Social media has emerged as a prominent element in the current digital landscape and its widespread use reflects how Web 2.0 technologies have become embedded in our lives. Use of social media technologies for learning signals a departure from the use of purely educational or institutional technologies, where educators or the institutions control the technology and the content and impose the rules. This development brings unique and fundamental opportunities, alongside challenges, for rethinking learning in museums.
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Koula Charitonos
Canan Blake
Eileen Scanlon
Ann Jones
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Publication date:
July
2011
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(Print):
July
2011
Page: 33
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[0001]Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University
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