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  How to Teach Yourself About Social Media When J-Schools Fail
  Roland Legrand
  
  by Roland Legrand, April 14, 2009
  
  Tagged: communities of practice, connectivism, journalism school, learning, networked learning, social media
  
  Journalism is changing rapidly due to social media, and these changes can be bewildering as people wonder how to keep up. I recently gave a social media workshop for journalism students, and I soon realized that many students were still unaware of social media other than Facebook. They were shocked to hear about feed readers, blogs, or micro-blogging and asked how they could learn about all those developments.
  
  It seems that we should rethink not only journalism, but also journalism education: Tomorrow's journalists will need to take the initiative to teach themselves about rapidly changing technology. To that end, here are some ways that students can become their own teachers in regards to social media.
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  An absolutely interesting person to follow in this context is Howard Rheingold and his Social Media Classroom.

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  • The relationships are also in this case pretty informal, but there is still a sense of apprenticeship that offers more support for those wishing to enter the professional community. An absolutely interesting person to follow in this context is Howard Rheingold and his Social Media Classroom.
  • much depends on the skills and character that the individual learner has already acquired.
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  • • A key difference between networked learning and communities of practice is the former's emphasis on the individual, rather than the group. In the community of practice, the individual is important as well, but there is more of an idea of engagement toward a community, which has an importance on its own.
    • community of practice functions well, people will gradually emancipate themselves and practice more informal networked learning,
    • This is a bit of a cliffhanger here, but I do promise to keep you informed on further developments... Please share your thoughts and ideas in the comments with your own take on these alternative ways for people to learn about social media.

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