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How can we improve Course Management Systems?
There’s a great discussion going on at Jon Mott’s Blog about how to improve course management systems. Jon’s original post made the very correct observation that CMS vendors often fail because their customers are not students, but institutions. I have seen this as well as I have researched CMS technologies, and it often means their […]
Posted: August 6th, 2008 under collaborative learning, educational technologies, social networking.
Comments: 4
Everyone’s doing it (social networking online)
A study just came out, published in eSchool News, that reports nearly all students ages 9-17 are making connections online using social networking technologies.
Only one in 20 teens and “tweens” surveyed said they have not used social-networking technologies such as chatting, text-messaging, blogging, or visiting
online communities such as Facebook, MySpace, and Webkinz.
Surprising? Not really.
Another […]
Posted: September 15th, 2007 under collaborative learning, social networking.
Comments: 1
Discuss learning communities with us!
Here’s an open invitation to anyone who may be interested. At the University of Georgia, a group of us are forming a study group on the topic of learning communities. Think book club with an academic twist: we’ll meet regularly, select a paper or topic to read, and then discuss it.
I got to thinking that […]
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under collaborative learning, learning communities.
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Peer proofreading exchange
I saw something really cool today on KairosNews. There is an online proofreading exchange, where you commit to proofread as many words for others as they do for you, and everyone helps each other out!
My only question, is can you monitor if someone puts as much effort into proofreading me as I do for them? […]
Posted: July 13th, 2007 under collaborative learning, educational technologies.
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