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The changing Web

Learning with e's

remains a contested label for new and emergent properties that are found on the Web. Debate focuses on whether the emerging social applications constitute a sea change or revolution in the Web (cf. has spawned concepts such as folksonomy, ‘Darwikianism’ and the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ (Kamel Boulos et al, 2006). Maramba, I.

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Learning and KM: Separated at birth?

Jay Cross

A social media consumer, HBS professor, MIT research scientist, and author, McAfee focuses on how emergent social software platforms are benefiting enterprises, and how smart organizations and their leaders are making effective use of them to share knowledge, inspire innovation, and enable decision making.

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LearnTrends: Microlearning

Experiencing eLearning

Basic goal: make learning more effective through new media. To know if it’s effective. Current definitions: Microlearning emerges from microcontent. folksonomy rather than standardization. Why study microlearning? No repository (unless you view the whole web as a repository). Not dependent on time or place.