Will Your Social Media App be Around in Six Months?

Blogger Gareth Davies points out that some social media applications being adopted for learning have a very short life. Many of these applications are developed and launched with the hope that they will soon be purchased by Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, or another tech firm with deep pockets. Educators who adopt these technologies can be “left high and dry after as little as six months” when the start-up company pulls the plug on the application. (RN)

Can educators rely on Web 2.0? | Never mind the technology, where’s the learning | Gareth Davies | 17 December 2008