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"The veteran technology commentator argues that a better understanding of how we connect our attention and intentions online can help individuals and society" (Ellis, 2012.05.11, deck, retrieved 2012.05.17).
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Press release about Skype in the classroom
in list: Educational Technology
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Skype in the classroom strives to enrich students' learning experiences to discover new cultures, languages and ideas without leaving the classroom.
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Skype in the classroom strives to enrich students' learning experiences to discover new cultures, languages and ideas without leaving the classroom. Skype in the classroom now features each individual organization's dynamic content, projects and available guest speakers
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"... The project described in this digest was designed with the belief that teacher professional growth can best be fostered through sustained collaborative inquiry between teachers and researchers. It has set out to incorporate what is known about quality professional development with the special features necessary for meeting the needs of English language learners. The project has defined a model of sheltered instruction based on the research of best practices, as well as on the experiences of the participating teachers and researchers..." (¶1).
in list: Teacher Education, Educational Measurement
Representation of a discussion paper by Ted Panitz (1996) distinguishing collaborative from cooperative learning, in which he argues: "Collaboration is a philosophy of interaction and personal lifestyle whereas cooperation is a structure of interaction designed to facilitate the accomplishment of an end product or goal" (para. 2), and concludes, "...[I]t behooves teachers to educate themselves about the myriad of techniques and philosophies which create interactive environments where students take more responsibility for their own learning and that of their peers" (final para.).
in list: Online Collaboration
"GROU.PS is a do-it-yourself social networking platform that allows people to come together and form interactive communities around a shared interest or affiliation with built-in apps enabling easy collaboration and communication" (What is GROU.PS, ¶1, 2011.11.15).
"GROU.PS may be considered as an improved version of services like Yahoo! Groups, Google Groups" (Helen Kershaw, Knowplace.ca, OWTools: GROU.PS - Sunday, 23 July 2006, 06:23 AM)
in list: Social Networking
Educause Learning Initiative. (2006).
"In 2001, Emory University opened a student computing center designed to foster digital literacy and collaboration among students and faculty. The Cox Hall Computing Center reenvisions the traditional student computing lab as a creative, mixed-use facility where students drive their own collaborative initiatives and faculty use incubator classrooms to test new multimedia tools and collaborative teaching approaches" (Abstract, ¶1).
in list: Educational Technology
Wheeler, Steve; Yeomans, Peter; & Wheeler, Dawn. (2008). The good, the bad and the wiki: Evaluating student-generated content for collaborative learning. <i>British Journal of Educational Technology 39</i>(6), 987-995.
in list: Online Collaboration
Holger mentioned three kinds of trust:
1) <i>affect-based</i> – "influenced by the first visual expression we have, plus the additional information we get from our other senses" (¶2);
2) <i>cognition-based</i> – derived from analysis of personal info. and behavior (¶3); and
3) <i>swift</i> – derived from observation of "team members’ behavior while working on joint projects" (¶4).
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This page covers overview, exploration, practice, and self-assessment resources that focus on assessment in project-based learning.
in list: Faculty Development
"The trickiest of the cracks to get our heads around is the “connected divide,” separating those who are proficient in collaborative, creative and connected social networks and those who are not. It is growing exponentially wider on a daily basis. ... [C]onnectedness will define the value of education over the next generation" (¶7, 2011.07.27).
in list: Digital Divides
"online meeting platform . . . for realtime collaboration"
in list: Online Collaboration, Educational Technology
"The best part about Dropbox as a collaborative tool, is that two people can edit the same file simultaneously. In that situation, Dropbox saves two distinct copies of the same files, each with a person’s edits to ensure that both edits are preserved" (3. Be Smarter About Collaborating On Projects, ¶3, 2011.02.23).
in list: Educational Technology
Ward, Janelle. (2009). Rewriting research. <i>The Broker 15</i>, 12-18. Retrieved February 21, 2011, from http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/en/Special-Reports/Special-report-Social-academia/Rewriting-research
Source of recast: Online Collaborative Writing: How Blogs And Wikis Are Changing The Academic Publishing Process
Link: http://www.masternewmedia.org/online-collaborative-writing-how-blogs-and-wikis-are-changing-the-academic-publishing-process/
in list: Online Collaboration, Writing
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Above all, to be successful, a wiki needs constant maintenance. ‘Group buy-in’ and ‘collective adoption’ are essential, which means that all members of the group must share an enthusiasm to make regular contributions.
In contrast with academic blogs, where the identity of the main contributor is clear, wikis tend to downplay individual identity in favour of the group. They also feature research that often places equal value on academic and non-academic perspectives.
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Above all, to be successful, a wiki needs constant maintenance. ‘Group buy-in’ and ‘collective adoption’ are essential, which means that all members of the group must share an enthusiasm to make regular contributions.
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"Originally written by Janelle Ward for The Broker, and first published on August 5th, 2009 as <a href="http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/en/Special-Reports/Special-report-Social-academia/Rewriting-research">Rewriting Research</a>" (footnote [URL revised, PB, 2011.02.21]), this article covers the following topics:
Academic Blogging
Blog Types and Purposes
Who Are Academic Bloggers
Blogging Rewards
Collaborative Writing and Wikis
Pros and Cons of Using Wikis
Wikis['] Effectiveness
Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and Beyond
The Growing Use of Online Tools
in list: Online Collaboration, Writing
"a cloud based document comparison and redlining tool making it easier to share, delegate and collaborate" (Document comparison in the cloud, ¶1, 2010.02.14)
in list: Writing, Tech. Tools
"an alphabetical index of Web 2.0 tools, from Blogs to Wikispaces, with evaluations and recommendations for each one." (Carole, Wikispaces Blog, Best Educational Wikis of 2010, 2011.01.17 [retreived 2011.01.28])
in list: Educational Technology
"Here are a few tools you may want to consider, some of their notable features and the cost for using them" (¶2, 2010.11.24).
in list: Online Collaboration
"... a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more" (retrieved 2010.10.15)
in list: Online Collaboration
"comprehensive collaborative learning workshop guide, developed from the ELI 2009 Fall Focus Session" (¶3, retrieved 2010.08.18)
in list: Online Collaboration
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