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The architecture of learning

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tools are configured in such a way that they 'get smarter the more people use them.' The Machine is Us/ing Us , which shows how web tools work better the more people use them. The emergent properties of content organisation are folksonomies, and are the product of loose organised that is bottom-up rather than top-down.

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eLearning Topics

Tony Karrer

But still, this gives a general indication and it's especially interesting when you compare it to 2007 : Corporate Blog (20) Personal Learning (23) eLearning Tools (323) Software Simulation (21) Qarbon (6) Second Life (135) PowerPoint (148) Google Scholar (9) Authorware (16) Ah the good old days of 2007. Seems so long ago. :) How about 2005

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Learning pathways

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There is also evidence that learning communities informally decide their own priorities, often observed in the emerging folksonomies that result when digital content is organised, shared and curated. Image by justpeace Learning pathways by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Next generation learning

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This change has been realised through access to inexpensive internet tools that offer easy ways to connect with others of similar interest. No longer is the computer your only mind tool and extension of your memory - now you can also call on everyone else in the world. Learning 2.0 Learning 3.0, Learning 3.0 Where Learning 1.0

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The changing Web

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Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. has spawned concepts such as folksonomy, ‘Darwikianism’ and the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ (Kamel Boulos et al, 2006). The web is constantly changing.

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Parabolic learning

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We have previously explored a number of learning theories, new learning technologies, concepts around crowdsourcing, wisdom of crowds, folksonomies and user generated content, Web 2.0, The group wiki is here if anyone wishes to view some of their content. mobile learning and a whole host of other themes during the course. Unported License.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

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social web) tools in teacher education for the last two years and have attempted to qualify their use in a number of areas of learner support including shared online spaces (Wheeler et al, 2008) and blogs (Wheeler and Lambert-Heggs, 2008). One of the most popular and easy to use tools in the wiki – a shared website which anyone can edit.

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