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eLearning Topics

Tony Karrer

In each case, these are crude in that they look only at what terms people are using in a given content set. Back in 2007, I pointed out various aspects of what I was seeing: strategy/strategic and performance are back as topics after dropping way down in 2006 surprisingly trainer is also back, you would think in the age of eLearning 2.0

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The changing Web

Learning with e's

One of the greatest changes (and challenges) for education over the last few years has been the proliferation of user generated content. 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). 2006) Introducing Web 2.0:

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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). However, there is evidence that students begin to support each other when they share the same online space and have mutual goals to achieve.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with e's

Around the turn of the century we all began to be aware of a surge in the use of the Web for creating content. By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.

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knowledge and Learning In The News - 7/20/2006

Big Dog, Little Dog

Folksonomies: A User-Driven Approach to Organizing Content - UI. Folksonomies, a new user-driven approach to organizing information, may help alleviate some of the challenges of taxonomies.