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Separation and connection

Learning with 'e's

We are witnessing a time where a mobile world wide web of connections is proliferating, and in which social mores, human relationships and communication conventions have been irrevocably changed. At the time of writing, Facebook boasts over 845 million subscriptions and this statistics grows each month. And that's just Facebook.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

Personally, I find myself in agreement with Brian Winston (2003), preferring to view social applications as a facet of gradual evolution rather than symptoms of sudden revolution. digital media FaceBook higher education learning social web Technology The future Twitter universities Web 2.0 Essentially, the Web has become more social.

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The New Media Consortium: its sudden death and what comes next

Bryan Alexander

Meanwhile, I reached out to dozens of people through email, Facebook, LinkedIn, various IM clients, and text, trying to figure out more about what happened. I’ve known and worked with the NMC people since around 2003. I introduced a grim yet accurate hashtag: #NMCliquidation. On a personal note, this breaks my heart.

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The changing Web

Learning with 'e's

Personally, I find myself in agreement with Brian Winston (2003) who views the Web as a facet of gradual evolution rather than symptoms of sudden revolution. What roles will online games and mobile, personal technologies play in developing the skills young people need to study independently? Essentially, the Web has become more social.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

Rather than using their school buses to bring students to schools, the district turned its buses into mobile service providers that could deliver meals and other types of support to students, while also serving as internet connection hotspots. Arati is currently on the edtech advisory board for Central Square Foundation in New Delhi, India.

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The New Media Consortium: its sudden death and what comes next

Bryan Alexander

Meanwhile, I reached out to dozens of people through email, Facebook, LinkedIn, various IM clients, and text, trying to figure out more about what happened. I’ve known and worked with the NMC people since around 2003. I introduced a grim yet accurate hashtag: #NMCliquidation. On a personal note, this breaks my heart.

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Google+ Teacher Academy, Seattle!

The Daring Librarian

But I *have* been preaching the Google message since 2003. Hi, I''m Gwyneth and I''ve never liked Facebook. I trust Google WAY more than Facebook when it comes to security & privacy! But that''s how I missed the GTA in my backyard of Wash DC -everyone assumed I was in & I missed the narrow application window!

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