Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

One of the features of Sakai that our team was looking for in a new LMS is a blogging tool. I admit some significant improvements in usability are possible in this tool. However, it does give us the option of blogging within the system. So how do you use a blog effectively when it’s housed within a walled garden?

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Blogging Write Blog Journal RSS 211

eLearning Weekly

JULY 30, 2008

Many of us techies have been using RSS for years, and you may even run your own blog. I think there’s a ton of potential related to RSS in terms of learning and I don’t think many people are harnessing it well (yet). What are some of the obstacles we face in using blogs and RSS readers at our organizations?

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 19, 2008

Principles for assessing online discussions and other conversations (blogs, chat, etc.) Writing for asynchronous discussion isn’t the same as writing an essay, and the author argues that students who simply post essays to the discussion board should receive good grades. tags: web2.0 , blog , tools.

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Social Bookmarking OCW Wiki Portfolio 170

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

We decided to set up an ad-hoc social learning environment mostly using freely available tools. We decided to outline our curriculum in a skeletal form using a blog, and then set social interactions in the curriculum context. Blog is the watering hole A learning blog is so much a happening place!

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Learning Environment Case Study Social Learning Environment 141

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

OCTOBER 12, 2010

This week is about blogging. I just think its time to take a look at blogging again since I, and others from what I hear, seem to be neglecting blogs, feed readers, etc, in favor of microblogging. I'm actually writing this blog post from Amplify.com which is an interesting hybrid tool.

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Blogging Blended Learning Write Blog RSS 56

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 23, 2008

My RSS aggregator has 3,000+ unread items. It pleases me to think of all of the passing information, entertainment, notifications, tweets, blogs, magazines, newspapers, and so on as a never-ending stream. Links take me to my blogs, tools, events, clocks, clubs, and communities. It’s overwhelming. Coping mechanisms.

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