A new social media masters at Salford University is being launched as announced on Twitter earlier this week and covered by Sarah Hartley, online Manchester Evening News editor on her blog The Mancunian Way.

Apparently this is a disputed first with Birmingham City University, but it is still a notable landmark.  It must surely show, if interest and take-up is high, the gap between current levels of knowledge and that desired.  Add into the mix job insecurity, a recession, the pressure to up-skill and the 20 places could be taken quicker than an Abba reunion.

The value?  I tend to think education, at this level, is not about remembering facts, finding new sites before anyone else or having a “cool” sounding qualification for a CV but about a way of thinking and an approach to applying knowledge, which lasts for years.

I think we are going to see some discussion about this….

Tags: masters course, Social media

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