This has already been happening for quite a while now. Not exactly a radical prediction. Learning management systems like Blackboard and Instructure Canvas ar

This has already been happening for quite a while now. Not exactly a radical prediction. Learning management systems like Blackboard and Instructure Canvas are basically imitating facebook now. Edmodo goes the other way and basically starts from facebook and then adds in some learning/teaching features like quizzes and assignments. Of course github has taken off the past few years, and it has feeds and likes (starring projects) and follows. As someone commented on slashdot, even AutoCAD added a 'design feed' feature http://www.autocadws.com/blog/introducing-the-design-feed/ http://www.autocadws.com/blog/introducing-the-design-feed/ For things that aren't enough to warrant social attention to 'like' (like posting 100 times), there seems to be more use of badges like on forums and stack exchange.