Unraveling the Mystery of Web 2.0

A fellow blogger from class, Jerome, shared about live streaming in his first post and showed the commercial applications of it. This week, I was introduced to a new site called Periscope. It was the first time I was hearing about it.

In class this week, we addressed two broad categories - online communities, and the international nature of social media. This is my summary.

In my previous post, I shared how an online community has changed in terms of how interactions take place. However, the principles of an online community and a face-to-face one have not. These principles include  Longevity ,  Shared Values ,  Community Management , and  Trust . Now that we know what constitutes an online community, we can learn what some of the elements are that need to go into making one.

Before thinking about designing an online community, we must first understand what it is. How different is your understanding of online communities as compared to face-to-face ones? Is there even a difference? After some a simple search, here it was I found.

In a reading and then discussion I had this week, I explored the utility of social networking tools (SNTs) in developing countries with regard to education.

I'm pretty sure many of you have head of TED talks, and I have shared a few in my posts. However, I have now just discovered that there is TED-Ed that focuses on spreading ideas about the future of education. And in the spirit of this week's topic about instructional design for social media, I thought I shared what I found.