Social Media + Learning is more than Social Learning – by Jane Hart | E-Learning Councilhttp://www.elearningcouncil.com/content/social-media-learning-more-social-learning-jane-hart This was posted on Google+…
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Gráinne Conole's last chapter in her "Designing for learning in an open world" book. You can read the whole story on Cloudworks at http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2155. Certainly worth your time. e4innovation.com » Blog Archive » Chapter 16 Conclusion Chapter 16 Conclusion. And I am nearly there! Here is a draft of my concluding chapter! Introduction. In this [...]
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Maybe worth exploring. Reshared post from +Stephen Downes The Teacher’s Guide To Using Posterous Spaceshttp://www.downes.ca/post/56415Nice quick guide to the use of Posterous Spaces (to put into context, in the #change11 MOOC, after Blogger and WordPress, which numbered one and two, the next most popular participant contributions were on Posterous and Tumblr, a trend that seems [...]
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George Siemens: Chronicle Interview: Why universities should experiment with open online courses. "I have no illusions about open online courses being THE key to education’s problems. To even make a statement of that nature is to misunderstand the interconnectedness of complex problems. As I stated in the interview, researchers need to start experimenting with the [...]
Tony Bates: Introducing the OERu – and some questions. The OERu (the Open Educational Resources University) aims to provide a route to formal accreditation through study of free open educational resources in the form of free courses and materials developed by accredited universities. To quote (Q&A: 5 Things You Should Know About The OER University [...]
Thomas Mackey – Transparency as a catalyst for interaction and participation in open learning environments From the abstract: This paper argues that transparency promotes interactivity and participation in collaborative Web 2.0 learning environments. Teaching with transparency requires a learner–centered pedagogy for research, writing, and the production of new knowledge in open communities. Transparency is a [...]
Reshared post from +Bodhipakṣa Dharmacārī An inspiring story from Iceland about what can happen when the people kick out a government that does not represent their interests, refuse to pick up the tab for the malfeasance of bankers, and rewrite their constitution (on the internet!) so that monied interests can never again hijack their nation. [...]
What is evaluation 2.0? Graham Attwell interviews Jenny Hughes. Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning – Educational Research Website of Pontydysgu ltd., a Welsh educational research institute. This was posted on Google+…
This is cool, I think. Children Helped Decorate Prehistoric Caves of Francehttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/vAJlDUiFgFk/Children-Helped-Decorate-Prehistoric-Caves-of-France This was posted on Google+…
Facebook Files For a Patent To Track Its Users On Other Siteshttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/EMgKu9BKQz0/Facebook-Files-For-a-Patent-To-Track-Its-Users-On-Other-Sites This was posted on Google+…
