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I've been working with Steve Wexler and the eLearningGuild on the eLearning 2.0 survey and report. Some interesting data points are coming out of the study. Right now there are more than 1000 respondents. I've not really seen good numbers on what people are using as part of their day-to-day lives. Here are some numbers that confirm a bit of what we thought and a few surprises. More coming on this.
eLearning Technology
There’s an interesting thread on the integration of Moodle and Facebook on the moodle.org forums (easy to register) which I intend to pick up on in my keynote at tomorrow’s UK Moodlemoot . Brian Mulligan , who will supply you liberally with Guinness and fine folk music at his local if you ever visit him in Sligo, kicks it off by expressing his concerns that Facebook is so popular with students that it might at some stage supplant Moodle. Other contributors mention privacy, security and advertising as problems with Facebook – and the fact that it relies on one list of “friends” while with Moodle you get a different (and correct) group of coursemates with each course you’re studying. Facebook is simply a different animal from Moodle and is not going to work well for formal learning where students need to be grouped together with a tutor or teacher for the duration of a course.
Virtual Learning
"Educational Networking" is the use of social networking technologies for educational purposes . Because the phrase "social networking" can carry some negative connotations for educators, the phrase "educational networking" may be a way of more objectively discussing the pedagogical value of these tools. The original URL for this site ( http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com ) still works, but http://www.EducationalNetworking.com is now the main URL. The page to list or find a social network devoted to education is here and in the navigation to the left. Also in the navigation are the page for keeping track of articles and blog posts which discuss educational networking, links to discussions on this topic, and pages which could be used for video and podcast tracking.