Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2014

We can expect for example to see some of the more visionary professors encouraging their students to create and edit Wikipedia pages for course credits, or publish their own articles and books through open publishing for Kindle or other e-book platforms. Unported License. Whether it takes 3 years or 30 is up for grabs.

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Learning with e's

MAY 3, 2015

The exponential growth of online repositories of knowledge (Wikipedia), media (Wikimedia Commons - the source of the image above), images (Flickr, Instagram) and video (YouTube, Vimeo) would not have been so dramatic if there was less demand. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 18, 2015

Wikipedia is yet another example of disruptive innovation. Culturally Wikipedia has thoroughly disrupted the idea that you need to consult a printed encyclopaedia to get expert information. Unported License. Technically it is a collaborative online work space for creating and sharing content.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 16, 2011

In an interesting episode last year, I personally experienced the power of the viral web through Wikipedia Commons. My photo even graces his Wikipedia page (in all language versions). Image source by Ocean Flynn Our viral web by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2014

The people''s encylopaedia - Wikipedia - is now the largest in the world, and continues to grow, eclipsing previous megaliths such as Encyclopaedia Britannica. Photo by Luc Viatour on Wikimedia Commons The Web and us by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2013

The book features a number of examples of collective action using new tools, including the creation of the world''s largest repository of knowledge, Wikipedia , which didn''t even exist prior to 2001. Photo by Steve Wheeler All together now by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

A secondary argument is that there is a large amount of content on the web that is spurious, deceiving or inaccurate, and that user generated sites such as Wikipedia and blogs undermine the authority of professionals and academics. Unported License. and Wilson, B. 1999) Learning with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective.

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Learning with e's

JULY 13, 2015

What would have happened if Jimmy Wales had been overruled by his colleagues, and Wikipedia had been exclusively a knowledge repository populated by credentialled academics and scholars? What if talented and knowledgeable lay-people had been excluded from contributing to Wikipedia? Unported License. It's a good start.

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Learning with e's

MAY 15, 2014

Thanks to Wikipedia, I now know that Saipan is an island in the Marianas, south of Japan, and that it is a part of the Commonwealth of the US, with a population of close to 50,000 people. Photo by Steve Wheeler Doing and knowing by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 19, 2015

Other technologies have similar potential for positive disruption, and yet are largely ignored or forbidden in formal education contexts Wikipedia, as I mentioned in yesterday's post , is a disruptor. The basic philosophy behind Wikipedia and the general practice of user generated content is that everybody can be an editor and a commentator.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2015

Resources such as Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons have advanced learning to new levels. Photo by Jacques Cousteau on Wikimedia Commons Opening up learning by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Reference Putnam, R.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

Self organised spaces such as Wikipedia and YouTube have received bad press in the past, but increasingly, such huge, and ever growing repositories of knowledge and learning resources will become more important in education. Unported License. We can no longer afford to teach in the same ways as we were taught.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2015

The arrival of Creative Commons licensing made free sharing a more attractive proposition for everyone. They contribute to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons (where the picture on this page was found) with no qualms about copyright, or how much of their time they are giving up. Unported License. Cambridge: Polity Press.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 21, 2015

Here''s what Wikipedia says (and it''s accurate): In education, ipsative assessment is the practice of assessing present performance against the prior performance of the person being assessed. Unported License. One teacher raised their hand. This is a standard response. If it happened, it would be a seismic shift in education.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 11, 2015

Spontaneous network connections, incorporating social media into physical spaces, the use of digital repositories such as Wikipedia, all seemed radical several years ago. Photo by Steve Wheeler Good morning Barcelona!! Unported License. Cue applause. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 2, 2015

Web searches could only go so far to provide knowledge, and that knowledge might be superficial anyway, especially if it had been generated by amateurs on a site such as Wikipedia. Unported License. There were already many criticisms of how users simply Googled something when they needed to know something. Reference Carr, N.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Photo Credit: Corner Pocket - Day 42 by Vox Efx Posted by Cammy Bean at 8:50 AM Labels: global , instructional design , market 6comments: KarROX said. Did my wikipedia scan and saw much, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Mark, I wondered if the Wikipedia entry would be too obscure. United States License.

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Learning Visions

JULY 6, 2007

Photo credit: "One Heart" by Sanja Gjenero from stock.xchng Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:54 AM Labels: e-learning strategy , wiki 2comments: Michele Martin said. Folks I have talked to resist the idea of the wiki -- they think wikipedia, they think "amateurs" trashing your content. United States License. Yes, I love my wiki.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 5, 2008

Agencies Share Information By Taking a Page From Wikipedia : "Thats right, the Office of Management and Budget, where caution and precision rule, has embraced Wikipedia as a model, hosting an online place where federal officials can swap information and ideas outside traditional boundaries.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

EveryStockPhoto is a search engine for creative commons photos, located in Vancouver, BC. They aim to be a community for designers, developers, photographers and other media publishers who want better, easier access to license-specific media on the web. 4) Stock.xchng Close to 200,000 photos. Indexing over 283,000 free photos.

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Learning with e's

MAY 9, 2013

Take Wikipedia for example. All Wikipedia has done to promote the vast ever expanding storehouse of knowledge, is to provide the environment within which it all takes place. Wikipedia facilitates knowledge generation, sharing, remixing and repurposing because it is an open, accessible space where everyone can participate.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Sometimes its not even consciously done -- they might put up photos and tag them -- dont mean to generate content for others, but they do) Wearable computing (being a cyborg and having implants is the stuff of sci fi -- but its not that far away) "We look at the future through rear-view mirrors." United States License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Social networks, blogging , podcasting, online repositories such as Wikipedia and YouTube, and the rapid convergence of older technologies began to shape the educational technology landscape and brought us to where we are right now. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 7, 2013

Wikipedia, YouTube and a host of other social media platforms are examples of this switch. Photo by Steve Wheeler Digital beings by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. He poses the question how can technology make our lives better?

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Learning with e's

JULY 11, 2011

These statistics also fail to take into account all the other content that is being generated on, for example Flickr (more than 3000 images each minute ), Wikipedia, Facebook (3 billion photos and 20 million videos uploaded every month ), Myspace, Wiktionary, Vimeo, Picasa and innumerable other user generated content repositories.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 3, 2014

Most people by now know that Wikipedia is the world''s largest encyclopaedia. This is largely because literally anyone can freely create pages and edit its content, and the architecture of Wikipedia is such that no content can ever be truly lost, because the previous version of any page can be rolled back if required.

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eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Photo credit: bookworm by Oo_Dee_oO. Unported License. According to Wikipedia here is the definition. Which reminded me of an old post of mine from 2008: Essential Reading for Instructional Design. Lots of books to read, so get to work, you! The blank page and writer’s block are familar companions to all authors.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2013

On Wikipedia he says: ''.the Photo by Jonny Jelinek Power struggle by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. wikipedia Technology power knowledge community learning convergence media Culture democracy Henry Jenkins' the process works.

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Learning with e's

MAY 27, 2013

Everyone who has a smart phone it seems, is a potential photo journalist. Wikipedia has for many replaced Encyclopaedia Britannica as the first port of call for knowledge acquisition. The checks and balances being implemented by the likes of Wikipedia are attempts to ensure that such knowledge is accurate and relevant.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 22, 2013

That's what tools such as Wikipedia do, you see. Photo by Tom Swift Rewired, not fade away by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Unported License. They democratise knowledge. As ever, I welcome your comments.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2015

You can learn just about anything thanks to YouTube and Wikipedia. Photo courtesy of Jim Groom From EDUPUNK to ds106. 10Q: Jim Groom by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Literally, they jump up and down on me and harass me until I get up.

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