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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. One of the most popular and easy to use tools in the wiki – a shared website which anyone can edit. Essentially, the Web has become more social.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

Other tools such as wikis, blogs and podcasts also began to be used in education, at first tentatively, and then as embedded features in various programmes of study. Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. They also have the capacity to support personal learning.