Online communities get real. Weblogs, e-mail and instant messaging allow people to build close ties through a virtual world, say researchers.

A study of online communities by UK think-tank The Work Foundation has found that the web is much more localised, more honest and less chaotic than original predictions thought.

So-called social software - e-mail, messaging systems, weblogs and shared online diaries - is allowing people to make the net work for them and bring the virtual world home. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
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Mobile gadgets offer new lessons. A European project is looking at how mobile phones and handheld computers can be used in education.

The aim of the project is to see how mobile devices can be used to teach basic numeracy and literacy skills to young adults that have dropped out of the education system.

"It is not to replace normal education but to re-engage those who have dropped out of learning and help them find out that learning is fun and can be a help in life rather than just something they are forced to do," said Jill Attewell, a co-ordinator of the m-learning project and manager at the UK's Learning and Skills Development Agency. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
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McGee's Musings - Wiki. Quote: "I had always been puzzled by the free-for-all editing capability inherent in the wiki technology. The analogy that finally made it clear for me was to a whiteboard in a conference room. Those frequently become shared design spaces as markers change hands. Wikis are the same idea moved to the web, which suggests to me that they are likely to be more useful inside organizations than elsewhere." [Serious Instructional Technology]
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