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I found this wiki page from the article "Increasing importance of social media in education" as it relates to our Week 6: Wikis and Learning: Professor Michael Netzely, an expatriated American, teaches at the Singapore Management University. His course, based around internet communications, leans heavily on social media. However, rather than teaching from books, Netzley encourages his students to go out and learn by 'getting their hands dirty' on the likes of Blogger, WordPress, Twitter, Tumbler, Facebook and other social media platforms. As well as providing an obvious synergy with the subject of online communications, the approach allows students greater creativity and freedom to develop their communication skills." http://asiancorrespondent.com/61561/increasing-importance-of-social-media-in-education/

That's pretty impressive that it's been recognized by the New York Times and other notable news outlets. I'm curious about the processes that led to this outcome. For example, what led him to dispense with the traditional textbook method? Did his students immediately embrace this approach or did it require some scaffolding?