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Intranet Blog :: E-mail fatigue

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If managed properly, the use of social media tools such as blogs and wikis can reduce e-mail volumes by as much as 30%. While blogs, wikis and other social media such as podcasts and social networking sites have taken the intranet by storm, these tools have not found the same level of success on the intranet.

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A Seismic Shift in Epistemology (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE CONNECT

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Many faculty force students to turn off electronic devices in classrooms; instead, students could be using search tools to bring in current information and events related to the class discussion. Some faculty ban the use of online sources and deride the validity of any perspective that does not come from a disciplinary scholar.

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