We just added Facebook-like features to EDU 2.0 such as home feeds and class feeds. This has effectively upgraded EDU 2.0 from an "LMS" to an "LMS+", because it's starting to blur the boundaries between an LMS and a social networking environment. This will become even more evident when we release support for "learning circles" in a month or so.
Here's what a typical new user home page looks like. Like Facebook, it shows a news feed of all the events, assignments, friend posts, and class posts from all the relevant activities in the EDU 2.0 learning network. It also provides a clear display of today's activities, upcoming events, notifications, online friends, etc. You can click in the top box to post to your blog, and all your friends automatically see the post in their feed by default.
Each class also has its own feed that only displays items that are relevant to that class. If you post to a class feed, it goes to your class blog instead of your personal blog.
In a nutshell, EDU 2.0 now includes a seamless blend of LMS and social networking features.
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