Posts Tagged ‘community’

The end of assessment as we know it

02 Feb 2012 at 08:57

enzofsilva

instructional design

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“The concept of a job is going away” (Bersin, 2012) and so should the concept of assessment. At least assessment as we know it. Or the assessment forms that we dearly esteem. The truth is, most educators teach to assess. Yes, the end goal of the learning experience is to prepare learners to succeed in [...]

Isolating eLearning

02 Aug 2010 at 08:05

enzofsilva

learning

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The term “social” has become quite popular amongst those involved in Web development, marketing, journalism, and many other fields. Education isn’t immune to that trend. “Social media” seems to now have claimed the title of overused term from “Web 2.0.” However, these technologies that allow sharing of information, more importantly, coordination of efforts and co-authoring [...]

Apple’s Mobile Devices and Education

29 Apr 2010 at 08:52

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learning

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Apple is known for supporting educational uses of its technologies. On Apple Learning Interchange Community, for instance, teachers can find news and share lesson plans and ideas on different subjects. Of course, Apple also supports the use of their mobile devices for learning, and here is their official website dedicated to just that: showcase different ways the [...]

Google Knol Released Early This Week

25 Jul 2008 at 03:56

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eLearning 2.0

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Collaboration is the big buzzword of the year. Goolgle, that is trying to invest time and efforts on anything that has “potential”, is trying once again (after Google Docs) to tap that market. They just released Google Knol which is a mix of collaborative authoring and community. The community aspect allows for search for specific [...]

Association of Virtual Worlds’ Resources

05 Jun 2008 at 19:40

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eLearning 2.0

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The Association of Virtual Worlds is a new initiative that focuses on Virtual Worlds research and also works like an interest group. They have created a community on Ning to facilitate interaction amongst those who share interest in MUVEs. They have some very good material about their main object of interest, including these ebooks that [...]