independent learning

Incorporating Personal Learning Networks into Course Projects

by corinnew August 28, 2010

Last semester I introduced a brand new project into my social media class which I’ve been meaning to report on for a while now. I decided to set 25% of the final grade aside for an assignment the students were allowed to design themselves (the project is described in detail here). The idea was to help […]

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You don’t need to tweet to get value out of Twitter

by corinnew October 13, 2009

Yes, you heard me right: You don’t necessarily need to tweet in order to get value from Twitter! Let me explain why I say this. For the last few semesters I have been encouraging my PR students to get on Twitter. I’ve explained the necessity to be Twitter literate (twitterate?) and discussed examples of corporate, non-profit, […]

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