Thaw » Social Media http://frozencanvas.com/thaw Design, The Web & Technology Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:54:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Facebook – The Next Learning Management System http://frozencanvas.com/thaw/facebook-the-next-learning-management-system/ http://frozencanvas.com/thaw/facebook-the-next-learning-management-system/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:00:51 +0000 admin http://frozencanvas.com/thaw/?p=58 Facebook basically started out as a way for some college friends to stay in touch, but has been opened up to the world and is one of the largest social mediums in the business. So how much time during a school day do students spend on Facebook versus the school’s Learning Management System (LMS)?

My guess is Facebook wins hands down. That is why educators are trying to create Facebook Apps to interact with students or to combine Facebook with their LMS. A few noteworthy FB Apps that I have come across are Podclass, Sclipo, and H-Link. They all have great features, but they can’t 100% replace a LMS yet. At best they create a mash-up of the two.

Right now Facebook is on a high and has a great potential to get back into education. While educators try to integrate Facebook with their LMS, Facebook could develop a LMS integrated with facebook. Until then I will continue to look for FB Apps that will help me mash-up Facebook and Moodle.

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