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		<title>Delphi Study on Social Media and E-Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Swaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overview Research in e-learning, as a variant of traditional instructional design research that has been conducted over the past decades, has a relatively well-established pool of extant studies and the resultant theory. Social network sites, and social media tools in general, while possessing many of the characteristics of the existing and well-researched field of computer-mediated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edtechupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646834&amp;post=75&amp;subd=edtechupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doctoral Consultancy Proposal 2008-2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Swaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author&#8217;s Note: This entry is written as part of a consultancy proposal for my doctoral program. I am in the habit of posting my schoolwork to the web whenever I can so that I can get input from others about my thoughts and ideas. I ended up writing the proposal in a more blog-like style [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edtechupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646834&amp;post=61&amp;subd=edtechupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some reflections on accessibility and social networking sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Swaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I have looked at three social networking sites from the perspective of accessibility, and here are some thoughts: First, I wish I were more familiar with the screenreading software so I could come to these sites from the perspective of a veteran user of screenreading programs; perhaps there is some trick I could have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edtechupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646834&amp;post=42&amp;subd=edtechupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Krug + Constructivism + Shared Space = Collaboration?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Swaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Designing a collaborative web space for a group is a challenge. Not only do you want the web space to be attractive and easy to use, but you want it to have long-term value to the end users. To accomplish my goal of creating a useful collaborative web space, I am calling on three general [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edtechupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646834&amp;post=18&amp;subd=edtechupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Victim 3: Orkut</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Swaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orkut Last in line is Google&#8217;s OpenSocial tool, Orkut. It still is mostly populated by Brasilians, but I have been playing in its app-development sandbox, so I thought I would give it a whirl. I expect this to be the most challenging since I have the least experience with the interface. Because I don&#8217;t know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edtechupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646834&amp;post=12&amp;subd=edtechupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Victim 2: MySpace</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Swaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MySpace Next is the grand-daddy of them all, the original &#8220;big&#8221; social networking platform, MySpace. With all of its annoying graphics and &#8220;bling&#8221;, I am guessing this will be the worst as far as usability goes. In addition, due to the sheer number of members of the network , I am concerned about finding the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edtechupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646834&amp;post=8&amp;subd=edtechupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where deaf and hard of hearing people go to &#8220;talk&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://edtechupdate.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/where-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-people-go-to-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Swaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As with many communities, deaf and hard of hearing people are using Facebook as a tool for keeping in touch with old friends and meeting new ones. In addition to these typical friendly functions, social networking sites are also platforms for discussion and debate. In one of the Facebook groups I belong to, there was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edtechupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646834&amp;post=39&amp;subd=edtechupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Starting the experiments: Victim One, Facebook</title>
		<link>http://edtechupdate.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/starting-the-experiments-victim-one-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Swaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I have started working on some experiments with trying to simulate the experience that a visually impaired person would have on popular social networking sites. Here is the first one: The task: Search for a friend by name Add the person as a friend The networks: Facebook MySpace Orkut The tools: Safari Mac OSX [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edtechupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646834&amp;post=7&amp;subd=edtechupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Accessibility in Social Networks</title>
		<link>http://edtechupdate.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/about-this-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Swaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the issues that I find fascinating is the disabled community's relationship with popular social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and others. My primary interest is how these sites are accessed by people with disabilities, what barriers these sites present to people with disabilities, and how disabled people use these sites to build community.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edtechupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646834&amp;post=4&amp;subd=edtechupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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