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Facebook and other social media have been hailed as delivering the promise of new, socially engaged educational experiences for students in undergraduate, self-directed, and other educational sectors. A theoretical and historical analysis of these media in the light of earlier media transformations, however, helps to situate and qualify this promise. Specifically, the analysis of dominant social media presented here questions whether social media platforms satisfy a crucial component of learning - fostering the capacity for debate and disagreement. By using the analytical frame of media theorist Raymond Williams, with its emphasis on the influence of advertising in the content and form of television, we weigh the conditions of dominant social networking sites as constraints for debate and therefore learning. Accordingly, we propose an update to Williams' erudite work that is in keeping with our findings. Williams' critique focuses on the structural characteristics of sequence, rhythm, and flow of television as a cultural form. Our critique proposes the terms information design, architecture, and above all algorithm, as structural characteristics that similarly apply to the related but contemporary cultural form of social networking services. Illustrating the ongoing salience of media theory and history for research in e-learning, the article updates Williams' work while leveraging it in a critical discussion of the suitability of commercial social media for education.

This report has been written to contribute to the current debates about educational quality in undergraduate education in the U K, and about the need to justify increases in resources on the basis of indicators of educational quality. This report will identify a range of dimensions of quality and examine the extent to which each could be considered a valid indicator, with reference to the available research evidence. I t attempts to identify which kinds of data we should take seriously and which we should be cautious of placing weight on. S ome of these dimensions we might be wise to pay attention to currently lack a solid evidence base, especially in relation to research carried out in the U K context, and so the report also identifies priorities for research and for data collection and analysis.

An excellent debate about whether federally funded vouchers are a good idea to continue in Washington, DC.

Superintendents on Twitter-While still relatively rare, there's a growing number of state and school district superintendents coming out of the closet on Twitter. We need their voice and "out-loud leadership" in the school reform and funding debates. Here's a list that hopefully keeps growing:

http://www.indiabasera.com aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines who want support and advice on any aspect of methodology. Registered users can participate in discussions about methodology issues and controversies; find out about relevant conferences and events; and discover and review new resources in methods, including free book chapters and journal articles. 'We intend that Methodspace should be the online hub for research methods, with the community driving the discussions and debates,' said Ziyad Marar, deputy managing director and publishing director of SAGE

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