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Birmingham City University "is to offer a master's degree teaching students about social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo."

"journalistic entities - newspapers, magazines, websites, and, yes, Columbia J-school itself - have to start putting much more emphasis on reading, as opposed to writing."

Slides for 2010 Pearson survey on social media. "More than 80 percent of college faculty are using social media, with more than half using these tools as part of their teaching, according to a first-of-its-kind survey, "Social Media in Higher Education." The survey was conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group in collaboration with New Marketing Labs and Pearson, a global leader in education, technology and services."

upcoming social network - collaboration tool for teachers

One alternative for free class site / social network now that Ning is going all premium. "Spruz allows you to create a free social website to attract others with similar interests, strengthen customer relationships with your business or rally behind a cause. Spruz was officially launched March 2007 by its founders Jay Roberts and David Furman. Spruz is self funded, developed and managed by its founders. "