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The OpenLearn website gives free access to learning materials from higher education courses. OpenLearn’s LabSpace makes many different open educational resources (OER) available to you from a wider OER community associated with The Open University .
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Elgg - social network software for education
In part one of this series, e-learning 2.0 - how Web technologies are shaping education , I described the way in which teachers and students are embracing web technologies such as blogging and podcasting. Although not designed specifically for use in education, these tools are helping to make e-learning far more personal, social, and flexible. Elgg , in contrast, is social networking software designed especially for education - built from the ground up to support learning.
Vadim Lavrusik is a new media student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is @lavrusik on Twitter and blogs at Lavrusik.com . Instead of focusing their attention on promoting information to mainstream media, some university public affairs offices are using the power of social media to engage the community directly. In many cases, social media tools like Facebook Pages have given universities an opportunity to speak to audiences on their own, reaching thousands of people interested in keeping up with news at the school and connecting with others on the social network. Universities are constantly exploring new ways to use social media to fulfill their missions of engaging and sharing knowledge with their constituents.
10 Ways Universities Share Information Using Social Media