Tag Archives: Online social networking

Social Software in an Academic Context is Hard

A couple of things have gotten me musing about social lately. The first was Dave Cormier’s thought-provoking blog post about how PLEs are supposed to disaggregate power, not people. The second was a private conversation with a friend who is … Continue reading

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Digital Visitors and Digital Residents

Thanks to Laura Czerniewicz for pointing me to this excellent video discussion by Oxford’s David White: This isn’t really a full-on replacement of Prensky’s concept of digital natives (which is unfortunate, since I agree Prensky tends to be reduced to … Continue reading

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