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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. They are vital components of the web, and social media are important for education - because learning is essentially social and personal. They also have the capacity to support personal learning.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role. It enhances teaching practices, fosters professional growth, and significantly improves student outcomes. Brouwer & Korthagen, 2005; Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009; Zhu et al.,

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At These Colleges, Students Begin Serious Research Their First Year

Digital Promise

Social media to predict acts of terrorism. At the University of Maryland, student teams investigated how social media promotes terrorism and found that it is possible to identify when conflicts on social media can escalate into physical violence. Read the original article. Essential elements.

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Once Reviled in Education, Wikipedia Now Embraced By Many Professors

Edsurge

As one writing instructor posted to an e-mail list in 2005: “Am I being a stick-in-the-mud for for being horrified by students’ use of this source?”. In so many social-media camps, people just go to find a reaffirmation of what they believed before they logged on. How things have changed.

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What Universities Can Learn from Udacity’s ‘Gig Economy’ Service

Edsurge

percent in 2005 to 15.8 We try to ensure that experiences are well aligned with academic outcomes and expectations of students.” They meet with department chairs to understand what students are studying and what the desired outcomes for the program are. Economists at Princeton estimate the number of U.S. percent in 2015.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

For tweens and teens it can also include some time spent on social media. Watching TV for three hours each day may be detrimental to kids, but spending unstructured time playing with friends or family is associated with positive outcomes (Barnes, Hoffman,Welte, Farrell, & Dintcheff, 2007; Larson, 2001).

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Oliva & Piqueras, 2016; Simons & Gaher, 2005). While avoidance of unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and sensations may produce some immediate gratification, chronic avoidance is associated with a number of problematic outcomes when it becomes a coping style (Spinhoven, Drost, de Rooij, van Hemert, & Penninx, 2014).