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Designing, Developing and implementing an educational social networking environment.
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, Cegep@distance, Canada ; , , Cégep@distance, Canada ; , Université de Montréal, Canada

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Toronto, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-81-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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Abstract

The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate the potential of a new social networking learning environment designed to increase retention rates at a self-paced distance education institution. Decisions and choices made will be explained and analyzed according to the constraints imposed by the learning model of the institution.

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Chomienne, M., Marceau, F., Chirchi, M. & Poellhuber, B. (2010). Designing, Developing and implementing an educational social networking environment. In J. Herrington & C. Montgomerie (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2010--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 1463-1467). Toronto, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 12, 2024 from .

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