From CUNY Academic Commons

“A Guide to Social Learning”
This guide explains Web 2.0 social learning and tools (e.g., blogs, wikis, social networks, social bookmarking, podcasts, RSS, micro-blogging, photo sharing and video-sharing sites) and illustrates ways in which educators can help students improve their learning (and their ability to learn) through online social interaction, networking, collaborating, and sharing.
Item “Social Bookmarking Strategies for Interactive Learning”
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This documents consist of a table explaining the “what, “how,” and “why” of various social learning strategies.
Item College 2.0: Higher Education, Online Learning and Web 2.0
This is an example of social networking for college teachers. It currently has 430 members from colleges and universities acrodd the country. I urge you to join it! 

The Future of e-Learning: A Shift to Knowledge Networking and Social Software
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Item E-Learning 2.0: What it Means and Where it’s Going
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Item What are E-Learning Web 2.0 Tools?
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Item Trends and Impacts of E-Learning 2.0
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Item Why Should We Incorporate Web 2.0 Tools and Practices in Our Teaching?
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Item “Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning”
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In this brief article, Bryan Alexander (Director for Research at the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education), explains the applications and implications of various Web 2.0 tools for higher education. Here’s a quote: “The rich search possibilities opened up by these tools can enhance all curricula and pedagogies. . . The ability to save and share a search ,and in the case of PubSub, to literally search the future, lets students and faculty follow a search over time, perhaps across a span of weeks in a semester.”