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The changing Web

Learning with e's

This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' My own students create a lot of their own content during their study, usually in the form of podcasts, videos, wiki and blog content, and are encouraged to share these publicly online to gain additional feedback. The web is constantly changing.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

The Social Web is comprised of software that enables people to both read from, and write onto web spaces. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association 27, 65-67. Wikis, blogs and podcasts : a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education. and Purdon, M. Introducing Web 2.0:

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The social impact of disruptive technology

Learning with e's

Of course, what I write on my blog is not institutionally checked, which is different to a publication in a scientific journal which may go through two blind peer reviews. But in fact my readership reviews and comments on what I write, and this in a way is more valuable to me than a formal review.