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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). geotagging).

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

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I will then speculate on the current changes in practice that might emerge, both for the institution and the teacher. This is a contested label for new and emergent properties that are found on the Web. Debate centres upon whether the emerging social applications constitute a sea change or revolution in the Web (cf. Maramba, I.

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Taskonomies: Why beer and diapers go well together

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

I also love the idea of Folksonomies instead of taxonomies. Definitely read the article.here's a good piece: "The hardware store organization is based upon a taxonomy : appropriate for libraries and for stores where the major problem is locating the desired item out of context. The concept of taskonomy REALLY rings true for me.