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Featured site: Carmun.com
One of the more interesting examples I’ve come across of emerging “educational networking” sites is Carmun.com. Carmun has many of the characteristics of the social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook–you can create a profile, store links, create groups, blog. Most attempts to create an educational networking site that I’ve seen take these elements, maybe a few other general tools, and try in one way or another to add an educational flavor to the site through design elements or through association with other educational sites.
Carmun, however, actually adds (or rather was built on) functionality designed for academic pursuits. Namely, it incorporates a bibliography management suite that allows you to organize and share your bibliographical references. Within the community, this aids in the discovery of both source materials related to topics you are studying and in the discovery of other community members reading the same texts you are reading. The only similar project I’ve come across is the Berkman Center’s H2O Playlist project. Carmun is just getting under way, but is an interesting entry into the space.
