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Have just read an amazing article on Commetrics about social networking and how we should be doing it. There is an interesting passage "Electronic communication channels, which include telephone, fax, e-mail, instant messaging, and video conferencing, have been examined by previous research. These studies have attempted to extract social network structures by looking at e-mail only and some reported that e-mail alone defined 72% of a social network’s… Continue

Gaming is a hot topic amongst educators and parents alike, it was previously seen as intrusive and having little benefit but now games are being used for educational purposes to great effect. Recently I was fortunate enough to attended the Games and Learning Indaba at the Shuttleworth Foundation... There was some excellent discussion around gaming and it's uses and implications on education. Credit must go to… Continue

e/merge 2008 is a virtual conference on educational technology in Africa. It's on form the 7 - 18 July. It is an online conference so essentially the website is the conference venue...This is great as, essentially it allows you to view selected presentations, read conference papers, share useful resources, take part in debate, share best practices and network informally. It also might include associated face to face events in a number of cities... "e/merge 2008 is primarily for educational tec… Continue