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The basic concept of the social web and Web 2.0 is one of conversations and user generated content. Engagement. Interaction. My focus today is on the former, with a dab of latter. Universities are much like other big brands, people talk about us in a lot of places, in a lot of ways, both good and bad. It is important that we pay attention to these conversations, not necessarily to jump in, moderate, or control them (don’t kid yourself, you couldn’t if you wanted to anyway), but rather so that we can get an idea of our reputation and see where we might need to make improvements. You can’t be everywhere, so you want to be able to go where your audience is, and you learn that by listening. And naturally we want to be able to share our successes as well. You can’t do any of that without paying attention. The challenge is that the web is a big dang place, and hearing when someone whispers your name can be a huge challenge. There are a number of tools that can help you do this.

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This list of web-based resources will point you toward web sites that will help you learn how to do new things, stay on top of current events, and learn about topics where your current knowledge may be lacking.

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The aim of this study was to evaluate whether mobile access to learning resources would enhance the students’ learning experience on a sport science course. Seven video demonstrations of laboratory experiments were filmed and then loaded onto iPod Touch devices. The same videos were also made available through the Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) so that they could also be accessed via desktop/laptop computers. The group of students who were given the iPods were asked to login to the VLE using these wi-fi enabled devices and access additional learning resources. This article briefly presents the background research in the area of mobile learning. The research methods employed for the pilot study are then explained, the students’ feedback is analyzed in detail and the pilot is evaluated.

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The use of graphics as a tool for educating viewers is a great approach to sharing information. It’s an effective way of composing otherwise boring information and data into an easy-to-consume and fascinating way.

In this article, you’ll discover a variety of infographics and visualizations associated with the internet. You might just learn a thing or two about the web by looking at these awesome artworks!

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Chris Boudreaux, author of the upcoming book “Social Media Governance”, has assembled 82 such policies on the book’s website. From companies to charities to military organizations, it’s a treasure trove for those struggling with social media guidelines.

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How do information workers -- people that use computers or smartphones in their job -- spend their days?

We set out to answer that question using our new Workforce Technographics(R) data. In our launch survey to understand how regular people use computers, smartphones, and applications to get their work done, we surveyed 2,001 people in the US with jobs in which they use a computer. We asked about all kinds of things, including how much time they spend with their computers and phones, which applications they use daily or even hourly, what applications they find indispensable, whether they work mostly with other employees or with customers or partners, and much more.

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Using a new methodology based on the content and responses of 12 popular users, we determined measurements of relative influence on Twitter. We examined an ecosystem of 134,654 tweets, 15,866,629 followers, and 899,773 followees, and in response to the 2,143 tweets generated by these 12 users over a 10-day period, we collected 90,130 responses published by other users.

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Twitter (Twitter)’s “water cooler” collaboration, support and problem-solving qualities have led to much discussion about a similar application for internal “Enterprise 2.0″ collaboration and communication.

Yammer’s success touched off a spate of announcements about similar applications, and Jeremiah Owyang and I have been tracking the growing list.

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(This article is adapted (well, really a couple of words were searched and replaced somewhat cheekily, but I think with good, timely, relevant effect!) from an original 1996 "How to help someone use a computer" article, which is brililant, by Phil Agre.)

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FriendFeed allows me to cross post items I share in Google Reader or songs I bookmark in Pandora from FriendFeed to Twitter. Posterous allows me to automagically post my short thoughts, pics, screen grabs and collections of ods and ends from Posterous to Twitter (and Flickr and YouTube and Facebook) which all end up in FriendFeed (BTW Mark Z, I know you’re reading this and give a rat’s ass what I think, but please don’t shut down FriendFeed, ever. kthnxby).

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The study sought to develop an analytical framework and set of factors that foundations can use to begin considering when and where the use of open licenses would further their mission and day-to-day work and where such licenses might not be useful or appropriate. It provides a great starting point for informed consideration of open licenses and the new opportunities they create for foundations and related organizations.”

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Private foundations have been looking at ways to integrate these concepts for the works they create and that they support with their funding.

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Something that none of the application we’ve discussed do well is aggregate your social media data and interactions into one place and deliver it via email. You may like email? If that’s the case here’s a suggestion – check out http://nutshellmail.com.

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a search engine connecting you with your community, and your university.
Projects - Curious about the research, teaching and outreach work going on at Memorial? Find it here! From Memorial? Upload your work and promote your research around the province and the world!

Opportunities - Community? Tap into the resources provided by Memorial faculty, students or staff. Propose an opportunity for future work to be completed!
From Memorial? Find real world research experience and collaboration opportunities, ideal for students looking for a unique and relevant topic of focus.

Research Interests & Expertise - Wondering what topics Memorial faculty, students and staff are interested in? Or are you a member of the media looking for an expert on any topic? Check here!

Yaffle, you say?

From the Dictionary of Newfoundland English, a yaffle is an armload of sticks or fish. So, we named our database of searchable Memorial research expertise Yaffle – for it is, indeed, an armload of research.

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If you’ve already started incorporating social media into your communications strategy and have done any research on it at all, you’ve come across the advice to LISTEN FIRST.

What you are less likely to have found in your research is a practical list of what you can actually do with all of this new-found knowledge and perspective that you gain from building your listening network.

If you really apply what you are hearing, listening can become the cornerstone of not only your nonprofit marketing strategy, but your mission-oriented programs as well. Listening helps at every level: It can help your professional community thrive, your organization prosper, your individual programs grow, and your own personal career soar.

Here are 17 concrete actions you can take using what you learn from listening.

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You may be familiar with the Creative Commons free licenses that aim to give creators more freedom to allow sharing and remixing of their content. If not, you can find out more about the history of the organization and the different types of licenses from their About page. The most important thing to note is that many CC-licensed images, audio and video files are usable on your blog or site, typically with credit given to the original creator — a quick and easy way to hat-tip the source of the media you’re using.

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MuchMor's new social networking site, set up on Ning.

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Most people will tell you that learning how to effectively monitor (or listen to) what’s being said on the web is the beginning of social media success. You may agree with this or not, but I think it's safe to say that the skill of listening online is one that all nonprofits should learn – it’s essential for anyone who wants to harness the power of the social web in their online strategy. The increasing popularity of social networking, blogs and social media on the web validates this point nicely – People are talking about you, but is your nonprofit listening to them?

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Open source intelligence (OSINT) is form of intelligence collection management that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence. In the intelligence community (IC), the term "open" refers to overt, publicly available sources (as opposed to covert or classified sources); it is not related to open-source software or public intelligence.

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