In particular, I am seeking insight from this case study into the “balance of power” tension. The challenge is how to do so without stifling the free and creative contributions that are essential to a Wiki’s success. The CorVu case study The company I work for, CorVu , started using Wikis within its R&D group back in 2000 using the original WikiWikiWeb software. Our children may not learn the word “Wiki,” but they will be surprised The Balance of Power There are a wide variety of uses for Wikis and a level of interest in using them that’s matched by an extensive range of Wiki software.

This essay argues that these are critical questions to game studies, and educational studies, particularly work in the learning sciences, and offers some important practical and theoretical traditions that games studies can draw upon as it matures as a field. Pawns of the Game: The Current State of Games-Based Social Science Research In the United States, and increasingly in Europe, games such as Doom or Quake have garnered a disproportionate share of attention in the press, as they have become pawns in a culture war waged by cultural

During my Google searches over the past few days I have found a few interesting studies on the use of social media in education.  Some of the studies are light on conclusive data, but they provide great evidence of building trends in learning and the possible outcomes.  One such study I found was The Use of Blogs [...] Related Related posts:Social Media Tools in Social LearningLearning Putty 2009 Edublog Awards NominationsUsing Online Forums in Social Learning [[ This is a content summary only.

However, this article – why studies about multitasking Are missing the point – takes a different stance. Multitasking has gotten bad publicity recently. I personally don’t think I multitask – I task switch. Some people

Below are the slides from my presentation at DevLearn 2009. I co-presented this session along with my colleague, John Polaschek . The presentation had two main areas of focus: How micro-blogging can be used to help facilitate discussions and knowledge-sharing between employees

Tags: Blog case studies telepresenc This week’s Economist contains an interesting feature on Cisco. In Reshaping Cisco: The world according to Chambers , the article reports on Cisco’s own prolific use of it’s top-end video conferencing tool TelePresence: “The 8220;The firm—to borrow a choice Silicon Valley expression—eats a lot of its own dog food: digital tools that allow cheap and efficient communication.

These worksheets allow a SME to “fill in the blanks” of a case study, employee scenario, or process-in-action sequence without having to start with a blank piece of paper. Tags: learning design rapid elearning case study content course design scenario SME subject matter exper Previously, I focused on identifying the elusive “need to have” content that supports the performance objectives in a course design. I

Shmoop offers free Learning Guides in seven subjects: subjects: literature, poetry, bestsellers, U.S. history, civics, biography, and music. Shmoop uses a conversational tone in combination with pop culture, trivia and humor to help make topics approachable and relevant to high school students. Examples

She has conducted an ethnographic study on what youth are doing with new media and discusses some of the results. When watching the video I kept reminding myself that the subjects of her study will be entering the job market rather soon and will be participating in our corporate learning soon. Here is Mimo Ito’s blog post on the study’s findings. ...Tags: Here is Mimi Ito on Living and Learning with New Media . She provides a good perspectives on how kids are using new media, including how they learn with new media/social media.

The report is based on a survey conducted between October 2008 and May 2009 among a nationally representative sample of 2,002 3rd-12th grade students ages 8-18, including a self-selected subsample of 702 respondents who completed seven-day media use diaries, which were used to calculate multitasking proportions.' Here are 10 stand-out findings from the report: Youth aged 8 - 18 spend more than 7.5hrs a day (equivalent of a work day) using a smart phone, computer, tv or other electronic device - 7 days a week Less than five years ago the above number was less than 6.5hrs per day The