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SOPHIA creates a vibrant learning community that empowers students to learn in their own way, helps teachers to innovate, and provides an opportunity to achieve an affordable college degree. We are surrounding the traditional classroom with a worldwide classroom that connects people who want to learn with people willing to teach. SOPHIA is a first-of-its-kind social education platform created to reach 21st century students: digital natives who grew up with Facebook, Wikipedia and YouTube in a highly interactive and personalized digital world. We believe that a social learning experience, one that encourages exploratory and cooperative learning, is an opportunity to make higher education more affordable. At SOPHIA, we are putting students on a path to a lower cost college degree. Thanks to WYATT from Tuesday's ED554

This course explores collaborative and emergent pedagogies, tools, and theory related to the use of social networks in learning environments. Participants gain hands-on experience with a variety social networking tools, create their own personal learning networks, and have an opportunity to develop a MOOC-inspired course for their learners.

As you watch this video, think about what could happen in schools if  adults got out of the way.