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Research (discussed below) from Project Tomorrow and a group of researchers at UT Austin suggests that the answer may be, or become, yes.  According to a survey released by Project Tomorrow in October, 48% of high school students and 34% of middle school students reported that they use their profiles on Facebook and other social networking sites to collaborate with classmates on projects. They reported in a recent blog post that about 68% of students studied reported accessing social networking websites, while an average of about 80% use email. Dr. Joan E. MORE >>

Second case study is by Madoe, M (2010) Exploring the use of MXit - a cellphone social network to facilitate learning in distance education, Open learning 25(3). The pervasive learning space still needs to be researched extensively. Often it is due to practical or social situations (switch to group preferred mediums). The nature of conversations en route to learning should be researched, how? donate your sms texts to research ( [link] ), additional layer to your conversational layer. GREAT, but also into private area for LSE researchers. MORE >>

Christian Glahn wears a nice suite, and he is nicely shaved with a smooth voice, he mentions at the start of his presentation that this project is about a framework in construction. research is based on three pillars: adaptation and personalization orchestrating learning learner mobility Adaptation and personalisation Starting from Adaptive presentation (Brulowsky? So they have looked at how knowledge is constructed within the learning environment. Virtual learning environments are basically not aware of the overarching context. not sure about the name). MORE >>

It also includes mobility in conceptual space, mobility in social space, and mobility of technology. The common denominator is context: physical, technological, conceptual, social and temporal contexts for learning.” He sees it as enabling us to move beyond 20th century ideas of education as knowledge construction and information processing, into a new era of education as continuous interaction between learners, educators, personal technologies and everyday experience. Tags: Sharples research Is online learning necessarily constructivist? anchez I, Vavoula G, (2009). MORE >>