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Blogging in a Walled Garden

Experiencing eLearning

One of the features of Sakai that our team was looking for in a new LMS is a blogging tool. I admit some significant improvements in usability are possible in this tool. However, it does give us the option of blogging within the system. So how do you use a blog effectively when it’s housed within a walled garden?

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Daily Bookmarks 06/19/2008

Experiencing eLearning

tags: openaccess , education , highered , e-learning , creativecommons , free. Principles for assessing online discussions and other conversations (blogs, chat, etc.) tags: conversation , discussion , e-learning , highered , assessment , web2.0. tags: conversation , discussion , e-learning , highered , assessment , web2.0.

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Ad-hoc Social Learning Environment - How a Blog Drives Learning

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

We decided to set up an ad-hoc social learning environment mostly using freely available tools. We decided to outline our curriculum in a skeletal form using a blog, and then set social interactions in the curriculum context. Blog is the watering hole A learning blog is so much a happening place!

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Wordcamp 2010

Jay Cross

They see it as a platform, not a mere blogging tool. Some people think Richard Stallman a god for writing Emacs and inventing Free Software. Tags: Blogging Community. Great line-up of speakers. Glorious weather. Some participants were so enthusiastic as to call for revolution and world domination by Wordpress.

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Are you a Tech-Savvy Teacher?

E-Learning Acupuncture

I also routinely use it to obtain Creative Commons licenced graphics for use on this blog and in my powerpoint slides. So my Top 4 favourites that are NOT on this Top 100 list are: Blogger : I've been writing this blog, eLearning Acupuncture , using Blogger since 2004. It's a great blogging tool that's easy to use and stable.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

I'm writing this post for both attendees of the session to have some notes and for people who were not at the session to hopefully get value from the discussion that happened there. Existing Adoption At the very start I asked the audience for examples of where they were currently using these tools as part of learning solutions.

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Re-orientation

Jay Cross

It pleases me to think of all of the passing information, entertainment, notifications, tweets, blogs, magazines, newspapers, and so on as a never-ending stream. Links take me to my blogs, tools, events, clocks, clubs, and communities. Google Docs : collaborative writing and MyDocs in the cloud. Tags: Just Jay.

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