wonder if other people are getting that same value. Facebook use is higher than I would have thought. I guess they must be using a lot of tools other than delicious.

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Zip it, Block it, Flag it

Learning with e's

Zip it, Block it, Flag it' is the tag line for a new campaign introduced by the UK government , which will show primary school children (ages 5-11) how to avoid nasty content and risky conversations on social networking sites. Block it - Block people who send nasty messages and don't open unknown links and attachments.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Gin System

Learning Visions

Monday, July 02, 2007 The Gin System As Ive been trying to sort out the role of FaceBook lately, I cant help but wonder "wheres the content?" It seems to me that FaceBook is a great networking tool. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. So whos using The Gin System?

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LMSs that kick ass: GeoLearning

Janet Clarey

Q: What social media tools is GeoLearning incorporating into their LMS? A: Will Hipwell- GeoLearning’s GeoEngage module facilitates Communities of Practice (CoPs), enables social networking, and provides access to Web 2.0 and social networking tools become more and more valuable. Me: Thanks Super Will.