Probably one of the reason the discussion about social media as a learning tool is important is because of the popularity of social media. The popularity score is more in terms of active participation of the number of people of all age groups. It would be wonderful to have this platform used as a media for learning. Can Social Media act as a platform to assist learning? Platform for Communication Allows for active participation (in sense of user generated data; noisy data) Generally all are equal (peer communication) but some emerge as leaders (may be based on their expertise, participation, creativity ....) SIG formed (Leaders moderate the group) leads to some focused discussion (signs of learning - though not formal) since there is less noise "useful learning can happen" So structurally everything is in place to enable learning if no distinction is made between formal and informal learning! With some constraints on the social media - allowing a teacher ha...