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To conclude my series on the three C’s of social networking in education, I will now attempt to examine a rather ambiguous concept: context. Context is pretty ambiguous because I can’t really give you a range of steps on how to determine what the context is in your particular educational situation. Your context is your [...]

To continue my series on the three C’s of social networking in education, I will turn my attention next to the one that seems to get overlooked the most: community. The web has long been dominated by a “Field of Dreams” mentality: if you build it, they will come. Now that we have the ability [...]

I thought I would start my look at the three C’s of social networking in education by tackling the hardest one: consistency. I know I made that sound like I had a choice on which one of the three to start with. And the truth is, I did – I don’t think these three C’s [...]

Here is a typical scenario in education when an instructor or administrative person decides to explore some online social networking tool. Let’s take micro-blogging for an example. You sign up for Twitter, learn to use it, and then Tweet away for a few days or even weeks. They you get busy and disappear for about [...]

Yes, I am referring to The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman… and I must admit that I have not (yet) read it. I have been to a large number of conferences and blogs that discuss this book – some praising it, and some disagreeing with it. I think the book sounds interesting, and [...]

This is the third post in a series examining this topic. See the first two posts for background and a brief disclaimer that sets the stage for this discussion. So, I’ve been going on about how we need to save the Learning Management System. I gave a list of things that need to happen with [...]

This is the second post in a series examining this topic. See the first post for background and a brief disclaimer that sets the stage for this discussion. As I mentioned in a previous post, there are several concepts in the “Death to the LMS” campaign that I agree with. Here is a list of [...]

First of all, I want to preface this with a reality check: I am only talking about ideal situations here. I realize that many educators are hampered from realizing the ideal due to budgetary constraints. I am a huge supporter of doing the best with what you can get. I love creative solutions. But I [...]

Listen in as Katrina, Matt, and Harriet discuss online educational epiphanies during lunch at the Region XI Distance Learning Educator Conference. Reflections include thoughts on new educational sites as well as teacher issues with online learning. Recorded live from a cell phone using Gcast. See the Podcast tab at the top of the page, or [...]