Awesome!

Agreed. I’d also like to see schools bring more community members into the day-to-day instruction (and bring kids more into the community). While I have so many wonderful teachers in my life that taught in schools their whole career, I’ve often wondered why schools don’t bring in more non-traditional “teachers” or facilitators from fields outside [...]

Thanks Judy. Looks awesome. Are there specific things you do to encourage ongoing participation amongst members? Also, how do courses get “taught”. Are there facilitators? -Anna

Definitely. Obviously there was some attrition by participants (which is a challenge), but I was very impressed by the level of collaboration and thinking that went into our topic “using social media to promote deeper learning”. P2PU became a forum for meeting people with a mutual interest. Many of the discussions were then carried off [...]

“Capturing the value” of social media is critical. When it comes to using social media to promote critical thinking, content knowledge, learning about learning, research, etc. educators and learners really need to think about when these tools add value and when they just “add to the noise”. Giving teachers and students time to think about [...]

Fascinating. This is where information visualization and design are critical. Filters are important too. Do you have specifics you can share about this? I’d love to learn more.

Finally, to what extent do you think curation should be automated with algorithms (a la Google alerts) vs having humans curate content?

Topic starter responses… 1) Should researchers, practitioners, and decision makers foster social media in order to monitor and investigate ongoing developments in learning? Definitely! At Bon Education, we work with schools and organizations across the Middle East. Social media is a gift to students, educators, principals and policymakers in the…[Read more]