The 2011 Social Learning Summit ( the first event of its kind at AU, was held at the School of International Service on April 1-3, presented by the AU Social Media Club ( The event attracted bloggers, social media experts, video producers, students, professors, and many more from across AU and across the region to discuss the current state of social media and its expanding role in education.  Tech tAUk attended the entire summit and filmed nearly 22 hours of footage on-location in order to provide exclusive coverage of this groundbreaking event. We filmed most of the sessions in their entirety and conducted over a dozen interviews with panelists and presenters. This special episode of Tech tAUk opens with an interview with Alex Priest, the President of the AU Social Media Club, followed by three segments combining clips of the sessions and our interviews to focus on three of the main themes of the summit: social media in education, social media’s effects in society, and social media's effects in our daily lives. Finally, we close out the episode by recapping the summit and sharing our thoughts on the event and the topics discussed. Over the next few days, we will be uploading all of our extended footage onto our website and YouTube channel ( You can find links to all of our #SLS11 ( media below as we upload and post them. This Episode: Download the Compressed MP4 Podcast of this episode ( Download the 720p HD MP4 Podcast of this episode ( Watch on YouTube ( Extended Interviews: Alan Rosenblatt ( Center for American Progress Action Fund Alex Priest (