%0 Journal Article %1 jime-2008-02 %A Little, Alex %A Denham, Chris %A Eisenstadt, Marc %D 2008 %J Journal of Interactive Media in Education %K BuddySpace MSG Openlearn Social discovery elearning enhanced location networking presence %T MSG Instant Messenger: Social Presence and Location for the Äd Hoc Learning Experience" %U http://jime.open.ac.uk/2008/02/ %X "Elearning2.0" promises to harness the power of three of today's most disruptive technologies: social software, elearning, and Web2.0. Our own work in this disruptive space takes as a starting premise that social networking is critical for learning: finding the right person can be more important than "scouring the web for an answer" particularly when hand-holding or other explanatory services are required. Moreover, it "feels good" to know that others are around! With this in mind, we have taken our older BuddySpace tool, and created a new tool we call MSG, which is simpler, available as Open Source, and integrates cleanly with a number of other services, including Moodle and Google Maps.

@article{jime-2008-02, abstract = {"Elearning2.0" promises to harness the power of three of today's most disruptive technologies: social software, elearning, and Web2.0. Our own work in this disruptive space takes as a starting premise that social networking is critical for learning: finding the right person can be more important than "scouring the web for an answer" particularly when hand-holding or other explanatory services are required. Moreover, it "feels good" to know that others are around! With this in mind, we have taken our older BuddySpace tool, and created a new tool we call MSG, which is simpler, available as Open Source, and integrates cleanly with a number of other services, including Moodle and Google Maps.}, added-at = {2008-10-12T13:30:06.000+0200}, author = {Little, Alex and Denham, Chris and Eisenstadt, Marc}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f0bc28c47aa88817504715b50b9c4fd0/openpad}, interhash = {73ef54ae67d3752f49f4bb83fc3b3478}, intrahash = {f0bc28c47aa88817504715b50b9c4fd0}, journal = {Journal of Interactive Media in Education}, keywords = {BuddySpace MSG Openlearn Social discovery elearning enhanced location networking presence}, timestamp = {2008-10-12T13:30:06.000+0200}, title = {MSG Instant Messenger: Social Presence and Location for the "Ad Hoc Learning Experience"}, url = {http://jime.open.ac.uk/2008/02/}, year = 2008 }