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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
The second part of this look at social software in e-learning (the first part is here) looks at the mechanics of it: wikis, social network analysis tools, proximity tools and virtual worlds. It's a good discussion, but my recent experiences with Orkut have left me feeling empty - just as content is pointless without conversation, conversation is pointless without context. If the social network gives you nothing to do, then it's about as educationally useful as a wine and cheese party. That should not detract from your enjoyment of this paper, which is as good a survey as your'll get in two thousand words or so. It's just to say that social software needs to become something more. Via Maish.

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