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What Studies say about Social Media in Higher Education

January 11, 2011
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Are college professors using social media? Social Media in Higher Education, a study performed by Pearson, which includes a survey of 1000 college professors, showed that four out of five professors use social media. A little more than half use podcasts, video, wikis, and blogs for their classes. About 30% use social networks to communicate [...]

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Making Learning Real: A Problem Based Case Learning Resource

December 13, 2010
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Making Learning Real is a comprehensive resource site for Problem Based Case Learning (PBCL) tools, videos, and more for instructors, students, and business partners. PBCL employs real-world business situations as the context for learning by asking students to solving current and authentic problems based on real scenarios at local businesses. In this environment, students and [...]

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Facebook for Online Courses – How Good (or Bad) is It?

October 27, 2010

This is a guest post contributed by Carrie Oakley, who writes on the topic of online colleges . Carrie welcomes your comments here or at her email id: carrie.oakley1983(AT)gmail(DOT)com. It’s the single biggest phenomenon that has completely changed lives; it is so important that it has a starring role in a movie; and good or [...]

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How to Communicate With People Without Ever Meeting Them in Person

October 15, 2010

This a guest post by Courtney Bishop. Courtney is a lover of all things creative, she likes to write and has an obsession with crossword puzzles. She recently started blogging and you can follow her on Twitter @cbishopBG. You don’t have to have an official face-to-face meet-and-greet or get to know the people you’re talking [...]

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LearnCast Mobile Learning Grant

October 14, 2010
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LearnCast to Award Educational Technology Grants to 50 Schools: Achieve Labs Inc., creator of LearnCast®, will supply their web-based mobile learning software to 50 schools for the purpose of creating mobile learning courses. Achieve Labs™, the creator of LearnCast®, a mobile learning and technology company, has announced a nationwide academic technology grant for K-12 schools [...]

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Top Web 2.0 Tools for Learning for the New School Year

September 13, 2010

This guest post is contributed by Roger Elmore, who writes on the topics of hospitality management degree. He welcomes your comments here or at his email Id: rogerelmore24 @gmail.com. The list of cutely, cleverly and sometimes oddly spelled Web 2.0 apps for learning continues to grow, making it easier but also more confusing to find [...]

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Schoology: Combining Learning Management with Social Networking

August 29, 2010
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Schoology provides an enterprise level learning management system and configurable social network. Instructors and students can easily create, share, and manage academic material through a social networking interface. By incorporating learning management tools into a social environment, Schoology provides a means for teachers, students, parents, and administrators to seamlessly communicate and collaborate on academic issues. [...]

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Twitter for Online Students

August 18, 2010

This guest post is contributed by Angelita Williams, who writes on the topics of online college courses.  She welcomes your comments here or at her email Id: angelita.williams7 @gmail.com. Online students are connected to their homework, campus services, professors and classmates via their distance learning university, but there are other tools that can enrich their learning experience and [...]

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