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It wasn't so long ago that scientists had only a couple of ways to share their work with the world: publishing in a research journal or presenting at a scientific meeting. This often limited exposure to a relatively small sphere of scientists.

Successful accountants and accounting firms need to be both socially responsible and responsibly social in order to survive in today's tech savvy world. It is crucial for accounting firms to demonstrate that they are keeping up with the times, and that they understand modern ways of communicating with each other, their clients, and potential clients.

Free University Courses. I recommend *New Media Literacies* in Comparative Media Studies.

Free online courses from the world's top scholars. I recommend the movers and shakers panel of guest speakers in Media, Education and the Marketplace Course Course MIT / Media Studies Shigeru Miyagawa

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A New York Times article about a teacher incorporating social media to an English class.

I found this interesting article when I was familiarizing with twitter.

This article address some of the issues related to the use of social media in college.

A slightly different approach to social media versus social learning in education.

Given the harsh criticisms that social networks commonly face when it comes to their use by teenagers, I thought it would be useful to post this newspaper piece that presents the opposite argument: Social media might be usually considered to be just places of the lurking danger of real-life social isolation (among more gruesome dangers in this context), but they could also be seen as places where a teenager can be inventive, discover aptitudes and of course develop his/her social skills. Also, it discusses research which shows that teenagers are more often than not well aware of the dangers that lie behind the (ab)use of social media.

Hmmm, should I share this with my teenage son?

Good article, though I am still sceptical!

"Social media is crucial not only because it provides a fast way to share information, but also because it makes faculty workloads more transparent." This is a great article for those considering ways to share the wonderful work and achievement of both faculty and students. Karen Patterson

The Conflict between Technology and Institutional Education, and the Future

Why social media matters leaders

"Tools for the 21st Century Teacher"

Hi Anna, Thanks for finding and posting this link. I've enjoyed browsing through it and plan to revisit it later. Ruth

Twitter as an acceptable, non-intrusive side conversational tool in class or online. Such a tool may actually make synchronous learning vibrant .