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  • Jane Hart, a social media and learning consultant, classifies Twitter and other micro-blogs as tools for personal and informal learning. “The point of social media is to turn learning into a more participatory activity,” she says. Learners use social media tools to ask and answer each other’s questions, and as Hart maintains, “Micro-blogs can support collaboration and understanding.”
  • Many educators already use micro-blogs to create community around a class or an activity. Instructors who’ve used Twitter say it is a useful back channel during and after class. “As an instructor, you can have immediate feedback on the relevance of your class,“ Hart says.
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