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The Wales-Wide Web | Pedagogy, social software, ubiquitous computing and e-learning

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Graham Atwell in a well-researched paper on new models for training and vocational learning. To utilise the opportunities for new forms of didactics will require profound reform in education and training systems and practice and new responsibilities… more »

Why do we do research?

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Why do we do research at all? It's to get a best-fit picture of the world and how things work, so that we can persuade other people to take advantage of new ways of working, that have been shown to work for other people. What research doesn't show is… more »

Christopher Sessums on Synthesizing Social Software: Working the Wide Web

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The Internet provides me an opportunity, or more precisely, an ecology to connect, collaborate, and aggregate numerous ideas and contributions of others which permits me to further my understanding and share it with others. I couldn't have said it bet… more »

Connectivism Blog

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George Siemens writes very clearly on the issues around designing for informal learning. In the comments Jeroen Spierings sets out two things that need to be focussed on: 1) We need to focus on learning design instead of instructional design. Today… more »

Mark Berthelemy :: Weblog :: Coming of Age: An introduction to the new worldwide web

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This free book (available from here: Coming of Age) is edited by Terry Freedman. The website for the book contains various comments and other stuff that didn't get into the book. The book itself is an excellent resource for educators (in all sectors)… more »

Feature: Learning from Experience - 03 Apr 2006

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At last, a clearly defined business benefit to blogging. It doesn't say so explicitly. But the "After Action Reviews" as described in this article are crying out to be a significant application of blogging - particularly a social network-aware bloggin… more »

An Adoption Strategy for Social Software in the Enterprise. Many-to-Many:

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This article describes a very useful methodology, not just for social software implementation, but really for any software to support organisational change. more »

Creating Passionate Users: Manager 2.0

Context, Management & Implementation, Connected Learning Environment, Change Management Send feedback »  2865 views
A good take on the web 2.0 theme - but this time looking at managers and their characteristics in a modern organisation. more »

Virtual Canuck » Blogging as Academic Publication

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Terry Anderson on whether blogs can provide a useful adjunct to more formal academic publication. I would agree with his issue about the permanence or otherwise of blog postings, as compared with published journals. It becomes the author's responsibil… more »

Mark Berthelemy :: Weblog :: Using online social networking tools to support teacher professional development

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This is a paper I've written recently as part of a Masters in eLearning. The paper looks at professional development in the content of the UK's DfES National Strategies (a massive CPD programme for teachers). It addresses the issues around the cascade… more »

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