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Innovate: Virtual Worlds, Simulations and Games for Education

July 3, 2009
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The Innovate – Journal of Online Education, June/July 2009 issue is dedicated to virtual worlds, simulation and games in Education. Editors’ note excerpt: Virtual worlds and simulations are a source of both excitement and anxiety for educators. Alongside the seemingly limitless opportunities for enhancing learning, educators must also grapple with the challenges that arise with [...]

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Innovation 2008: The Real and The Ideal

January 22, 2008
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The Renaissance of ee-Learning

August 5, 2007

Some Historical Thoughts on the ee-Learning Renaissance by Jack M. Nilles, Innovate 3 (6), 2007. Synopsis: Jack Nilles surveys the evolution of ee-learning at the University of Southern California, together with the first formal telecommuting demonstration program, from its beginnings in the early 1970s to the relevant trends in 2006. Although the basic technologies of [...]

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Innovate: The Knowledge Building Paradigm

June 7, 2007

The Knowledge Building Paradigm: A Model of Learning for Net Generation Students, by Donald Philip, Innovate, 3 (5), 2007. Abstract: In this article Donald Philip describes Knowledge Building, a pedagogy based on the way research organizations function. The global economy, Philip argues, is driving a shift from older, industrial models to the model of the [...]

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Innovate: Is Education 1.0 Ready for Web 2.0 Students?

April 15, 2007

Is Education 1.0 Ready for Web 2.0 Students?, by John Thompson, Innovate, Vol. 3 (2007). ‘Web 2.0 is here. Internet users are not only finding information on the Internet; they are also creating and uploading content. What will be the impact on colleges and universities as more digitally savvy students, those who are accustomed to [...]

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Social Software in Learning and Teaching

August 27, 2006

Innovate: Teaching Social Software with Social Software. ‘Ulises Mejias examines how social software—information and communications technologies that facilitate the collaboration and exchange of ideas—enables students to participate in distributed research, an approach to learning in which knowledge is collectively constructed and shared. During Fall 2005, Mejias taught a graduate seminar that provided students with hands-on [...]

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