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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched. Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. Unported License.

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The changing Web

Learning with 'e's

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. Social software is software that enables people to both read from, and write onto web spaces. 2006) Introducing Web 2.0: geotagging).

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Cultivating Cosmopolitanism in a World of Echo Chambers

Educator Innovator

In other words, on social media, we often “flock together” or connect with like-minded individuals and those who are similar to us in other important ways. We forge or solidify friendships on Facebook and follow people on Twitter according to our existing bonds and shared interests.