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Getting in our own way

September 24, 2012August 24, 2025 ~ Jeff Merrell ~ 2 Comments

I've been off the blog routine for a couple of weeks as we kick of the new academic year at Northwestern. It's always a busy (and fulfilling) time but this year we added an extra layer of frosting by launching a new social learning platform for our graduate program based on Jive software. Early on … Continue reading Getting in our own way

Digital literac(ies)

August 26, 2012August 24, 2025 ~ Jeff Merrell ~ 3 Comments

Work in progress here on exploring digital literacy (or more properly, literacies). The trip for me began with Howard Rheingold, his book Net Smart and the work he is doing teaching social media literacies at Stanford. I then came across the work of Doug Belshaw. https://twitter.com/JeffMerrell/status/237718028144496640 The following should be considered more as my notes … Continue reading Digital literac(ies)

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