I enjoyed this article that was recently posted on the "University Business" Magazine website, authored by Chelan David. You may click the link above to see the entire article, or visit the "annotated" link above that I annotated through Diigo (http://www.diigo.com/). The highlighted quotes, that you could see by visiting the "annotated" link above are extracted for you below:
- The shift toward user-generated content is having a major impact on education
- Educators are taking advantage of photo and video sharing services, podcasting, wikis, blogs, and other social software to instruct learners through the latest in internet technologies
- Key aspects of the movement include web architecture that encourages user contributions, the continuous updates of software and data, and the freedom to share and edit content
- Think of social bookmarking as version 2.0 of the personal bookmarks on your browser
- In contrast to the bookmarks on your computer, social bookmarking sites are available to you from any computer. Also, you can: add tags (free-text keywords) to your posts; see what others are posting and what tags they're using; and sort items of interest by tag, project, or user
