Final Post: Reflection

Well, what can I say about this course as a final reflection? I decided to go through all of my blog posts to get an idea of what we were discussing each week. It’s funny, I have had a blog for years and really never bothered to write anything worth reading, actually most of the […]
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The power of social media #empowerment

This week our focus group discussed the @Farah_Gazan Teen in Gaza article. Based on our discussion we all agreed that social media has become closely linked with raising awareness and providing a first hand perspectives of current events around the world.    People like @Farah_Gazan have become front line reporters using their cell phones to provide an intimate […]
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What is the difference between Cooperation and Collaboration?

So this week we were introduced to the conceptual differences between Cooperation and Collaboration.  Personally,  I’ve never really stopped to think about the differences. It didn’t seem like a very hard question to answer. So I stopped and asked myself the questions “What is the difference between cooperation and collaboration? Are they different? How?” I really couldn’t […]
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Personal Learning Environments and Me

A personal learning environment in a web context can be described as a collection of data channels chosen by the user according to his or her informational preferences and interests. These channels allow the user to interact with both content and other learners and are typically access by using a desktop computer, mobile device or table. […]
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Building A Professional LinkedIn Network

To connect or not to connect. As a January 1st 2014 there were approximately 300,000,000+ users registered on Linkedin. That’s a lot of networking opportunity! However, LinkedIn’s security features discourage people from connecting with people they don’t know.   As tempting as it maybe be to send invites to all 300M members you just can’t […]
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