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10 Guidelines to Help Your Learners Find Credible Online Sources

LearnDash

Later, we were told “you can use online sources, but not Wikipedia.” And later still, we were told “you can use Wikipedia not as a source itself, but as a source for other sources, and by the way, here are the MLA guidelines for how to site them in your term paper.”. Or in 2005, before Facebook became open to the public?

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Networked noughties 2003-2005

Learning with e's

Today I continue the retrospective with a review of the years 2003-2005. The history of both Myspace and Facebook are very well documented on their respective Wikipedia entries. 2005 was an eventful year for the digirati. 2003-2005 were three eventful years for the networked nation. It was later to be renamed Facebook.

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The grassroots of learning

E-Learning Provocateur

Here’s a common scenario: I “quickly” look up something on Wikipedia, and hours later I have 47 tabs open as I delve into tangential aspects of the topic. Along with some colleagues we started meeting regularly online for live interactive webcasts starting in 2005 at Edtechtalk. That’s the beauty of hypertext.

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The Smart Worker : shares what s/he learns

Jane Hart

People often cite Wikipedia as a unreliable source since it is a “collaborative&# encyclopaedia. But the difference is that with Wikipedia errors can not only be easily pointed out and quickly corrected. We need to ensure that the materials are accurate. 2 -Intelpedia – collaborative resource building.

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You Can Do It - Screencasting in 7 Minutes!

TechSmith Camtasia

You will also see one his friends in the session use his MacBook to record his first screencast on searching Wikipedia (there is a link in the blog post above), plus Ian gives some tips on recording better screencasts. You'll see his video of his session and him helping others install Jing and make their first screencast.

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Understanding Web 2.0

Integrated Learnings

Wikipedia has a write up on Web 2.0 wikipedia entry first written in February of 2005 to get a better appreciation of how this terminology has morphed (somewhat) over time. And finally, knowledge centric networks like Wikipedia and other wikis use information as an impetus for social networking.

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Knowledge and Learning In The News - 12/18/2005

Big Dog, Little Dog

Wikipedia, Vol. Much like a Wikipedia entry, our discussion of the online encyclopedia is nothing if not dynamic. As FC Now reader Shel Holtz points out, the science journal Nature posted an article yesterday about a study comparing Wikipedia to Encyclopedia Britannica. 2: Encyclopedia Smackdown - Fast Company. This is an $8.7

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