Podcasts、Blog、SNSに教育的利用価値アリ！？
アメリカのThomson Corporationの調査によると、
多くの大学教員が、Podcasts、ブログ、およびソーシャルネットワキングサイト（ＳＮＳ）を教育ツールとして可能性があると認めているらしいです。
（PR Newswire Association LLC/2007.05.07）（一部抜粋）Many College Professors See Podcasts, Blogs and Social Networking Sites as a Potential Teaching Tool
Thomson Learning survey indicates professors in higher education are anxious to take advantage of podcasts and blogs as valuable communication and learning tool
調査によると
-- Nearly 50 percent of faculty respondents who are familiar with social
networking sites say they feel such sites have or will change the way
students learn.-- Nearly 90 percent of respondents who are familiar with social
networking sites say they know about sites that allow students to grade
or rate professors, and 67 percent have checked if they've been graded.-- While the majority of faculty surveyed do not use social networking
sites, those who do use these sites use them for both personal and work
purposes.-- Nearly 35 percent of respondents view podcasting as a valuable
communication tool to reach students.-- Nearly 10 percent of faculty members surveyed indicate they have their
own blogs. Comparatively, fewer than 8 percent of Americans have a
blog.
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