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Direct linkBerk, Ronald A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2013
Disclaimer: I have been an active "free" user of LinkedIn for 5.463 years with more than 3000 (1st degree) connections from all over the world. I have no vested interest in LinkedIn other than as a user of the services it provides. Despite the fact that LinkedIn was originally designed as a network for business professionals, not…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Educational Resources, Web 2.0 Technologies, Performance Technology
Gross, Liz – CURRENTS, 2012
As a new year begins, higher education professionals who manage social media are getting to know the latest social network, Google+, and how they can best use Google+ Pages to advance their institutions. When Google+ first came on the scene in late June 2011, several institutions signed up and began using the service. Given the popularity of other…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Networks, Web 2.0 Technologies, Mass Media Role
Blanchard, Anita L.; Cook, James R. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
Over a decade ago, Lenning and Ebbers (1999) envisioned that information and computer technology (ICT) could be used to create virtual learning communities (VLCs) as a "future" form of learning communities. Indeed, almost all academic departments--including psychology--depend heavily on the use of ICT to create and sustain connections among…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Intellectual Disciplines, Best Practices, Communities of Practice
Mathews, Brian S. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
For a while, the idea of social software was something that had to be sold. Although many librarians were experimenting with it, there were a lot of concerns. Now, social software, like Library 2.1, is starting to be viewed less as a disruptive force and more as a regular part of a librarian's workflow. This article highlights a few examples that…
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Services
He, Aiguo – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2009
A real-time interactive distance lecture is a joint work that should be accomplished by the effort of the lecturer and his students in remote sites. It is important for the lecturer to get understanding information from the students which cannot be efficiently collected by only using video/audio channels between the lecturer and the students. This…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Management Information Systems, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation
Rosen, Dina; Nelson, Charles – Computers in the Schools, 2008
New social-sharing applications are transforming the Internet from a "read-only" (Web 1.0) environment to a "read-write" ecology that many are calling Web 2.0. These tools (e.g., weblogs and wikis) enable Internet users to publish information online almost as easily as they can read online, and they have tremendous potential for learning. This…
Descriptors: Internet, Social Networks, Communities of Practice, Technological Advancement
