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Learning 2.0 - The Impact of Social Media on Learning in Europe POLICY BRIEF Authors: Christine Redecker, Kirsti Ala-Mutka and Yves Punie JRC56958 - 2010 The mission of the IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policy-making process by researching science-based responses to policy challenges that have both a socio-economic and a scientific or technological dimension. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Contact information Address: Edificio Expo. c/ Inca Garcilaso, s/n. E-41092 Seville (Spain) E-mail: jrc-ipts-secretariat@ec.europa.eu Tel.: +34 954488318 Fax: +34 954488300 http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ Legal Notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa.eu/ JRC 56958 Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities © European Communities, 2010 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged IPTS LEARNING 2.0 POLICY BRIEF PREFACE This policy brief has been prepared by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) in collaboration with DG Education and Culture, Direct