Social Media in Learning: Are we creating a generation of people who cannot communicate?
How about it, readers? Do e-learning and social media tools cultivate a generation of workers/society members who cannot communicate effectively when face-to-face? My husband’s consistent joke is that he’s going to wait a couple more years and then announce a discovery: face-to-face communication. He’s going to write a book about it and design workshops that teach people how to do it. He’ll be interviewed on Oprah, the Today Show, Jay Leno, etc.
Read this Wall Street Journal article and let me know what you think:
Wall Street Journal: Why Generation Y Can’t Read Nonverbal Cues
Later this week, I’m going to share some stuff on Twitter and Facebook as well. It’s time for all of us to stop trying so frantically to keep up with all these tools – and to step back and evaluate when they are useful for learning.
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