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" The keys to success in social media are being honest about who you are, being thoughtful before you post, and respecting the purpose of the community where you are posting. "

"Social Media guidelines by Matt on May 26th, 2009 I know social media is a hot topic currently and many people are trying to figure out where to start as far as where to start and what to think about I suggest you take a look at these slides from a presentation of mine called Using Interactive Technology and Social Media in Higher Ed. However, the main reason for this post was to touch on some guidelines for how to communicate on behalf of FIU on social media sites. Here are a few things to think about"

"When participating in or maintaining a social media site on behalf of Queen's, clearly state your role and goals. This will help you determine the most effective use of social media to deliver your message. Please consult our Social Media Brief to facilitate the development of a strategy."

"Grand Valley State University Social Media Guidelines As a public institution, Grand Valley State University's purpose is to educate and inform. This coincides with the spirit of social media, to share the wealth of knowledge for the common good. For this reason, Grand Valley maintains official pages on various social media platforms. You can find links to those pages at: www.gvsu.edu/socialmedia. They have been set up and are maintained for the purpose of disseminating information and connecting people to the university and its services. Although you are encouraged to use social media in your work, please respect university time and resources as you provide or read content. Our first priority is to execute the business of the university so find the right balance to do this. If you are an avid user, please consider two accounts - one you maintain for the university and one for your personal use outside of work."

"Code of Conduct While there are a lot of options when it comes to what type of social media platform you can engage in, the same rules of behavior apply to all of them. Here is a code of conduct to help focus your interactions with other users of social media across all platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and beyond. "

"As Casey Green said in my recent interview with him, the LMS space is a "market in transition." In 2005, the year that Blackboard acquired WebCT, the two platforms had a combined total of 75.6% U.S. higher education market share, and the next closest competitor had barely cracked 2% market share. Today, the situation is substantially different and changing rapidly. But the narratives around exactly what's happening tend to be off. Typically, I hear the frame as being a contest between Blackboard and "open source." Has "open source" (by which we mean Moodle and Sakai, the two open source LMSs with significant market share in the United States) made inroads into the market? If you read what the majority of sell-side financial analysts1 are writing, you may see the claim that "open source" is not putting a major dent in Blackboard. If you talk to Moodle or Sakai advocates, you might hear that they are crushing the company in sales. Neither account is really capturing what's happening in the market, so I'm going to try to explain what we know about what's really going on in a two-part series. In this post, I'll talk about what the data are telling us so far about the recent shifts in the market, describe how colleges and universities come to decide that they need to go to market for an LMS, and assess the degree to which we may see an uptick in the number of schools that decide to look around and evaluate our options. In the second post, I'll describe how the next four years of market transition may be different than the previous four and what signs we should be watching for to see which way the market is going to break."

"The Macintosh operating system has always made it easy to capture a screen shot (an image of your computer desktop or an active window). Here's a summary of all the methods you can use to capture your screen using Mac OS X. "

"Don't type it, iShowU it Need to show something to someone? iShowU is your answer! iShowU is designed to record anything on your screen, instantly - both audio, and video! If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a movie is worth a million. Imagine the time you'll save writing Grandma an email about how to magnify her dock when you can just shoot a movie in seconds. "

12 eLearning Predictions for 2009 : eLearning Technology Last year I laid out in January my Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008. In my post, 2008 2009 - written in December 2008, I looked at how well I did in those predictions, and my results were pretty good, not perfect. So, let's try it again this year ...

Twitter: Better Late Than Never Tuesday, April 7, 2009 With so many high-caliber people finally digging in (acquiesce?) to the utility of Twitter, I'm finding myself approach such widespread new-found enthusiasm with mixed emotion. On the one hand, I'm grateful that people are finally realizing what we've been saying for years: Twitter can be an extremely powerful tool/experience. On the other hand, I feel somewhat dismayed that it has taken so long for folks to catch on. Regardless, I'm excited for the direction now being taken by leaders in my new district.

James Clay's presentation at ALTC 2009.

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