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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Using FaceBook

Learning Visions

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Using FaceBook Im trying to expand my horizons a bit these days and have been taking a closer look at a whole bunch of tools out there, including SecondLife and FaceBook. FaceBook seems like such a student-world application, and yet folks say more and more "grown-ups" are using it. But its a start.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

This is a continuation from yesterday''s post on changing roles , disruptive innovation and the survival of higher education. 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). and Purdon, M.

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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). has spawned concepts such as folksonomy, ‘Darwikianism’ and the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ (Kamel Boulos et al, 2006). 2006) Introducing Web 2.0: and Purdon, M.

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How To Create an Interactive Learning School and Engage Your Learners

learnWorlds

Imagine what you could do by offering a small Facebook-like social network within your school. The learner is able to discuss issues, ideas, suggestions, engage in role-playing for problem-solving, and share experiences and advice within a community of practice. Manage and Control your Community. How the Community Works in LearnWorlds.

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An interview with Julia Boorstin, CNBC correspondent and author of ‘When Women Lead’

CLO Magazine

Julia Boorstin is CNBC’s senior media and tech correspondent and has been an on-air reporter for the network since 2006. She plays a central role on CNBC’s bicoastal tech-focused program “TechCheck,” delivering reporting, analysis and CEO interviews with a focus on social media and the intersection of media and technology.

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A Pharmaceutical Leveraging Web 2.0 --In a Big Way

Kapp Notes

Pfizer, the world's largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company, with its corporate headquarters located in New York, created Pfizerpedia (based loosely on Wikipedia ) in 2006 and has been leveraging the interactive-community-based tool ever since. Pfizerpedia is resource-sharing Web 2.0 as shown in the slideshow below.)

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Gin System

Learning Visions

Monday, July 02, 2007 The Gin System As Ive been trying to sort out the role of FaceBook lately, I cant help but wonder "wheres the content?" It seems to me that FaceBook is a great networking tool. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Have you heard of it?