Monthly Archives: November 2007
Education: Free College Classes and Learning Opportunities: Sharing Knowledge Through Wikis, Podcasts and Downloads
Finding free education materials and sharing their whereabouts is a passion of mine. For example I have written before aboutMIT’s Opencourseware program, and also the educator’sfeesharing Website, Connexions . Wikipedia’s Educational Outreach Programs: 1. Wikiversity A fascinatingneweducational opportunityI recently discovered … Continue reading
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Education: Online Language Learning via Web 2.0
If you’ve ever tried to learn a language via tapes, or CD’s you know it generally doesn’t work. First, despite earnestly trying many a student usually gives up after just a month or so. Language tapes, textbooks and rote memorizationcan … Continue reading
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Web 2.0: Collective Intelligence
Rays of Collective Intelligence within the Web 2.0 environment: Web 2.0 is aboutWeb usersconnecting together and collectively creating and sharing knowledge. It is an extremely powerful and exciting concept which I find particularly compelling.It is also the basic foundationofthe theory … Continue reading
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Web 2.0 – An Introduction and Definition
Web 2.0. Everyone seems to be talking about it.The termis appearing more and more these days andyou may be asking yourself what does it really mean? In search for clarity, I set out to find experts in the fieldso that … Continue reading
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World Usability Day
Today, November 8, 2007 was World Usability Day. This year’s theme was Healthcare. If you are interested in viewing all the happenings, please visit here. With over 210 events in 39 countries, this earth day style event promoted the value … Continue reading
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TED: Education Free Open Source Materials for Teachers
Another great idea from TED: Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk has a giant vision: to create a free global online education system that puts the power of creation and collaboration in the hands of teachers worldwide. He’s realizing that vision … Continue reading
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