Edmodo: a MOLE for the Masses

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Author: Mark Sandlin

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This Sophia Learning Packet:

Offers a close-up view of Edmodo, describing its main features
Introduces Edmodo's founders, describing their motivation in founding Edmodo and why the company is the fastest growing social learning network.
Includes a step-by-step tutorial on how to set up Edmodo

Edmodo is a MOLE--a Managed Online Learning Platform (also known as a course management system, a virtual learning environment, a social networking service, etc).

Free, fast, Facebook-like, and familiar to more and more teachers every day, Edmodo continues to grow in popularity. During recent floods in a place as faraway as Bangkok, at least two schools facing temporary closure turned to Edmodo in order to continue teaching students--remotely--while unable to use the school facilities.

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