Learn How Journalists Can Use Online Tools and Practices

Learn How Journalists Can Use Online Tools and Practices

Learn how journalists can use online tools and practices, as well as the digital challenges facing modern journalists.

The free ALISON online course “Journalism in the Digital Age” provides essential information on the tools and practices used by journalists online, from the use of social media to online safety to ethical issues faced by professional and citizen journalists. The course covers the…

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Explore 21st Century Learning Practices With This Free MOOC

Explore 21st Century Learning Practices With This Free MOOC

Online technologies, social media and open education have made learning ubiquitous. This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will introduce you to 21st-century learning practices. You will have a chance to evaluate your digital literacies, create your own personal learning environment, find open educational resources, explore virtual worlds and more! The “21st-Century Learning” course is available…

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Go Viral on 7 Social Media Marketing Platforms

Go Viral on 7 Social Media Marketing Platforms

This course is for anyone with a website or business they’re looking to promote and for those looking for proven methods of going viral. All that is required is a familiarity with the major social media platforms and a WordPress-based blog or website.

Go Viral on 7 Social Media Marketing Platforms Course Content

The course comprises 11 sections and includes the following topics:

Section 1: The…

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Social Media in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges

Social Media in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges

Social media has emerged as a new channel for both seeking information, and for creating and exchanging user-generated content among peers. But as the amount of information being uploaded to social networks such as Facebook, Whatsapp or YouTube continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly difficult to discern reliable health information from misleading content.

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Study Finds Social Media Adds to Your Anxiety

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A poll of almost 300 social media users found more than half agreed Facebook or Twitter had changed their behavior and of those, half said their lives had taken a downward turn.

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6 Posts That Build Engagement on Facebook

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Here are six ways to create the right type of engagement via Facebook posts for your brand.

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‘They’ve got more choice!’: Technology, social media, the teacher and the higher education learner of today | Peter Bryant

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“If higher education does not meet the needs of the next generation, then the next generation will go elsewhere for their knowledge. They will learn, authenticate and use it themselves, within their social networks and communities created through and on social media. They will find an authority outside the academy, or they will find or start an academy that will serve their needs. Their own practice will vindicate and realise the learning.”

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5 Home Devices That Connect to Twitter

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You can connect your Twitter feed to your home appliances by using simple hacks or splurging on an Internet-ready device.

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Sorry, Marketers, You're Doing Twitter Wrong [REPORT]

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Most marketers are tweeting too much on the wrong days, not using hashtags enough and almost never do the one thing that will dramatically boost their retweets — ask for them — according to a new s…

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The Pros and Cons of Adding Social Layers to Online Learning

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“Probably the hardest thing to “mimic” in online education is the experience of meeting peers and professors on campus. Besides making friendships and having the opportunity to directly interact with other people, working together on problems and learning with the help of peers is an important part of the entire experience…”

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Education and Development Using ICT | Facebook

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A page about innovations, ideas and projects concerned with individual and community development using new information and communication technologies.

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