Archive for 'Web 2.0 community'

An Open LMS: CourseKit

Posted on 06. Dec, 2011 by .

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A while back I posted on Facebook that LMSs were prisons for content because they tended to keep content inaccessible and unavailable for quick easy access. Well now their is a new kind of LMS that uses a Facebook type interface to conduct academic business. It’s called CourseKit. The concept is radical on two levels. [...]

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Technology as a Scapegoat

Posted on 12. Aug, 2011 by .

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Recently, technology has been blamed or credited for a number of things: Arab Spring Uprisings Riots in London The end of the debit ceiling debacle And countless other evils and goods…are we serious? Technology is not the cause of the uprisings in London or Arab counties and it didn’t solve the debit crisis…the real issues [...]

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Social Media for Trainers: Filled with Great Ideas and Techniques

Posted on 05. Sep, 2010 by .

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So this is wild for me, first time I am a tour stop on a blog book tour! I’ve been an author on blog book tours but now I get to be a stop on a tour and I couldn’t be happier to be a stop for my friend and prolific author, Jane Bozarth. Social [...]

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Social Media for Trainers: Filled with Great Ideas and Techniques

Posted on 05. Sep, 2010 by .

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So this is wild for me, first time I am a tour stop on a blog book tour! I’ve been an author on blog book tours but now I get to be a stop on a tour and I couldn’t be happier to be a stop for my friend and prolific author, Jane Bozarth. Social [...]

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Social Media Tracking the Nation’s Mood

Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by .

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Check out this video showing how researchers used Tweats to determine the mood of the country and individual states. A few highlights from the research: The “early morning and late evening” have the “highest level of happiness.” The West coast is “significantly happier” than the East coast Weekends are “much happier\ than weekdays. Check out [...]

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Social Network = Social Class?

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by .

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Anna Owens says “MySpace has one population, Facebook has another.” Is your socio-economic status reflected in your favorite social networking software? A recent study seems to indicate a resounding YES. Check out the full article Does your social class determine your online social network? Here are some highlights (or lowlights depending on how you look [...]

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Creating a Vibrant Learning Community

Posted on 15. Jan, 2009 by .

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Today I am presenting at Immaculata University on the topic of Creating a Vibrant Learning Community as part of a faculty workshop. Here are my slides (although SlideShare did something to some of the photographs on my slides…sorry about that.) Communities Of Practice View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: academic community) My presentation [...]

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