Monthly Archive: February 2008
More than ever we see people being advocates for the use of Web 2.0 in educational settings. However, not that many people give advice on how to apply these technologies to facilitate learning in a...
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...
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...
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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]
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 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,...
This is a book that covers interesting facts on eLearning ans how we can tweak it by using Web 2.0 principles and tools (please click on “open publication”):
There is no doubt that shifts in learning paradigms follow technological advances. The Education sector always thinks of ways to use technology to enhance learning experiences, learning through experiencing. Instructional Technology has evolved since...