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5 technologies to promote creative learning

Learning with e's

2) Wiki''d Writing: Ask your students (in small groups or on their own) to either edit an existing Wikipedia page, or create a new one on a topic not yet covered. The latter option is more advanced and problematic, because many of the commonly known topics are already well covered on Wikipedia. I bet you can come up with some more!

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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

An API (Application Program Interface) enables an interface from a piece of software to communicate with another piece of software (in its simplest form) or multiple pieces of software (called a mashup). Search for restaurants in Google and Google Maps shows up with the various restaurants on the map. Wikipedia capabilities?

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When Traditional Classrooms Go Digital, Education Takes The Shape Of Blended Learning

ProProfs

Modern learning has become a perfect mashup of traditional and contemporary methods in recent times, courtesy of the digital revolution. Wikipedia defines blended learning as an education program which combines online digital media with traditional classroom methods. But, it is the time to wake up.

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LCB Question for December - Past Year, Present Challenges, Predictions

Tony Karrer

I found myself using Wikipedia early in research tasks on all sorts of topics. Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-ups What do you see as the biggest challenges for 2007? And if you are talking Reusable Learning Objects, Courseware Templates, Tracking Mechanisms, Content Management, etc. I lost the argument.

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KEVIN THORN – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

As learning designers, it’s impossible to learn, know, and keep up with all the advancements and innovations in our industry, but I do think it is important to be aware of the ever-changing landscape. What other technologies do you envisage to power up such interactive videos to make them more powerful and natural?

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Five Myths of Social Learning

Xyleme

Contrary to what we’d like to believe, social learning doesn’t always start at the training department and work its way up, quite the opposite. While many learning vendors have thrown their hat into the Web 2.0 ring, community needs to be a core competency, not simply an extension of an existing learning silo.

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2008 in retrospect

Jay Cross

I’m closing the chapter on 2008 and gearing up for 2009 and beyond. Marc Rosenberg, Allison Rossett, Barbara Pellow, and I led Up to Speed, an event in NYC for Mimeo. Posted my first video mash-up to YouTube. Led learning track on Future of Talent retreat in Tiburon. Be forewarned: it’s me, me, me.