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5 technologies to promote creative learning

Learning with e's

2) Wiki''d Writing: Ask your students (in small groups or on their own) to either edit an existing Wikipedia page, or create a new one on a topic not yet covered. The latter option is more advanced and problematic, because many of the commonly known topics are already well covered on Wikipedia. I bet you can come up with some more!

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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

An API (Application Program Interface) enables an interface from a piece of software to communicate with another piece of software (in its simplest form) or multiple pieces of software (called a mashup). Search for restaurants in Google and Google Maps shows up with the various restaurants on the map. Wikipedia capabilities?

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Remix culture and education

Learning with e's

Sometimes several works are combined or 'mashed up' to create new versions. In the digital age, where many have access to the participatory web such as social media, it is easier than ever to remix and mashup content. One of the most widespread examples of digital remix is Wikipedia. Unported License.

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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. The ideas that make up Web 2.0 are social networking, web mashups, and using the web to store and create content. Mashup Blog.

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Wikis and Learning – 60 Resources

Tony Karrer

Controlled - Why There's No eLearning Wiki - eLearning Technology , September 14, 2006 10 Social Media Tools For Learning - The eLearning Coach , November 16, 2009 Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0

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Aha Moments in 2007

Tony Karrer

I found myself using Wikipedia early in research tasks on all sorts of topics. and unless you innovate ( Innovators' Dilemma in Learning/eLearning ) you are going to fall prey to alternatives be it do-it-yourself learning or start-ups. I lost the argument. In the long run, they'll lose. Make a Difference?

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Social Media Offerings which can b used in Social Learning

eLearning 24-7

Social Discovery – Stumble Upon (Wikipedia likes to stick this into social bookmarking, however IMO it does more than that). Wikis - Wikipedia. Open Source/Mashups - APis, open source – while open source and APIs are not social media, they will enable multi-faceted social media features and capabilities.