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What E-Learning 2.0 means To You
PowerPoint Slides and
MP3 Audio of Stephen Downes's presentation at the Transitions in Advanced Learning Conference in Ottawa. "In this talk I discuss the changing nature of knowledge and learning, illustrate how this changing nature leads to what is being called Web 2.0, and outline the nature and success factors involved in designing learning resources and services in this environment."
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elearningpost on September 15, 2005 at 10:46 p.m..
Another good article by
Another good article by UIE, this time they talk about the difference between designing for consistency and designing for users current knowledge: "Why do we gravitate to consistency? Because it’s easier to think about. You don’t actually have to know anything about your users to talk about making things consistent. You only have to know about your design, which most designers are quite familiar with. Current knowledge, on the other hand, requires in-depth knowl From
elearningpost on September 15, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..
Why Office Design Matters
"One factor that affects knowledge worker performance that isn't well understood is the physical work environment -- the offices, cubicles, buildings, and mobile workplaces in which knowledge workers do their jobs. There is a good deal said about this topic,... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 15, 2005 at 6:50 p.m..
Where existing learning theories fail
Where existing learning theories fail. George Siemens asks
What's wrong with established theories of learning?. "The achilles heel of existing theories rests in the pace of knowledge growth. All existing theories place processing (or interpretation) of information squarely on the individual doing the learning. This model works well if the knowledge flow is moderate. What happens, however, when information is more of a deluge than a trickle? What happens when information flows too fast for processing or From
Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 15, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..
Blogs: A Global Conversation ,
Pretty nice Master's Thesis on blogs, the business of blogs and blogging as conversation. While it doesn't really break new ground (the survey, in which I think I participated, adds very little), and while the range of resources consulted could be wider, the essay nonetheless offers a good introduction to the topic and is written in an engaging and well-informed tone. I especially enjoyed the third chapter, 'Word of Mouth', which traverses some conceptually difficult territory with ease and clarity. The same author quite rightly From
OLDaily on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
The Brains Business , The Economist
"A more market-oriented system of higher education can do much better than the state-dominated model." This is the central message being advanced in this series of articles, and the Economist is not above routine rhetorical sleight of hand to make the point (consider, for example, the false dichotomy drawn between "techno-utopians" and "cultural conservatives." Or ponder the omission of Canadian statistics in the comparisons between the U.S. system and purportedly "state-dominated" models). That said, and with the requisite grain of salt added, this series (click 'Next Article' at th From
OLDaily on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Web 2.0 for Designers , Digital Web Magazine
"In Web 1.0," writes the author, "a small number of writers created Web pages for a large number of readers." Enter Web 2.0, however, and this equation changes, "a vision of the Web in which information is broken up into "microcontent" units that can be distributed over dozens of domains. The Web of documents has morphed into a Web of data. We are no longer just looking to the same old sources for information. Now we're looking to a new set of tools to aggregate and remix microcontent in new and useful ways." Good, though too brief, summary of the ideas behind Web 2.0. [ From
OLDaily on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Transient Identity ,
According to the author, "the concept of transient identity comes in to play when the ownership of personal identity is transferred back to the individual." It is transient because it is identity fixed at a certain point in time - the last time user info was entered into a website registration, for example. The author maps transient identity against Kim Cameron's From
OLDaily on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
S1000D/SCORM Data re-use Demonstration ,
Peter Hope yesterday flagged this development as something worth watching. "Boeing Australia, HarvestRoad and DEST have collaborated to demonstrate the use of repositoriesto share content between SCORM training modules and S1000D technical publications based on authoritative data sources." According to the flyer, which advertises a seminar in Melbourne in October, "The demonstration will show a shared content object repository, implementing a change to shared content, output to an S1000D-compliant technical publication format (and) output to a SCORM-compliant training module, wrapped by a lea From
OLDaily on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Knowledge Sharing with Distributed Networking Tools ,
Nicely done wiki presentation (so you can add to it) of the topic, beautifully illustrated and rich with links and examples. Topics covered include personalized media, social software, RSS feeds (which they call web feeds, even though they shouldn't), tagging, Creative Commons licensing, the network learning model and future VLEs. You can also follow along with the Elluminate recordings or listen to the From
OLDaily on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Next/Text
Interesting site highlighting the 'future of the book' (but what looks to me like multimedia presentations on the web - which may indeed amount to the same thing). From
OLDaily on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Lawyers, Start Your Engines!
Inducement lawsuits, coming to a P2P provider near you! Cary Sherman expressed optimism at FMC that converting the existing systems to licensed, filtered networks will be important, but I'm not so sure. Why won't we see the same behavior that we saw after Napster started filtering, with users flocking to unfiltered networks? Only if the converted services - whether they use Snocap or some other technology - are truly attractive from the con From
A Copyfighter's Musings on September 15, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..
Call for article proposals on portal technologies and applications
SECOND CALL FOR SHORT ARTICLE PROPOSALS ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PORTAL TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS Editor: Arthur Tatnall Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia Arthur.Tatnall@vu.edu.au The Encyclopaedia of Portal Technology and Applications aims to provide comprehensive coverage and definitions of the most important issues, concepts, trends and technologies relating to portals. This important new publication will be distributed worldwide among academic and professional institutions and [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on September 15, 2005 at 2:53 p.m..
Tuition, Student Debt, and Access to Post-Secondary Education
You are invited to hear Dr. Ross Finnie, School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University, address the University of Saskatchewan community about “Tuition, Student Debt, and Access to Post-Secondary Education” on Tuesday, September 27, at 12:00 p.m. in Convocation Hall. From
Rick's Café Canadien on September 15, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Public weblogs as a tool for (internal) knowledge management
A lot of discussions that I've been involved into about uses of weblogs in
corporate knowledge management somehow assumed the distinction between intranet and external weblogs regarding it. External weblogs were considered great to connect with other professionals (usually outside of one's organisation) and (potential) customers, while internal weblogs thought of being one of the tools that could replace or complement knowledge sharing and expertise finding tools behind the firewall. I'm more and From
Mathemagenic on September 15, 2005 at 1:51 p.m..
The Bush Notes
The Reuters photo of President Bush scribbling a note to Condi in the UN asking for a bathroom break is just the first. Real photo. Click for the bigger picture Here are the other notes they caught on film. Please feel free to contribute your own cheap shots.... From
Joho the Blog on September 15, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..
Permission-free saves lives
Jennifer Granick explains why the fact that we don't have to ask permission to access unsecured computers on the Net enables the growth of innovative and potentially life-saving technology. Her example: KatrinaList.net.... From
Joho the Blog on September 15, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..
Univ. of Wisconsin Digital Collections
I saw a review of the this digital collection in The Resource Shelf. It's worth a visit. I especially like the Science Collection which contains resource materials for instruction. "The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections (UWDC) was created in the summer of 2001. The Council of Wisconsin libraries and UW System's Office of Learning & Information Technology established the UWDC to provide quality digital resources from its academic libraries to UW faculty, staff and students, citizens of the state, and scholars at large." It's From
EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on September 15, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..
Oxford English Dictionary--Learning Resources
These resources cover ages 11-18, grades 6-12. The links are of value for an even broader grade/age range. "Welcome to the learning resources area for the Oxford English Dictionary. On this part of the site, we are collecting a variety of materials which will help education professionals to incorporate OED Online into their teaching, and introduce students to research techniques which encourage them to explore the riches of the Dictionary." "As well as sample lesson plans and exercises, we will be adding more quizzes and word stories, and o From
EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on September 15, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..
Unexpected knowledge sharing: on recording and discoverability of knowledge traces
[I actually started to write it as a part of the post that will appear next, but thought that it makes sense to separate these two :) ] In many companies usual communication evolves around joint work and on "need to know" basis. For me some of the greatest challenges of
knowledge management are about tapping into knowledge which is not part of existing workflows: would it be about disconnected groups learning from insights of each other, discovering like-minded others where you wouldn't expect or serendipi From
Mathemagenic on September 15, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Mitt's big idea
Reacting to concern about Catholic terrorist actions in Ireland and elsewhere, Massacusetts Governor Mitt Romney today suggested wiretapping churches... ...except that in reality he recommended wiretapping mosques. (Substitute "churches" and you can see how outrageous the idea is.) Mitt is telling the world that we think Islam, not Islamic terrorists, is our enemy. Mitt's given the terrorist propagandists a gift and we are all less safe because of it. Blanket wiretapping of mosques would also be a huge erosion of our civil liberties: We can monitor and wiretap your faith-based conversatio From
Joho the Blog on September 15, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..
First online metadata and semantics research conference
The First on-Line conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR'05) aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners that share a common interest in metadata, its representation, its semantics and its diverse applications to Information Systems. Concretely, a focus is given to four interconnected research areas: Semantic Web and Information Systems, Reusable Learning Objects applications, Knowledge Management approaches in Information Systems and concepts, and Cultural Heritage Metadata applications and schemas. The topics covered by the conference are From
Seblogging News on September 15, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..
Local Katrina aid
Jessica Lipnack blogs about her friend, Sophia Bracy Harris, the founder of Federation of Alabama Child Care Centers, who is raising money for child care centers bit by Katrina. This is a very personal effor. The money goes straight to child-care scholarships, rebuilding grants, and scholarship administration and planning. For more information, including on how to donate, see Jessica's blog. ( I know Jessica and trust her 100%.) [Tags: HurricaneKatrina]... From
Joho the Blog on September 15, 2005 at 11:46 a.m..
Playing a part
I liked this from Sweet Hallucinations Of A Psycho. I had a dream... I always wanted to become a famous talented actor & take part in an important play as the main charecter... Decades have passed and my talent wasted.... From
Monkeymagic on September 15, 2005 at 9:51 a.m..
Google unveils blog search site - BBC
Google has unveiled a website that lets people search web journals or blogs. The database behind the search site will index all weblogs not just the ones published on the Google-owned blog writing site Blogger. Currently the index only holds blog postin From
Techno-News Blog on September 15, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..
Michael Dell Drops In
So the highlights of our Dell visit yesterday were a trip to the production facility, which is just a mind-numbing configuration of belts and boxes shooting around in all different directions is some type of organized chaos, and a 45-minute drop in Q & A by the one and only Michael Dell. Very cool and very interesting. Unfortunately, this is one of those wierd new Web moments where I don't really know how much I can write about what he said. We all signed non-disclosures, and while nothing he said had much to do with future Dell product lines or new ideas, I'm still unsure about w From
weblogged News on September 15, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..
Yahoo Overhauling Free E-Mail
Selected account holders begin testing a new version of the largest free e-mail service around. If all goes well, Yahoo will convert all of its 63 million customers to the new system. From
Wired News on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
FU, Cheney: See Movie, Buy Shirt
The hurricane survivor who told Dick Cheney to perform a sex act upon himself is a colorful character. An ER physician and indie musician, the doctor is capitalizing on his new notoriety, selling commemorative videos and T-shirts. By Jenn Shreve. From
Wired News on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
This Is No Two-Bit Music Player
A New York University student proves that just one bit can generate a robust sound. His homemade music player even passes the dorkbot test. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Meet the Apple Pack Rats
The company's packing boxes prove as aesthetically pleasing as the devices they contain. Some Mac fanatics collect them, photograph them and even decorate their homes with them. By Pete Mortensen. From
Wired News on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Arianna Learns to Love the Blog
The controversial pundit behind The Huffington Post explains why the mainstream media is failing, and serves up some zingers for Bush apologists posing as journalists. A Wired News Q&A with Adam Penenberg. From
Wired News on September 15, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Four digits
And this makes 1000 posts on this blog in about 2 1/2 years. (I've written 1 or 2 hundred posts on another site, too.) That makes these 30 months the most writing-intensive of my life -- or perhaps a match for the last six months of writing my dissertation. Is there a moral to the story? Maybe this: if you can find a way to stay engaged, you can learn more than you imagined, enjoy the distant partnership of many generous and interesting people, and possibly help reinvent some portion... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 15, 2005 at 2:53 a.m..
More for your money
I suggested in a meeting today that weblogs help a campus get more for their money. The campus hires guest speakers, holds special events, and so forth. The special evening comes and then goes; a good time is had by all, we hope, and the money was well spent. But the special evening fades; the impact is lost. An institutional weblog can deepen the impact of campus and community events. Bloggers can, for example, extend the good work of a guest speaker by assembling additional... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 15, 2005 at 1:49 a.m..
Untitled
Barking up the wrong tree. Newspapers turn to podcasting to shore up readership among younger demos. The logic goes like this: kids are way into iPods; podcasting is related to iPods; therefore podcasting is the ticket to the young audience. I've seen the general idea quoted by expert after expert including the big tech analysts, and it never feels quite right to me. I don't think it's a youth phenomenon. For one thing, there's a recent survey saying it's not the case. And anecdotally, I'm a From
Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 15, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..
Untitled
Jeremy Asks: How Do You Learn to Search?. Last night at a book event at Books Inc in Mountain View, a fellow asked me a question that made me think - in short, he asked why there was so much useless information on the web. Put another way, he was expressing frustration with search results - so often we can't find what we are looking for. I responded that - while it's possible he might not like this answer - we as users of search need to get better at searching. And by that I don't mean smarter about how From
Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 15, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..
Untitled
What is needed in a Learning Environment?. I have been giving some thought as to what exactly we aretrying to accomplish with deployment of an LMS. Our learners and ourorganization has a set of very unique needs and meeting those is apre-qualification of deployment. So it seems that we are in the predicament ofremoving much of the functionality of our LMS and possibly lessening theenvironment for learning. So i ask myself: What is needed in a Learning Environment?Pulled from the excellent artic From
Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 15, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..
Untitled
The Road To Powerful Instant Vertical Communities: Personal Media Aggregators. Robin talks here about P2P for E-learning "For example, can you imagine a P2P network devoted only tolearning and educational materials? Imagine if a major academicorganization created a PMA that allowed access, not only to theselected educational feeds that it originated or selected to provide,but also to the opportunity to meet and interact with others in thislike-minded virtual club."And i just wanted to point out that they are doing From
Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 15, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..
Passive-aggressive howdy to Blogsearch.Google
Dave Sifry, founder of Technorati, blogs a welcome to Google's blog search beta with a paragraph of genuine respect for the Google team and a paragraph of things Technorati does that the Google blog index doesn't. [Note: I am an advisor to Technorati. I'm emotionally attached to it and to Google.] [Tags: technorati google blogs]... From
Joho the Blog on September 14, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..
