Category: Social Media

Mobile Learning and Smartphone use amongst Wessex GPs

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I have finally got around to disseminating a questionnaire to the good GPs and GPSTs of Wessex to assess the use of smartphones and their use for M-learning and CPD.  More to come but I have drafted an abstract of my findings below. Background and Aims There is an increasing use of smart phones for … Continue reading Mobile Learning and Smartphone use amongst Wessex GPs

Online people tagging: SNS and work-based learning

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Online people tagging: SNS and work-based learning Cook, John, and Norbert Pachler. "Online people tagging: Social (mobile) network (ing) services and work‐based learning." British Journal of Educational Technology 43.5 (2012): 711-725. After a break for a holiday, I am down to the last few articles I want to review before I submit my assignment. I … Continue reading Online people tagging: SNS and work-based learning

Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education

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Maged N Kamel Boulos*, Inocencio Maramba and Steve Wheeler BMC Medical Education 2006, 6:41  doi:10.1186/1472-6920-6-41 Free text here I found this article whilst doing a search trying to find evidence of the educational impact of SNS and Web 2.0 tools. Unfortunately it is a slightly older article so some of the concepts and ideas are … Continue reading Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education

USING FACEBOOK FOR PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING: A MODERN DAY ESSENTIAL

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Bodell, Sarah, and Angela Hook. "Using Facebook for professional networking: a modern-day essential." The British Journal of Occupational Therapy 74.12 (2011): 588-590. Abstract here This is another opinion piece by Sarah Bodell & Angela Hook on the merits of Facebook use for CPD and professional networking. The above link only links to an abstract which … Continue reading USING FACEBOOK FOR PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING: A MODERN DAY ESSENTIAL

MICROBLOGS IN HIGHER EDUCATION – A CHANCE TO FACILITATE INFORMAL AND PROCESS-ORIENTATED LEARNING?

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Ebner, Martin, et al. "Microblogs in Higher Education–A chance to facilitate informal and process-oriented learning?." Computers & Education 55.1 (2010): 92-100. Free text available here if you register with Researchgate.net which I did. The study This is an interesting study if only as an attempt to provide objective evidence of the educational impact of microblogging … Continue reading MICROBLOGS IN HIGHER EDUCATION – A CHANCE TO FACILITATE INFORMAL AND PROCESS-ORIENTATED LEARNING?

HOW BLOGGING CAN FACILITATE CPD AND LEARNING

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Bodell, S., et al. (2009). "Creating a learning community in today's world: how blogging can facilitate continuing professional development and international learning." The British Journal of Occupational Therapy 72(6): 279-281. Unfortunately I do not have the full text of this opinion piece to share which I had to get hold of via the Warwick University … Continue reading HOW BLOGGING CAN FACILITATE CPD AND LEARNING

Teachers & Social Networking part 2

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British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 43 No 5 2012 754-769 This research in the article aimed to answer 3 research questions. Domain: how does the domain (and particularly the way it is approached) impact on group membership? Network: does it make sense to distinguish between different types of participatory attitudes and behaviours, involving different … Continue reading Teachers & Social Networking part 2