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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.

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MOOC Major Players

LearnDash

The MOOC landscape is taking shape , and just like social networking sites before it, the major players are starting to emerge. It’s still too early to tell which one of these will fall the way of MySpace, but as Facebook has pointed out, there is often very little room at the top.

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

Experiencing eLearning

Many businesses consider time on social networking sites wasted, but not all. Right now, this is “Tier 1″ Proprietary with some customization (like Facebook & MySpace). Social networking sites will continue to be important, but they require active leadership. Google Sites for the wiki. iTunes University.

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Daily Bookmarks 06/25/2008

Experiencing eLearning

Brief summary of research on the educational benefits of sites like MySpace and Facebook for high schoolers. When asked what they learn by using social networking sites, the students. Students self-report learning 21st century skills, although the study doesn’t attempt to actually measure any of that learning.

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How the Fastest Growing Companies are Using Social Media

Upside Learning

In 2009, several new tools were added including the popular microblogging service Twitter and other popular social networking sites like Linkedin, Facebook, and MySpace. In order to maintain the integrity of all comparisons, all those tools studied in the first two studies were included in this followup research.

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Google Goes Gaming?

Kapp Notes

Here are some recent highlights; Google purchased a company called Slide , an app developer that works with popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to create community-driven entertainment applications. The deal is worth a reported $182 million.

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The (Eventual) Downfall of MOOCs

LearnDash

If massive sites like Facebook or YouTube have taught us anything over the years, it is that at some point investors will demand a return on their investment. 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).

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