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The grassroots of learning

E-Learning Provocateur

Here’s a common scenario: I “quickly” look up something on Wikipedia, and hours later I have 47 tabs open as I delve into tangential aspects of the topic. Since I’ve been blogging about the semantics of education lately, I thought it high time to dig a little deeper. That’s the beauty of hypertext.

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Corporate Social Bookmarking Tools

Tony Karrer

I thought I had blogged about this before, but I'm not finding the post. Here are the social bookmarking tools that I commonly cite in presentations: BEA Pathways Cogenz Connectbeam del.irio.us - perl based, very similar to del.icio.us IBM Lotus Connections Scuttle – Open Source WSSsearch - SharePoint add-on Any others?

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

There were about 7 examples mentioned including Intuit using a Wiki-like system for customers to ask questions/get advice around taxes, using a group blog with students prior to a formal learning event, the US Army's use of collaboration tools to share best practices in Iraq, and several others. Wouldn't you rather have it out in the open?

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Both sides now

Jay Cross

Employees can upload or create documents, spreadsheets, wikis, and blogs, then invite co-workers and partners to access, edit, and download content. Possible solution: Get the knock-off versions of web tools provided by IBM, EMC, BEA, and Microsoft. These apps often include productivity enhancers such as search and tagging.

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