August 10, 2012
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Thought I would share some bits of my thesis on Twitter, PLN’s and PLE’s as others might find it useful. What is a PLN? For all of the conversation occurring among educators about PLNs, there has been surprisingly little academic … Continue reading
August 9, 2012
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Given that so much of the college experience involves building relationships with professors and collaborating with other students, how a more technology-centered higher education system will still accomplish that remains to be seen. Liz Dyer, How Much Will Technology Really … Continue reading
January 8, 2012
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Great presentation from Alexandra Samuel at TedX Victoria on smashing the distinction between the interactions we have “in real life” and online. Both are real life. Her final point drives home why it is important that we do away with the … Continue reading
December 19, 2011
by Clint
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We all feel it. How do we keep up with this mountain of information gushing towards us each and everyday? Hundreds of posts sitting unread in Google Reader, our PLN sharing dozens of shiny new links on Twitter & FB, … Continue reading
December 16, 2011
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One of the new features Twitter rolled out as part of the recent redesign is the ability to embed tweets in other sites, much like a YouTube video. In the past, if you wanted to embed a specific tweet in … Continue reading
November 22, 2011
by Clint
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As I have written before, the social bookmarking tool Delicious was one of the most useful social web applications for me. Sure it was convenient to store my bookmarks on the web, but the real power of the application was … Continue reading
September 19, 2011
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While I have always been interested in OER’s, this issue has taken on greater professional significance for me since arriving at an institution that has active OER projects on the go, and I have begun paying closer attention to reports … Continue reading
September 16, 2011
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The NHL has unveiled a strict social media policy for their players which includes extensive blackout periods when players and team personnel cannot update or tweet statuses on social media. Interesting, and telling, hashtag on this tweet from Michael Grabner … Continue reading
September 13, 2011
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My Masters thesis (the full title is The Twitter experience : the role of Twitter in the formation and maintenance of personal learning networks) is now public in the DSpace archives at Royal Roads University. Here is the abstract: This … Continue reading
July 18, 2011
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Like many, I’ve been playing (albeit lightly) with G+. So far, I’ve been impressed with Google’s latest foray into social networking. It is familiar enough to Facebook to feel comfortable, yet has enough interesting new features to make it more … Continue reading