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  • Blogging is increasingly finding a home in education (both in school and university),
    as not only does the software remove the technical barriers to writing and publishing
    online - but the 'journal' format encourages students to keep a record of their thinking
    over time. Blogs also of course facilitate critical feedback, by letting readers add
    comments - which could be from teachers, peers or a wider audience.
  • Teachers are starting to explore the potential of blogs,
    media-sharing services and other social software - which, although not designed
    specifically for e-learning, can be used to empower students
  • to support the creation of ad-hoc learning communities.
  • Students can also use Flickr to publish their digital photography to a wider audience.
    And like blogging, the commenting function on Flickr allows for critical feedback
  • The traditional approach to e-learning has been to employ the use of a Virtual
    Learning Environment (VLE), software that is often cumbersome and expensive - and which
    tends to be structured around courses, timetables, and testing. That is an approach that
    is too often driven by the needs of the institution rather than the individual learner.
  • e-learning
    2.0     (as coined by Stephen Downes) takes a 'small
    pieces, loosely joined' approach that combines the use of discrete but complementary tools and web services - such as blogs, wikis, and other social software - to support the creation of ad-hoc learning communities.
  • Blogs also of course facilitate critical feedback, by letting readers add
    comments - which could be from teachers, peers or a wider audience.
  • Like the web itself, the early promise of e-learning - that of empowerment - has not
    been fully realized. The experience of e-learning for many has been no more than a
    hand-out published online, coupled with a simple multiple-choice quiz. Hardly inspiring,
    let alone empowering. But by using these new web services, e-learning has the potential
    to become far more personal, social and flexible."
  • enable her students to annotate and discuss a
    series of paintings as part of an online art history course.
  • e-learning 2.0 - how Web technologies are shaping education
  • Read/WriteWeb
  • about
    the effect that web technologies are having on commerce, media, and business in general.
    But outside of the 'edublogosphere', there's been little coverage of the impact it is
    having on education. Teachers are starting to explore the potential of blogs,
    media-sharing services and other soc
  • Teachers are starting to explore the potential of blogs,
    media-sharing services and other social software - which, although not designed
    specifically for e-learning, can be used to empower students and create exciting new
    learning opportunities.
  • outside of the 'edublogosphere', there's been little coverage of the impact it
    is having on education. Teachers are starting to explore the potential of
    blogs, media-sharing services and other social software - which, although not
    designed specifically for e-learning, can be used to empower students and create
    exciting new learning opportunities.
  • there's been little coverage of the impact it is
    having on education.
  • little coverage of the impact it is
    having on education.

  • "Like the web itself, the early promise of e-learning - that of empowerment -
    has not been fully realized. The experience of e-learning for many has been no
    more than a hand-out published online, coupled with a simple multiple-choice
    quiz. Hardly inspiring, let alone empowering. But by using these new web
    services, e-learning has the potential to become far more personal, social and
    flexible."

  • Like the web itself, the early promise of e-learning - that of empowerment - has not
    been fully realized. The experience of e-learning for many has been no more than a
    hand-out published online, coupled with a simple multiple-choice quiz. Hardly inspiring,
    let alone empowering. But by using these new web services, e-learning has the potential
    to become far more personal, social and flexible.
  • The traditional approach to e-learning has been to employ the use of a Virtual
    Learning Environment (VLE), software that is often cumbersome and expensive -
    and which tends to be structured around courses, timetables, and testing.
  • no more than a
    hand-out published online, coupled with a simple multiple-choice quiz
  • In contrast, e-learning
    2.0     (as coined by Stephen Downes) takes
    a 'small pieces, loosely joined' approach that combines the use of discrete but
    complementary tools and web services - such as blogs, wikis, and other social
    software - to support the creation of ad-hoc learning communities.
  • far more personal, social and flexible
  • the 'journal' format encourages students to keep a record of their thinking over
    time.
  • Blogs also of course facilitate critical feedback, by letting readers add
    comments - which could be from teachers, peers or a wider audience.
  • A single authored blog can be used to provide a personal space online, to pose
    questions, publish work in progress, and link to and comment on other web
    sources.
  • it can mix different kinds of voices, including fellow students, teachers and
    mentors, or subject specialists.
  • Richardson asked the book's author, Sue Monk Kidd, if she would participate
  • Ewan McIntosh, Musselburgh Grammar
    School in Scotland has, for the second year running, published a travel blog of the school's
    annual trip to Paris and Normandy (using TypePad's hosted blogging service).
  • McIntosh has also pioneered the use of Podcasting in education (more below), and
    last year, the school's MGS
    Podcast     was short-listed for a New Statesman New Media award.

  • More edu-blogging examples



    Under the guidance of Ewan McIntosh,
    Musselburgh Grammar School in Scotland has, for the second year running, published a travel blog of the school's annual trip
    to Paris and Normandy (using TypePad's hosted
    blogging service). Additionally, the student council publishes a blog to keep the
    school's community informed and involved on various issues. McIntosh has also pioneered
    the use of Podcasting in education (more below), and last year, the school's MGS Podcast was short-listed for a New
    Statesman New Media award.

  • Apple is heavily
    marketing     its iPod and associated content creation tools (iMovie,
    GarageBand, and iTunes) to the education sector.
  • check out the MGS Podcast
    which I wrote about for
    the Guardian    .
  • The photo-sharing site Flickr is also
    finding use within education - as it provides a valuable resource for students
    and educators looking for images for use in presentations, learning materials or
    coursework.
  • A lesser-known feature of Flickr - the ability to add hot-spot annotations to an
    image - also has much potential as a learning tool.
  • Beth Harris, director of distance learning at the Fashion Institute of
    Technology, State University of New York, has used this feature to enable her
    students to annotate and discuss a series
    of paintings as part of an online art history course.
  • the ability to add hot-spot annotations to an image
  • The educational potential of social software and services is huge. However, much
    of the work being done by educators (of which I've barely scratched the surface)
    is in danger of being undermined by the recently proposed Deleting
    Online Predators Act     (DOPA).
  • This legislation attempts to address the moral panic over sites
    like MySpace and the perceived 'dangers' they pose to children, by banning the use of
    commercial social networking websites in US schools and libraries which receive federal
    IT funding. A "commercial social networking website" is defined as any web service
    that:
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  • on 2008-04-10 Chrisahn23
    Yo, this is a great summary article about what we are doing. This article proves that we have been definitely on the righ path~ Let's try to focus on SC and Facebook apps for now while it is worth to keep our eyes on DOPA Act. Additionally, it is crucial to remind that a perfectly "structured" SC web site means everything for us: SC must be fun, innovative, and informative. It is time for us to stick with in-depth overall system with our project~ We can do this bro... JIOS!!!
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