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Grading Social Media

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In last week’s #SMCEDU chat, we discussed the issue of grading students in classes that teach social media. What about those classes that aren’t teaching social media, is there a place for social media in those classes too? How should social media fit into the world of academia? And then, how do we grade them?

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Social Media Integration in Higher Education | Social Media Strategery

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Social media-focused classes for the core curriculum is an excellent idea. I don’t think it should be specifically called a social media class; rather, it should be a well-rounded class that focuses on communicating in a digital world. It almost boggles or “bloggles” our minds!

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Learn to Walk Before You Run | Social Media Strategery

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&# That’s the question I was recently asked by a colleague working on a project where they had just deployed an internal wiki. They identified a need to bring people people together in a collaborative environment. They researched the latest collaborative software. Are they rewarded or punished for collaborating?

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Connecting 2 the World: Lessons learned from New Communication Technologies in Organziational Life

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However, I was able to aggregate many of the pieces I had coming into the course as my students worked on the class project: an online conference on nanotechnology. Wikis, on the other hand have controls built into them that allow for different levels of contribution. Group communication and the wiki. and community building.

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media. Thats why many of todays colleges and universities are now offering "social media" classes as an option for their students. Dean Whitney, an executive with global digital marketing agency Digitas , also taught a class at Bentley (a hip school?) Lesson #6 Master Wikis.

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Ways of assessing organizational learning

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I also thought that a list of the resources I have collected for classes on delicious would be a good example of the types of resources I have found concerning a certain topic such as those for my ACOM 203 class (speech writing and presentation) or work literacy (professional resources). Collaborative Thinking. Work Literacy.

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JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching

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Wikis as a Tool for Collaborative Course Management. world, wikis have emerged as a tool that may. Because of a wiki?s. collaborative nature, its use also allows students. use a wiki as a course management tool, and shares. Keywords : Wiki, Course Management, Collaboration, Web 2.0, each other?s

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