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STUDY: Time Spent on Social Networks Has Tripled
Social networking usage by Americans continues to soar. According to a new report from The Nielsen Company, Americans spent 17% of all their Internet time using social networking sites. This was nearly triple the time spent a year ago.
STUDY: 80% of Twitter Users Are All About Me
Rutgers University Professors Mor Naaman and Jeffrey Boase set out to analyze the content and characteristics of social media activity. They dubbed communications systems like Facebook and Twitter, “social awareness streams,” and then took to examining user behavior.
After dissecting over 3,000 tweets from more than 350 Twitter (Twitter) users’ status updates the professors concluded that 80% of users are “meformers,” or “Me Now” status updaters.
Communicating knowledge: How & why UK researchers publish & disseminate their findings : JISC
How Teenagers Consume Media: the report that shook the City | Business | guardian.co.uk
This is the full copy of the research note written by Matthew Robson (aged 15 years and seven months), an intern at Morgan Stanley, which caused a stir after it was published by the bank
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Virtual learning environments: an evaluation of their development in a sample of educational settings / Thematic reports / Documents by type / Browse all by / Publications and research / Ofsted home / Ofsted - Ofsted
Virtual learning environments (VLEs) use computers to allow remote access to learning materials. As the routine use of computers becomes all pervasive, there is an expectation that VLEs will form a significant part of the next generation's experience of learning. This survey evaluates how VLEs are developing within a selection of providers.
The Rapid Growth Of Twitter With The Stats To Prove It
Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Blog and Podcast - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image
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Becta report which specifically look at Social Networking in Education:
"Young People and Social Networking Services"
The project is designed to investigate how social networking services can and are being used to support personalised formal and informal learning by young people in schools and colleges.
UK universities offer downloadable lectures | Education | Education Guardian
Prof Peter Mobbs, who leads the academic aspect of UCL on iTunes U, said: "Our students will be able to revisit materials presented to them in lectures, so they can learn anywhere and anytime.
"Furthermore, our students are among the world's best and brightest, and I want them to be involved in generating and sharing their own content - discovery, analysis, imaginings - through audio and visual media, in collaboration with staff and other students."
Prof Denise Kirkpatrick, pro-vice-chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at The Open University, said: "Making available selected video and audio items from among the university's highly-rated course materials via iTunes U to audiences worldwide offers a new channel for the university. We can open up free access to educational resources as well as a window for our potential students." A number of top US universities, including, Stanford, Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, already publish materials via the iTunes U service.
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