Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Milgram''s question was, how many someones are in the chain?'' (Watts, 2003, p38.) So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Social media can reduce the degrees of separation.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 16, 2012

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. The question now, in the light of the rapid penetration of social media and mobile communications, is - is that number being reduced?

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. Debate focuses on whether the emerging social applications constitute a sea change or revolution in the Web (cf. geotagging). Van Dijk, J.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

She was recently chosen to be a Teacher of the Future by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and she has also been named a Top Education Influencer on Twitter. In her spare time, Karen travels locally and globally in search of new sights, tastes, and absurdities. Next in the Festival Five family series came Night Time!

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