EDUCAUSE Review Articles, Virtual Worlds, and Social Computing

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Higher Education as Virtual Conversation

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Title:Higher Education as Virtual Conversation (ID: ERM0851)
Author(s):Sarah Robbins-Bell (Ball State University)
Origin:EDUCAUSE Review Articles (09/15/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

Virtual worlds can become an important tool in an educator’s arsenal. But using this tool requires a shift in thinking and an adjustment in pedagogical methods that will embrace the community, the fluid identity, and the participation—indeed, the increased conversation—that virtual spaces can provide.

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A Wider World: Youth, Privacy, and Social Networking Technologies

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Title:A Wider World: Youth, Privacy, and Social Networking Technologies (ID: ERM0660)
Author(s):Tracy Mitrano (Cornell University)
Origin:EDUCAUSE Review Articles (2006)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

Four factors of the Internet—technology, the market, the law, and social norms—offer a means to analyze the legal, policy, and educational considerations associated with the use of social networking technologies by today's college and university students.

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