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TCC08: Wikis and Blogs and Tags: Oh Why?

Experiencing eLearning

Diigo = “delicious on steroids&# with more annotations or conversations, sticky notes. Important to teach students collaborative skills to prepare for work. Teams are goal-directed. Wikis have more work application for students too. Diigo’s dashboard has forums for discussion. More social community.

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Why Content Curation Should be in Your Skillset

Jay Cross

Diigo facilitates curating bookmarks; here are my Diigo pointers on the topic of Curation. Research shows that work teams that need to share complex knowledge need tighter social bonds. Work teams often share a unique language or vocabulary. Several companies offer inexpensive or free curation tools.