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Invitation to the Social Media Classroom and Collaboratory
Welcome to the Social Media Classroom and Collaboratory.  It’s all free, as in both “freedom of speech” and “almost totally free beer.” We invite you to build on what we’ve started to create more free value.  The Social Media Classroom (we’ll call it SMC) includes a free and open-source (Drupal-based) web service that provides teachers and learners with an integrated set of social media that each course can use for its own purposes—integrated forum, blog, comment, wiki, chat, social bookmarking, RSS, microblogging, widgets , and video commenting are the first set of tools. 

With Apple University, Jobs was trying to achieve something similar, people familiar with the project say. He identified tenets that he believes unleash innovation and sustain success at Apple — accountability, attention to detail, perfectionism, simplicity, secrecy. And he oversaw the creation of university-caliber courses that demonstrate how those principles translate into business strategies and operating practices.

Document Information: Title: A time-based blended learning model
Author(s): Anders Norberg, (Education Strategist with the Campus Development Unit, Skellefteå Council, Skellefteå, Sweden), Charles D. Dziuban, (Director of the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA), Patsy D. Moskal, (Associate Director of the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA)
Citation: Anders Norberg, Charles D. Dziuban, Patsy D. Moskal, (2011) "A time-based blended learning model", On the Horizon, Vol. 19 Iss: 3, pp.207 - 216
Keywords: Blended learning, Digital technology, New normal, Time-based learning, Universities
Article type: Conceptual paper

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