social media

Social Media Explained Visually

March 29, 2010

If you are reading Mission to Learn, chances are good that you already feel comfortable with the whole social media thing. But maybe not. Or maybe you are always on the lookout for new ways to explain the mysterious ways of social media to colleagues, friends, or family. Either way, this brief video – Social [...]

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Collaboration and Learning – What Are Your Examples?

March 4, 2010

A while back Karen Schweitzer did a guest post here titled 15 Free Online Collaboration Tools and Apps. Karen is skilled at writing popular posts, but even so, I have been surprised at how much traffic this one has attracted. Apparently people are hungry for free online collaboration tools. Meanwhile, on other fronts, an attendee [...]

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Howard Rheingold – Social Media Classroom

November 25, 2008

I had the pleasure of speaking recently with virtual community pioneer Howard Rheingold about the new Social Media Classroom platform he has launched. Anyone who has read Howard’s work or heard him speak before knows that he always has interesting things to say. This is no exception. Listen in to find out what’s up with [...]

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Five Themes for the Web 2.0 Learner

May 29, 2008

In my previous posting I mentioned that Mission to Learn turned one on May 15. As chance would have it, I spoke on a Web 2.0 panel that morning at the annual meeting of Medbiquitous, the organization that was the subject of my very first posting here on Mission to Learn. My topic for the [...]

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More on the Digital Curator

February 26, 2008

I’m still in the midst of a lot of travel, so I had planned on following a path similar to my last posting on the Digital Curator, etc. and pointing to interesting things that other bloggers are doing. As it happens, though, that post and number of others out there are beginning to form into [...]

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