social media

Learning as a Key to Social Media Success

February 19, 2008

Update: If this post is of interest to you at all, it’s worth also looking at the comments. My thinking had not really come together very well in the original post. It still has a long way to go, but I’ve attempted to clarify things at least a bit in response to a comment from [...]

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Learning 2.0 eBook – Free

February 6, 2008

I’ve put together an eBook based on a presentation on Learning 2.0 that I did back in the fall. This is a very nice looking document–for which the credit goes entirely to the editor, Celisa Steele. I hope it is also a helpful document for those who may be new to Learning 2.0 and social [...]

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Connectivism Considered

August 30, 2007

We derive our competence from forming connections…the learner’s challenge is to recognize the patterns which appear to be hidden. Meaning-making and forming connections between specialized communities are important activities. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age CONSIDER THIS: FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GULF opened by the Web, virtually all of the structures [...]

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Web 2.0-In Plain English

August 9, 2007

I’m going to let most of what follows speak for itself because, well, it does. These are four videos produced by Common Craft that provide brief introductions to four common Web 2.0 technologies: social bookmarking, social networking, RSS, and wikis. And, of course, the videos themselves—in this case made available at Mission to Learn via [...]

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