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For the past 20 years, new technology has been created and people have realized that learning needs to happen throughout their whole lives. This has caused more people to pay attention to online learning, which is also called e-learning. Using computers and other technology to teach and learn has become important for both teachers and students. A lot of researchers around the world are studying how technology can help people learn. They're looking at it from different ways of thinking. You can read more about it in these reviews by Larreamendy-Joerns & Leinhardt (2006) and Resta & Laferrière (2007). Nowadays, most people agree that using technology can help us learn better and is important for changing education and training to fit with the modern world. ICT can change the way we learn and teach. It can give us new ways to educate and train, in addition to normal school methods. Schools and teachers have been given technology tools and training, but they haven't changed the way they teach as much as businesses and government have changed. To make the best use of technology in education, we need new and creative ways of teaching and learning. This article is about a project that studied how people learn using social networks online. They found that working together with others is a good way to learn new things. Lastly, we will show helpful tips on how to teach in an online setting.
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The project presented in this chapter has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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