Tag: Social Learning
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A good king gives everything away…
an old king hoards… that is was the take away message for me from the last session I attended on the collaborative tools used in the courses that make up the MET program at UBC. And I must say, there are doing some really good things there. The talk itself brought out the classic ideas…
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Match the locals
The old saying “When in Rome… do as the Romans” seems to have borne fruit again – From the current Innovations – Kavita Rao – Distance Learning in Micronesia: Participants’ Experiences in a Virtual Classroom Using Synchronous Technologies: Researchers also note that instructional design should be based on an understanding of the cultural modes and…
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Kinder reviews the Kinderlappy
Well it seems like they got everything that right in the latest model of the kinderlappy – as reviewed by it’s target audience: I thought that this version was way better than the last one. It was just easier to figure out, more fun to spend time on, just better. It’s going to be hard…
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Why Game
A couple weeks ago at the CeC, Chris Melissinos – Sun Microsystems’ CTO of Web 2.0 and Chief Gaming Officer and a self-proclaimed video game addict – gave quite the keynote and while I dutifully took notes in a linear fashion and while, I would have normally provided those notes straight, with a week having…
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DyKnow
A colleague of mine just sent me the link for the system. Looking through what they have online, it seems that they have taken the essentials of an interactive whiteboard and streamlined it. It certainly shows promise, but the challenge will be encouraging instructors and students to work in this manner in the class/lecture. I…