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Social capital platform developers will link the social capital infrastructure to teaching and learning practices and outcomes. They will use tracking programs to provide an accounting of people’s contributions to open education resources and collaborative processes.
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mymunroe  said…  May 12, 2010 05:19 PM

Social Capital can be a scary topic for some folks in education especially for those who hold deep seeded beliefs about protecting a school entity from 'outsiders'.

jessemoyer said…  May 13, 2010 10:27 AM

Social Capital is scary for a lot of people in, and outside of, the education world. It will be interesting to see how people, companies, organizations, etc. will respond to our increasingly open culture.

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