Adventures in Social Networking, 2008-10

Postings which describe things learned from exploring various social networking tools (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Ning, et al.) since late 2008.

Reflections on Facebook

Recently, the question was posed in the "What are you learning on Facebook" group: what is your big "aha?" I'm not sure I've had one big 'aha', but rather a series of small ones -- about immediacy o

Second Life Is Great for Some; Requiring Its Use Is Not

Today I read a paper which ends with the authors' stated plan to move their courses to Second Life. I thought, please don't do this! Required SL in online courses: usually a bad idea.

Social Media Map Shows Why Web 2.0 Tool Use is Discretionary

The Social Media Map for Social Media Marketing from Overdrive Interactive graphically depicts one of my recent mantras for online educ

Reading Print vs. Reading Online

Yesterday, Marcia Conner asked her Facebook friends to "ponder with me the real (vs.