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Myth #1. It's Simple Myth #2. It's Free Myth #3. It's Just Facebook Myth #4. Social Media is the "Silver Bullet"

"social teaching" initiative with peer reviewers to identify the best teachers for any concept who then put their instruction for that concept online as "learning packets" for use by anyone free of charge - universities will be able to privatize parts of it to attach to student IDs and track progress for a fee - Capella Education has invested in this initiative also, http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/social-teaching-company-gets-buy-in-from-capella-education/29466?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Great approach to helping instructors understand some basic issues of student privacy and the role of social media. This kind of argument might encourage people to assign the use of (and contribution to) open educational resources. "FERPA was never intended to place students into the box of a physical or online classroom to prevent them from learning from the public."

Social networking to prioritize curriculum development from open content and chosen by community (student generated content such as notes and internet-based resources while instructor-based content can be course notes), and new groups of students/faculty can build on the work oand experiences of previous students ("start where others left off") - instructors can use learner analytics to encourage deeper learning - currently being used for English composition by Stanford, CA Polytech, USC, Babson, Sacramento State and San Luis Obispo

Open social networking for faculty - connect with recognized leaders in a discipline and collaborate with peers through virtual Guest Lectures

Links to free course collections (e.g., Annenberg Media) in the following disciplines: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Health Education, Physical Education, Computers

TodaysMeet - a free online tool to allow for real time online conversations in a closed room with no ads - even good for primary grades. This review also shows examples with pix

"a model for open access (OA) publishing"

Community of scholars offering access to their originally created learning materials, creating their own personal collection of materials from the database, serving as peer reviewers of submitted materials and working together to improve the culture of sharing good materials for learning and teaching.

An open educational resource modeling how to write an open educational resource... by having you read it and learn from it at your own pace you can write your own OER unit.

Intro with learning outcomes; Definition of open learning and OERs; Planning an OER unit; Creating an OER; Pedagogy inc social constructivism; Communicating; Evaluating open learning

A knowledge sharing network for students to share and find class-specific notes, build academic reputations and earn rewards

Creating the world's biggest study group - a Univ of KY student Tore Lindeman share his notes from PSY 100 Lab from Summer 2010 - he is also a big contributor to GradeGuru this spring for his MA109 course

This tutorial includes info on Creative Commons licensing