social software

Deciding on a topic was indeed very difficult. As I searched for articles, I ended up with 20! I am now in the process of weeding out the ones I will not be using and refining my topic.

I plan to include a brief overview or history of the various social software that has been used in educating adults up to this point. This will be the history section. I will then narrow my focus to the newest trend of using microblogging. There have been several case studies that will be included and I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages that were found.

Microblogging supports the social aspect of learning, but does it also cause a distraction?

Borau, K., Ullrich, C., Feng, J. & Shen, R. (2009). Microblogging for Language Learning: Using Twitter to Train Communicative and Cultural Competence. LNCS, 5686, 78-87