Physics in Second Life?
Havok4, the “physics” engine in Second Life still has some flaws. But is it possible to teach physics in Second Life? Interesting posts highlighted here.
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School 2.0 Manifesto
Written by educators, this manifesto is an example of the ideas that flourish in the minds of some avant-garde educators. Even though this manifesto focuses more on school settings (facing different challenges), many of...
Information R/evolutuion
We DO need to rethink our assumptions about information and how we produce/find it. Rethinking this process and how new technology can help building knowledge is crucial for a change in the learning sytems we...
Tim O’Reilly’s (as close as you can get to a) definition of Web 2.0
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The Machine is Us/ing us
I might be repetitive here, but how long is it going to take for all of us to realize we have new and powerful interactive tools that could shape the way we learn? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g&rel=1]
Shift Happens…
Developers and Educators need to realize the workd is different. Just adopting instructional technology for technology’s sake is not effective anymore (if it has ever been). To reach learners and captivate them we need...
Why does Learning have to be boring?
Why don’t developers and educators try to make learning more true to the learners’ world? If we spend so much time on social networks, blogs, wikis, video and image sharing websites, and many others,...
My first blog on eLearning 2.0 or whatever we’ll call it…
I’ve been waiting to start my own area-specific blog for quite sometime. I guess what kept me from doing this was the large amount of other bloggers talking about eLrarning, Web 2.0 and all...
