Wiki in the classroom

  A few problems that i can come up with using a wiki in a classroom are as follows… Apart from having separate pages is there any way to collaborate together at the same time? Will it keep students on track? I know we are encouraged to use things like Myspace/Facebook, but will any work be done?  [...]

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Action Research

Lewin descirbes the initial cycle: the first step is to examine the idea carefully in the light of the means available. frequently more fact-finding about the actual situation is required. If this first period is successful, 2 items emerge an ’overall plan’ of how to reach the objective and secondly a decision in regard to the [...]

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Technology in the Class

Technology in Classroom Throughout the book there is a realistic treatment of complex issues such as the • blessings and consequences of the copious amount of information increasingly available to staff and students; • funding and policy dilemmas for institutions and education systems; • lamentable slowness of academia to recognise the significant changes in library resources [...]

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Learner Control

Learner Control in Hypermedia Environments. Contrary to system-controlled multimedia learning environments, hypermedia systems are characterized by a high level of interactivity. This interactivity is referred to as learner control in the respective literature. For several reasons this learner control is seen as a major advantage of hypermedia for learning and instruction. For instance, learner control might [...]

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Chronicle of Higher Education

Chronicle of Higher Education; 7/6/2007, Vol. 53 Issue 44, pB4-B4, 1p The article offers the opinions of several academics regarding a claim that collaborative online services and user generated sites like Slashdot, Digg, Myspace, Blogger, Youtube, and Wikipedia, are bad for society. Michael Gorman, former president of the American Library Association and the recently retired dean [...]

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Hey Jude: A Great Blog

This blog: HeyJude, is a great place to view an excellent blog, Judy O’Connell has created a blog that is about Making fortunate discoveries – Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and more… She keeps it updated, beautifully presented with relevant information. It sure helps us, Education Students at Notre Dame. The blog is informative with information [...]

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