Social networking in the classroom

By Tony Bates, on November 18th, 2009

McCrea, B. (2009) Purdue U brings social networking to the classroom Campus Technology, November 18

A report on how Purdue University enables students to tweet their lecturers in class, as well as comment to other students, while the instructor is teaching.

I have absolutely no comment on this – at least for the moment.

November 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Technology, Twitter, social software | Leave a comment

Social networking in two year colleges in the USA

By Tony Bates, on November 17th, 2009

Marklein, M. B. (2009) Social networks could help community college students USA Today, November 16

This is a news report on a study just released by the  Texas-based Center for Community College Student Engagement. The study is based on a survey of more than 400,000 students from 663 institutions that assesses how much effort students invest [...]

November 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Strategies, planning and management, Teaching and learning, Technology, current state of the art, digital natives, learners, social software | Leave a comment

Guide to social e-learning

By Tony Bates, on November 18th, 2008

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s Guide to Social e-Learning provides practical guidance and tips from e-learning practitioners, including a keynote podcast from Anne Bartlett-Bragg.

Thanks to Richard Elliott’s e-learning Watch for direction to this site.

November 18th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Teaching and learning, Technology, collaborative learning, social software | Leave a comment