Microblogging then allows us to not only enrich our most intimate social connections but also the less-intimate “weak ties”–the guy you met at a conference, the group of Australians you met at a hostel last summer in Europe, the girl who sat next to you in high school English–those people who, until the advent of microblogging, most of us would have lost touch with.
It is this extended, “meaningful” socialization with many people, made possible for the first time by Facebook’s inclusion of its Newsfeed feature into the interface, that catapulted the platform from online social activity website popular amongst students and backpackers into its current incarnation, “de facto public commons”.
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Frontpage - RoboBraille.org - 1 views
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RoboBraille is an email service which can convert digital text documents into either Braille or audio files. It is quick and easy to use RoboBraille. You simply send an email with an attached text document to the specific RoboBraille e-mail account that suits your needs. Or you can upload your file by using our web interface. Both ways you will receive the document back from RoboBraille in the specified format - an audio file, for example. You do not need to install expensive and complicated software on your computer to use RoboBraille. It is free for non-commercial users to use RoboBraille. Many RoboBraille users are visually impaired or dyslexic individuals who use the email service for work, study or past-time activities. RoboBraille has also been taken on by teachers, commuters and other users who can benefit from accessing digital text documents in alternative formats.
Survival of the Twittest: Benefits of microblogging backed by science | Geek.com - 0 views
College Degrees Without Going to Class - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Karen Swan is the James Stukel Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Illinois Springfield and an expert on online and blended learning.
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One study, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education, did a meta-analysis of 51 reports on online instruction comparing student outcomes in online, blended and/or face-to-face environments. It found that students who took all or part of their classes online performed better, and that the effectiveness of online and blended instruction was broad across variations in students, types of programs and content areas.
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Answers from 31,000 students at 58 institutions revealed that even after controlling for age, gender, major, type of institution and number of fully online courses taken, technology use was positively related to categories of engagement measured by NSSE benchmarks (for example, active and collaborative learning and student-faculty interaction), deep approaches to learning and self-reported learning outcomes.
The Relationship Between Self-Regulation and Online Learning in a Blended Learning Cont... - 0 views
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intrinsic goal orientation, self-efficacy for learning and performance, time and study environment management, help seeking, and Internet self-efficacy.
Open University research explodes myth of 'digital native' - 1 views
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So Prensky was right first time? 'No, certainly not'
Netiquette: a handy guide for online students - eLearning Blog Dont Waste Your Time - 1 views
Real-time web analytics - chartbeat - 1 views
New approaches to discussion boards aim for dynamic online learning experiences - 2 views
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Constructing a learning experience around collaboration as a means to deeper understanding.
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