December 2006

Connectivism Controversy

December 22, 2006

Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age, by George Siemens (December 2004). ‘Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are the three broad learning theories most often utilized in the creation of instructional environments. These theories, however, were developed in a time when learning was not impacted through technology. Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized [...]

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Building a Global Digital Archive: Open Content Alliance (OCA)

December 21, 2006

The Open Content Alliance (OCA) represents the collaborative efforts of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that will help build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia content. Content in the OCA archive will be accessible soon through this website and through Yahoo! The OCA will [...]

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Women of Web 2.0

December 21, 2006

Women of Web 2.0. ‘Women of Web 2.0 is for all who are using the tools of the internet whether it be in a classroom setting, leading seminars, authoring books, maintaining blogs or wikis, or just enjoying the tools of the internet in an educational and exciting way. Women of Web 2.0 is brought to [...]

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Resources about Games and Simulations

December 20, 2006

Resources about Games and Simulations at EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. ‘Games and simulations provide educators with an opportunity to engage learners in an immersive and interactive environment that requires knowledge, decision making, and information management skills. However, games and simulations used in teaching and learning can be controversial; their association with play and fun is often [...]

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Learning by Screencast Blog

December 18, 2006

Learning by Screencast. ‘Learning by Screencast offers you free screencasts for self-learning. A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, often containing audio narration. In other words: when you are watching screencast, then you have virtual teacher, who shows and explains how to use some kind of software or make some kind of [...]

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The Edublog Awards 2006 Winners Announced

December 17, 2006

Here is the winners list of the 2006 Edublog Awards. Congratulations to all!

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Clark N. Quinn: Seven Steps to Better E-learning

December 17, 2006

Seven Steps to Better E-learning. ‘Too much of e-learning is inadvertently designed to minimize effectiveness. Online courses often fail to engage the learner’s interest and what we know about how people learn isn’t applied, among other problems. Remember that the desired outcome of a learning intervention is a change in behavior; it’s all about doing, [...]

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Open Technology at IBM

December 16, 2006

Open Technology: Discover the promise. ‘Open technologies present a wealth of opportunities for educators. By supplying software and hardware that is interoperable and available with few or no licensing restrictions, open technology can enable development of collaborative learning environments within schools and higher education institutions around the world. IBM is committed to supporting open technologies [...]

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