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The findings indicated that young people who had used Facebook (but not YouTube) for more than a year had higher scores in tests of verbal ability, working memory, and spelling, compared to their peers who had used it for a shorter time period.  - FB and other social media as a 'practice ground' for data sorting, communication and social connectedness - Also some interesting details on survey methods used. 

Article discusses how social bookmarking can act as a supplement or replacement to textbooks and course-packs/reading lists and the impact implications for online and offline learning

Thank you, Xena. I have similar thoughts as Ivan. After trying social bookmarking on my own, I am evaluating whether or not to introduce it in my proposed project. The only concern is that: will it become a potential problem as more TEAP weaved into the module?

Thanks, Xena. Useful to get the student perspective on social bookmarking.

A discussion around potential risks to exposure to social media. Our interaction online even in controlled Virtual Learning Environments should take into account this as well.

Another study looking at the relationship between social media use and academic achievement/engagement. Interesting that here some activities are more likely to have a positive impact. Are these the kind of interactions we could encourage by embracing learners' connectedness and engagement with social media? ► Students who spent more time on Facebook scored lower on an engagement scale. ► There was no relationship between time spent on Facebook and time spent studying. ► Students who spent more time on Facebook spent more time in campus activities. ► In general, Facebook activities were more strongly predictive of engagement. ► Some Facebook activities were negative predictors, while others were positive.

Forget devices, the future of education technology is all about the cloud and anywhere access. In the future, teaching and learning is going to be social, says Matt Britland

Forget devices, the future of education technology is all about the cloud and anywhere access. In the future, teaching and learning is going to be social, says Matt Britland

This paper published by The Open University looks at how social presence can be used to engage students with online learning. It outlines the benefits and problems of online communication for learning and then looks at the pros and cons of different online communication tools.

Changing the context for learning can really stimulate learners to engage with a subject, critically and personally.

Ed, this is something that I have seen with my kids as well. I just wonder whether has anyone of you implemented game like approach to classroom or online classroom.

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This web article is one of a series on instructional design models. It concisely outlines the The Inquiry-based Learning Model which relies on the idea that individuals are able to learn by investigating scenarios and problems, and through social experiences.

When writing a Final Project my students need to look at previous papers and to learn from that. I wonder whether I will be able to take advantage of this resource to cater for this need.

A tool for keeping social bookmarks. Another one worth trying would be MENDELEY.

From the Social Psychology perspective cooperative learning is examined to see its impact on active learning and experiential learning in Higher Education with several excellent links

This recording of a webinar organised by The eLearning Guild looks at the common reasons learners disengage in synchronous virtual environments, and which factors you can influence to change this. There are also five pdf resources including a helpful checklist on the features of an engaging online classroom.

This web article published by Faculty Focus suggests that students are more willing to ask questions and interact with their fellow students in face to face settings if they have been offered the opportunity to engage through synchronous online tools. It then outlines reasons why these tools are beneficial for learning.

Now this was and is interesting. Thanks mr T

This web article shares the results of a study exploring which types of interaction are most predictive of students' sense of community in online graduate courses at a US university. Interactions between learners which emerged as contributing the most to sense of community, in decreasing order of contribution, were (a) introductions, (b) collaborative group projects, (c) contributing personal experiences, (d) entire class online discussions, and (e) exchanging resources.

Brilliant article discusses how students learning styles affect student preferences & use of web technologies

Very interesting look at the future of academic publishing

Being "new" to research myself I am on the quest for information related to it!