Does using facebook lead to lower grades?

Does using facebook lead to lower grades? This was a correlational study so it can’t show cause and effect. But it did show that there is a relationship between having a social networking account, studying less, and getting lower grades. Before you cancel you account, please realize that there is probably an unknown variable that […]

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Take good care of your digital dossier

Digital Dossier This YouTube video from the Digital Natives project can help students and teachers better understand how everything they are doing online is creating a digital finger print or tattoo that can be used later by someone who wants to know more about them. We need to think carefully before adding our personal thoughts […]

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Take good care of your digital dossier

Digital Dossier This YouTube video from the Digital Natives project can help students and teachers better understand how everything they are doing online is creating a digital finger print or tattoo that can be used later by someone who wants to know more about them. We need to think carefully before adding our personal thoughts […]

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Can the NCAA make a student take down a facebook group?

Can the NCAA make a student take down a facebook group? College students have started making facebook groups to encourage star high school athletes to attend their university. The NCAA considers these students as boosters and is asking athletic departments to have the pages taken down. Not so fast NCAA… (delicious tags: higher_education Facebook socialnetworking […]

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Practicing what you preach about open content

Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning    The University of Manitoba uses a wiki as an online textbook for their Emerging Technolgies for Learning certification program.  I like how they are practicing what they preach about the use of open source technology. (delicious tags: e-learning Education eLearning handbook learning teaching technology web2.0)

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