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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

It is literally the ‘ architecture of participation ’ (O''Reilly, 2004; Barsky and Purdon, 2006) and demands active engagement as a natural facet of its character (Kamel Boulos and Wheeler, 2007). Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association 27, 65-67. Continued tomorrow References Barsky, E. and Purdon, M. Introducing Web 2.0:

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The changing Web

Learning with e's

It truly is the ‘architecture of participation’ (Barsky and Purdon, 2006) and demands active engagement as a natural part of its character (Kamel Boulos and Wheeler, 2007). Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 27, 65-67. and Wheeler, S (2007) The emerging Web 2.0 More on this in future posts on this blog.

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

Furthermore, many teachers have now adapted their everyday practice to incorporate digital technologies into the classroom and to extend learning beyond the traditional boundaries of the institute (Bach et al, 2007). Journal of Educational Media 26(1), 7-18. Continued tomorrow References Bach, S., and Lewis-Smith, J. and Moonen, J.

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

Learning with e's

Around 2007 we started using blogs to support several of our student teacher groups that were geographically dispersed across the South of England. British Journal of Educational Technology , 39(6), 987-995. Continues tomorrow. References Wheeler, S., Yeomans, P. and Wheeler, D. Wheeler, S. and Lambert-Heggs, W. Wheeler (Ed.)

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A tale of two keynotes

Learning with e's

Furthermore, many teachers and lecturers are now adapting their everyday practice to incorporate digital technologies into the classroom and to extend learning beyond the traditional boundaries of the institute (Bach et al , 2007). 2007) Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Journal of Educational Media 26(1), 7-18.

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Who Are the Smartest People in the World?

Mindflash

In 2005, Kasparov retired from chess to focus more deeply on writing and politics — he briefly worked on a campaign for President, and was arrested in 2007 for his involvement in a protest against the Russian government. Photo Credits Kasparav , Chomsky , Hawking). Philip Emeagwali. His IQ is estimated to be around 160.

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e-Learning Acupuncture: Putting the microscope on Flickr

E-Learning Acupuncture

photographed all the histology specimens used in the lab and we posted them all to the Flickr photo sharing website. Additionally, we annotated the photos to give students a guide to the hallmark features of the specimens. This year we tried something different. We (*Thanks Nancy!*)