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The goals of this course follow. Participants will: better understand the historical role technology and media have played in educational & social change; become knowledgeable of social learning tools & FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) as tools for teaching, facilitating learning, & designing educational environments; become familiar with the wealth of open educational resources (OERs), learning-related content, & media available for teaching & learning; become knowledgeable of relevant social learning theories and philosophies that respond to learning in the digital age; better understand the many social, educational, political, cultural, and administrative issues often associated with technology & media in education and society; become critical consumers and producers of digital media and information; and, build sustainable, personal learning environments and networks.

My talk today is about social media. I'm going to begin by dissecting this silly term and then we'll get down and dirty with how social media is being used.

Today, as the year draws to a close, we bring you a hand-picked selection of Mashable's social media How-To articles in 2008; some holiday reading, perhaps, or something to refer back to once you restart the daily grind in 2009

Platforms for Participation

■Basic Language Literacy ■Visual Literacy ■Historical Literacy ■Cultural Literacy ■Information Literacy ■Political Literacy and News Media Literacy ■Scientific Literacy ■Mathematical Literacy

Singapore Ministry of Education to revamp Primary Education

The research was designed to find out how Web 2.0 is being used, its potential impact in education and some of the barriers to successful adoption.

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