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Blogging in a Walled Garden

Experiencing eLearning

So how do you use a blog effectively when it’s housed within a walled garden? Blog Conversations. Without linking, the blog writing is flatter; it doesn’t have that dimension of linking to other posts. The blog tool doesn’t create an RSS feed (which actually makes sense for a private blog like this).

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Resistance is futile

Learning with e's

Colleagues resisted the presence of computers, because they were worried about the potential effects, and some also questioned their validity. I had to ensure that the computers were deployed appropriately and in a manner that would demonstrate their effectiveness. The same can be said for the participative Web.

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Convergence Learning

The Learning Circuits

Competencies require the mastery of the 5 Cs : Content, Conversation, Connectivity, Collaboration, and Context: While we all enjoy a good speaker, literature, or video that a well prepared lesson can provide, we also need to create and search for our own content in order to provide meaning to the new information.