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The changing Web

Learning with e's

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. As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0 Essentially, the Web has become more social. geotagging). Maramba, I.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with e's

Previous posts in this series tracked the development of educational technology over 40 years. I first started working in the field of educational technology in January 1976, at a time when technology was used more for teaching than it was for learning. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched. Unported License.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

In this paper, having revisited my previous speeches I''m going to try to gaze once more into the near future in an attempt to determine what education might look like in the light of the technological developments that comprise Web 2.0. As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0 The Changing Web (2.0) Introducing Web 2.0:

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EDEN saw play.

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sessions, which came under the heading of 'Emerging New Media and technology'. Tom Wambeke's (KATHO, Belgium) session entitled 'Educational Blogging: in search of a general taxonomy', concluded that folksonomies were less hierarchical and more appropriate measures of blogs. I'm thinking about the Web 2.0 Kept us on our toes.

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Knowledge and Learning In The News - 4/15/2006

Big Dog, Little Dog

IT Conversations (podcast). He talks about technologies, how they are now aimed inward and gives a number of s curve examples. He talks about technologies, how they are now aimed inward and gives a number of s curve examples. The Name Game - folksonomies - CIO. What's driving this?

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December's BIG QUESTION!!! Part I

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

A consortium of corporate training folks from Wal-Mart Stores, American Express, Intel, and more than 200 other companies, organized by learning and technology think tank The MASIE Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., BusinessWeek also quoted me for part of their series on SecondLife in an article called My Virtual Life. That's always fun! "