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Instant Messaging (IM) and Chat

This page provides links to resources that take a look at the importance of instant messaging, chat and other live interactions for learning.

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Synchronous Discussion in Online Courses: A Pedagogical Strategy for Taming the Chat Beast

“Craig Smith focuses on chat, a common way for online instructors to replace classroom discussion. He provides a protocol to keep discussions focused and productive, helping teachers realize the potential usefulness of an easily accessible technological tool.” Craig W Smith, innovate, June/July 2005, Vol 2, Issue 5

Added: 7 June 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
“Smith clearly outlines his protocol and provides an example of a class discussion using his chat etiquette.”

The professor as instant messenger

“I decided last semester to follow the lead of those pioneering instructors who have become IM buddies with their students. If my students found e-mail a clunky and outdated way to communicate, I wanted to reach out to them and use instant messaging.” Kathryn Wymer, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 2006

Added: 7 February 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
The personal experience of one college lecturer as she uses IM to communicate with her students

Using instant messaging for collaborative learning

“In this article, I describe the results of a pilot study involving the provision of corrective feedback to ESL learners through collaborative work utilizing the text-based chat and audio features of Yahoo! Messenger (Yahoo IM), a form of synchronous desktop videoconferencing (DVC). I also discuss the implications of such studies for enhancing language learning outside of traditional contexts and possibly encouraging connectivity and informal collaboration with colleagues and students.” Susana M Sotillo, Innovate, Vol 2 Issue 3, February/March 2006

Added: 1 February 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
Susana examines the usefulness of instant messaging in teaching English as a Second Language. Her study outlines the different types of feedback available using the widely available technology and shows it to hold great potential for language learning.

Promoting synchronous interaction in an elearning environment

“Cyber-instructors continually seek instructional tools that will hold students’ attention, and make online communications more efficient and effective. Skype is the latest one to test.” Cheng-Cheng Pan and Michael Sullivan, THE Journal, September 2005

Added: 17 September 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
The purpose of the study was to answer the question: “To what degree does Skype impact the learning and teaching experience in a Web-based learning environment?”

Should we ban Instant Messaging in school?

“This powerful communication tool of instant messaging-wonderful as it is-is simply too tempting, too distracting in the classroom. Our students are better students without it.” and “Although IM is not the end-all and be-all, it can be one technological opportunity to help engage learners of the 21st century. Sharon Texley and Donna DeGennaro, Learning & Leading with Technology, Vol 32, No 7, April 2005

Added: 9 May 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
2 views of using IM in schools

10 tips for using instant messaging for business

“Instant messaging is essentially the text version of a phone call. At businesses large and small, more and more people are using it as a communications tool. For many, it serves as a backstop for e-mail problems and other emergencies.” Monte Enbysk, Microsoft Small Business Center

Added: 25 February 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
Whether you’re a business owner or an avid IM user, or both, here are 10 instant messaging do’s and don’ts.

Instant Messaging - Collaborative tool or Educator’s nightmare

“This paper begins by highlighting select current literature in the area of students’ knowledge of communication technology with a focus on instant messaging. Instant messaging usages today and proposed future usages are looked at …The advantages and disadvantages of both public and secure instant messaging are discussed …A review of results from a student survey on technology usage and an in-class instant messaging trial are presented …In conclusion, this paper reviews some of the good, the bad, and the ugly about instant messaging and some of the benefits and drawbacks of instant messaging in educational settings.” Robert Farmer, NaWeb 2003

Added: 17 December 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A good summary of the pros and cons of IM - although doesn’t address how the cons can be overcome

I work, therefore, IM

“Instant messaging may be regarded as a waste of time in many corporate offices, but new studies suggesting that it can increase productivity may open the door for widespread adoption at work. But whether it’s a drain on human resources or a boon to the bottom line, for some, instant messaging means a clear path to big profits.” Red Herring, 24 September 2004

Added: 27 September 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Can only be viewed by members of the RH community

How Americans use instant messaging

“2004 Pew Internet & American Life surveys reveal that more than four in ten online Americans instant message (IM). That reflects about 53 million American adults who use instant messaging programs. About 11 million of them IM at work and they are becoming fond of its capacity to encourage productivity and interoffice cooperation.” Pew Internet & American Life Project, September 2004

Added: 14 September 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“Instant messengers utilize IM not only as a way to expand and remain connected their social circle, but also as a form of self-expression, through use of customized away messages, profiles and buddy icons.”

Colleges reach out via instant messaging

“Boston University’s admission counsellors are online all day, quickly fielding questions from prospective students about admissions procedures, college life or the status of their application. The university has been using the software for nearly three years, and more schools are logging on.” Jen Haberkorn, The Washington Times, 24 June 2004

Added: 26 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Use of IM in the admissions procedure at Boston University

A grown-up’s guide to instant messaging

“As with most Internet tools, the trick to productive instant messaging is knowing how to use it and when not to use it. Here is an overview of available IM services and software, along with some commonsense advice on how to safeguard your privacy and security while you’re using them.” Scott Spanbauer, PC World Magazine, March 2004

Added: 24 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A basic but useful summary of instant messaging

Clique of Instant Messagers expands into the workplace

“Instant messaging, long associated with teenagers staying up late to chat online with friends, is moving into the workplace with an impact that has started to rival e-mail and the cellphone.” Amy Harmon, The New York Times, 11 March 2003

Added: 17 March 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
You will need to register for NY Times content

In-room chat as a social tool

“The in-room chat created a two-channel experience — a live conversation in the room, and an overlapping real-time text conversation. The experiment was a strong net positive for the group. Most social software is designed as a replacement for face-to-face meetings, but the spread of permanent (connectivity like air) provides opportunities for social software to be used by groups who are already gathered in the same location. For us, the chat served as a kind of social whiteboard. In this note, I want to detail what worked and why, what the limitations and downsides of in-room chat were, and point out possible future avenues for exploration.” Clay Shirky, openp2p.com, 26 December 2002

Added: 4 January 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
An interesting analysis of the use of chat in a conference room (with pictures)

Instant messaging goes corporate

“IM finally gets down to business. A look at the short- and long-term ramifications. EricHellweg,Business 2.0, 6 November 2002

Added: 10 November 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Looks at the activity around corporate instant messaging

Instant messenger is not your enemy

“Instant Messenger (IM) is a huge corporate tool, yet it is rarely mentioned in corporate productivity or learning plans.” Elliott Masie, IT Training Magazine, April 2002

Added: 6 April 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Here Elliott Masie promotes IM as an important tool for learning

Instant messaging for corporate collaboration

“In the last couple of years, instant messaging has hit the mainstream. There are currently more than 131 million users of the public instant messaging networks, according to IDC, with America Online leading the way with more than 100 million users of its AOL Instant Messenger. With every copy of the upcoming Microsoft Windows XP release and every AOL subscription now including at least one instant messaging client, usage figures are expected to mushroom in the years ahead.” Lowell Rapaport, Transform magazine, November 2001

Added: 21 November 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
Also includes advice on implementing IM

Instant messaging goes to work

“You’d think anything with the word “instant” in it would be a desirable tool for companies trying to cope with today’s hyperspeed business cycles. Not so instant messaging. Its main driver has been distinctly non-corporate: Web users carrying on real-time text dialogues with “buddies.”

Added: 5 July 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
Instant messaging is a quick way for a couple of people to collaborate and deal with JIT learning needs, but it seems companies are very vary of this technology.

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Informal Learning

This page provides links to resources that look at the importance of informal learning.

Articles in date order, most recent first.

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Informal learning: the untapped resource of enterprise training departments

“Informal learning is the realization that we need not force senior staff and self-directed work professionals into training straightjackets and classrooms hoping to be able to enhance their innate desire for learning and improving their skills and ability to use them in real world applications.” Robin Good, 15 June 2006

Added: 15 June 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
This article draws heavily on Jay Cross’ work on informal learning

What is informal learning?

“People acquire the skills they use at work informally - talking, observing others, trial-and-error, and simply working with people in the know. Formal training and workshops account for only 10% to 20% of what people learn at work. Most corporations over-invest in formal training while leaving the more natural, simple ways we learn to chance.” Jay Cross, Informal Learning blog, 20 May 2006

Added: 21 May 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
An extensive posting on informal learning taken from Jay’s upcoming book.

Tools for on demand information

“On-demand information goes beyond being convenient and flexible. Instead, having access to on-demand information is imperative for improving a company’s productivity, efficiency and the bottom line.” James Sharpe, Chief Learning Officer, May 2006

Added: 10 May 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
In an on-demand business environment, learning cannot remain an isolated department within an organization.

13 ways of managing informal learning

“Kineo argues that many trainers are failing in their role as learning professionals by ignoring informal learning. Trainers can and should get involved in it, otherwise they are potentially ignoring 80% of the learning in their organisation.” Mark Harrison, kineo, January 2006

Added: 22 January 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
“The free 38 page report focuses on ways to support informal learning and make it more effective. The report sets out 13 practical steps to manage informal learning and to help learners become better informal learners.”

Formalising informal learning

“Today, learning is viewed as a continuous cycle that includes both formal experiences (classroom and online courses) and informal experiences, such as collaboration, coaching, feedback and knowledge access. Informal learning takes place continually throughout every organization. The key to supporting performance demands is to capture, share and leverage this informal education.” Brenda Wisniewski and Kevin McMahon, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, April 2005

Added: 12 May 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
As the articles states: “Most organizations have systems in place to manage formal learning. Some also have implemented informal management systems for knowledge and virtual collaboration. But it isn’t enough to simply blend formal with informal learning experiences-they must be integrated.”

Workflow learning gets real

“Ask workers where they learned how to do their jobs, and 80 percent of the time the answer is “at work.” Most learning takes place on the job, outside the purview of formal learning. When we do conduct formal training, 80 percent of it is wasted effort: Workshops progress at the pace of the slowest participant, content is dated, the learner needs little of what’s being delivered, the method of delivery is not tuned to the needs of the individual worker, motivation is absent, or timing is off. The half-life of newly learned material is three days; if learners don’t use it immediately, they lose it.” Jay Cross and Tony O’Driscoll, Training Magazine, March 2005

Added: 27 March 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
As the writers summarise “It all adds up to … An era of real-time enterprise that will set the 80/20 rule on its head. Changes afoot in commerce, information technology, network interoperability, and how work is organized will wring much (though never all) of the slack out of work. After decades of job stress, frustration, wasted effort, and disengagement, we have an opportunity to rewrite all the rules.

Learning without lessons: supporting learning in small businesses

“This report presents the main findings, conclusions and recommendations from a study of informal and unstructured learning in small firms. The research found a wide range of formal and informal learning of different types taking place in the firms participating in the study. Many interviewees talked about the value of prior experience equipping them to do their jobs and the phrases ‘trial and error’ and ‘learning by mistakes’ were mentioned frequently. There was also a preference for individual coaching and mentoring, rather than for more structured learning leading to national qualifications.” LSDA (Learning & Skills Development Agency), October 2004

Added: 11 November 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“An important message from the research for colleges and training providers is that, becausemany SMEs now occupy increasingly specialised markets, there is a narrowing band of generic training needs. A broadening band of specific needs are not being catered for.”

The power of informal learning

“Although more formal forms of instruction such as the classroom and e-learning will be around for years, it’s becoming more and more important to watch and harness the more informal methodologies that our students are utilizing. Most of these methods have been around for years, but have gone unnoticed by the training community. If you ask many advanced learners today, they will tell you they are gravitating toward these more informal learning methods and away from traditional ones. Understanding, tracking, creating and encouraging these informal methods of learning can reach a growing population of students you may currently be ignoring or losing touch with altogether.” Bob Mosher, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, July 2004

Added: 6 July 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“Informal learning has always coexisted with formal learning, and will continue to do so. With the maturation of our learners and the advent of collaboration technologies, informal learning can become a powerful part of a company’s robust learning offering.”

Connections: the impact of schooling

“Most learning is informal; a network approach makes it easier, more productive and more memorable to meet, share and collaborate.” Jay Cross, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, December 2003

Added: 15 December 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
The importance of networking in learning

Informal learning

“Informal learning accounts for over 75% of the learning taking place in organizations today. Often, the most valuable learning takes place serendipitously, by random chance. Most companies, however, focus only on formal learning programs, losing valuable opportunities and outcomes. To truly understand the learning in your organization you might want to recognize the informal learning already taking place and put in place practices to cultivate and capture more of what people learn. This includes strategies for improving learning opportunities for everyone and tactics for managing and sharing what you know.” Marcia Conner, ageless learner

Added: 14 December 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
A good overview on informal learning

informal learning

“All of a sudden a number of researchers and policy pundits have rediscovered ‘informal learning’. But is there really such a thing? We explore the theory and practice of ‘informal learning’” Infed.org, Mark Smith, 1999

Added: 14 December 2003
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Informal Learning: A sound investment

“Informal learning is effective because it is personal. The individual calls the shots. The learner is responsible. It’s real. How different from formal learning, which is imposed by someone else. Workers are pulled to informal learning; formal learning is pushed at them.” Jay Cross, Chief Learning Officer, October 2003

Added: 22 October 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
Some great suggestions and recommendations

Informal learning - the other 80%

“This paper addresses how organizations, particularly business organizations, can get more done. Workers who know more get more accomplished. People who are well connected make greater contributions than those who are not. Employees and partners with more capacity to learn are more versatile in adapting to future conditions. The people who create the most value are those who know the right people, the right stuff, and the right things to do.” Jay Cross, Internet Time Group, 8 May 2003

Added: 11 May 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
The subject of informal learning is very close to my heart, and here Jay Cross articulates the case for far more consideration of supporting informal learning within an organisation

Encyclopaedia of Informal Education

“ideas, thinkers and practices within informal education and lifelong learning.”

Added: 11 February 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
Lots and lots of interesting articles on informal education

E-Learning and knowledge management at the crossroads

“Are major corporations spending money wisely on their e-training initiatives? According to a study released last year by CapitalWorks LLC, a human capital management service, those companies funding formalized e-training programs would have been better off spending their money on less costly informal and self-study methods. That’s because, according to the study, informal methods were shown to increase employee knowledge and productivity far more than formal educational methods.” Tim Kounadis, Hyperwave, 17 July 2001

Added: 27 August 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
Another article that shows how informal learning methods can be more effective than formal training

Blending information and instruction

“In his book, E-Learning: Strategies for Delivering Knowledge in the Digital Age, Marc Rosenberg, identifies “information” as being an equally important part of learning as “instruction”. In this article, I analyze some practical implementations of systems that blend these two aspects of learning-a concept that seems to be catching on with many LMS vendors these days.”Maish Nichani, elearningpost, 9 July 2001

Added: 9 July 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
This article concurs with my own view that information is as important as instruction, and shows how a blended, or integrated learning solution is the answer.

Make space for informal learning

“A new challenge for e-learning is to create collaborative learning spaces in which informal learning can thrive.” Dori Digenti, Learning Circuits, August 2000

Added: August 2000
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Games-based Learning

This page provides links to some resources on games-based learning - that is using games as part of a learning solution.

Articles in date order, most recent first.

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Learning in Video Games.com

“A regularly updated weblog and online resource that focuses especially on video game research and its implications for learning. Articles, resources, game reviews, and more information can be found here. It’s a valuable reference/resource page.”

Added: 20 December 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
A blog on Serious/Educational games with a research focus

Talking Favourites

“A podcast on game based learning. Talking Favourites provides thinking room about applications of games to learning in a networked environment. It looks far beyond arcade and video games to social gaming in formal and informal learning contexts.We believe the show and the treatment of the topic(s) is a unique view of game based learning.”

Added: 10 October 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
A podcast on a different game based learning site each month

What are we playing at? An instructional designer looks at DGBL

“This presentation provides an overview of some of the theories that underlie games AND effective learning and explains how to align these two worlds. Richard Van Eck ,. EDUCAUSE

Added: 7 June 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
PDF of PowerPoint slides from a web seminar

All play and more work

“More organisations are finding that games can provide a painless way to train their staff” Sally Flood, Computing, 23 March 2006

Added: 23 March 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
Some examples of organisations using learning games

Serious Games; Serious Business Applications

“A 20 page investigation into the use of gaming as an effective training and development tool. Aimed at training and development professionals who are new to Games-based Learning. This paper introduces GBL, investigates the potential benefits, compares this to eLearning and discusses some of the implementation issues.” Kevin Corti, PIXELearning Ltd, February 2006

Added: 16 February 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
Gamesbased Learning (a.k.a. ‘Serious Games’) is all about leveraging the power of computer games to captivate and engage endusers for a specific purpose, such as to develop new knowledge and skills.

Spontaneous Communities of Learning: A Social Analysis of Learning Ecosystems in Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) Environments

“This research project is comprised of a cross-cultural ethnography and social network analysis that seeks to illuminate the spontaneous communities of learning/practice that emerge around the relatively recent phenomenon of massively multiplayer online games.” Lisa Galarneau, University of Waikato, April 2005

Added: 20 September 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
This paper can be downloaded as a Word document

Better training through gaming

“Note to managers: It’s OK to let your employees play games at work. We’re not talking about all those hours fooling around at computer solitaire. Where games have their place — and significant benefits — is in livening up boring corporate training sessions.” Michael Totty, The Wall Street Journal, 25 April 2005

Added: 27 April 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
This link will expire in4 days, unless you have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal.

Extreme learning: decision games

“Sometimes failure is not an option. When a malevolent megalomaniac threatens to vaporize your empire, you send in your James Bond-not a raw recruit.” Jay Cross, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, April 2005

Added: 31 March 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
“Organizations need more savvy, can-do experts to deal with an increasingly complex world. In fact, decision games are a preferred method of developing experts in the U.S. Marines. These high-impact methods also accelerate the decision-making capabilities of high-tech sales stars.”

The use of computer and video games for learning

“This research report is the result of a literature review conducted by Ultralab and the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) during the m-learning project. The main focus is on research involving the use of computer and video games for learning. The motivation for this review was to investigate the potential of games-oriented learning materials and systems and to inform the project’s research activities. The report highlights many interesting pedagogic and technical issues and is, therefore, a useful reference for teachers, trainers, developers, researchers and others with an interest in the use of computer and video games for learning.” Alice Mitchell and Carol Savill-Smith

Added: 12 November 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Report is a 93-page PDF file

Social Study Games

“I created this site in October, 2004 as a way to share all of the great resources I am finding in the course of my doctoral research into the social aspects of gaming. Games research draws from a number of disciplines and a number of points-of-view, including academic, commercial and player-based perspectives. There are contemporary resources that are explicitly game-focused, as well as valuable non-game specific resources through the decades in media studies, learning theory, psychology, anthropology and more. There are today’s news and yesterday’s wisdom… all waiting to lend their contribution to the big picture of what games and virtual worlds mean for humankind.” Lisa Galarneau, October 2004

Added: 3 November 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
As Lisa points out: “I first planned for this site to be a blog, but my experience as a guide at About.com got me to thinking about creating a repository of resources, both original content and links to all the great stuff scattered all over the Web. I also didn’t want the site to be limited by the temporal nature of blogs… I wanted the resources to be available at a superficial level, not buried as if they were last year’s news.”

The eLearning Edge: Leveraging Interactive Technologies in the Design of Engaging, Effective Learning Experiences

“My premise is that interactive media are good for particular learning objectives and should be utlised as part of a blend that draws on the best of each media option.The paper also includes lots of references to learning theory that substantiate the use of interactive media. Both the paper and presentation include examples of various learning games and simulations that demonstrate these principles.” Lisa Galarneau, Synapsys NZ Ltd, 13 October 2004

Added: 3 November 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Paper available in PDF format as well as the web-based presentation

Game-Based Learning: How to Delight and Instruct in the 21st Century

“To learn more about videogames in academe, I sought out the insights of five leading-edge thinkers in the field: James Paul Gee, J. C. Herz, Randy Hinrichs, Marc Prensky, and Ben Sawyer. All five had traveled to San Jose, California, in March 2004 for the Serious Games Summit at the annual Game Developers Conference.” Joel Foreman, Educause Sept/Oct 2004

Added: 29 August 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“Games, Simulations, and Learning” is an EDUCAUSE NLII 2004 Key Theme. Key themes are chosen annually from the larger domain of the transformation of teaching and learning with technology. The “Games” key theme is exploring whether games and simulations have changed how students learn and whether there are principles and practices from games that should be integrated into collegiate learning environments.”

An Intro to Online Training Games

“In training, games are commonly used to supplement traditional lecture-based or online delivery of information. Marc Prensky, explains, “In most cases, digital game-based learning is not designed to do an entire training or teaching job alone.” The role of games is primarily to reinforce the understanding of presented material and to add variety in training,” James Kirk and Robert Belovics, Learning Circuits, April 2004

Added: 10 April 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A good summary of the area of games-based learning plus some useful resources for creating (free) games

“Musings and Discoveries by the EDTEC 670 Learning Commmunity”

Added: 12 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
This blog is part of the EDTEC 670 Exploratory Learning through Simulation and Games course run by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University

The Learning Wire

“Your source for game-based learning news”

Added: 23 January 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Newsletter from Learningware

The 300 games every games developer (and gamer) should know

I’ve been thinking about writing a book with this title. There are several reasons why I think it would be useful. For one thing, I (and everyone who comes into contact with game design wannabes) am often shocked at how ignorant such people often (not always) are–how limited their experience with games. In some cases, they don’t even seem to play games at all; in others, their experience is limited to a very narrow range of games.” Games * Design * Art * Culture Blog

Added: 28 October 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
You can add your comments on the list at the blog

Pretending to learn

“For Kimberly-Clark, a Dallas-based global consumer products company, the process for launching new products is practically its heartbeat. But after repeated efforts to teach Kimberly-Clark employees about the process with PowerPoint presentations and meetings, a lot of them still didn’t understand it. Others got it, but couldn’t remember how it worked three months after they’d learned about it.” Holly Dolezalek, Training Magazine, August 2003

Added: 10 August 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
They turned to a concept that was part simulation, part game and part video presentation. Now only available to subscribers

Educators turn to games for help

“Video games have come under tremendous political pressure in recent years because of an increase in violent and sexual content. But schools soon may be using the technology that powers those games to help teach America’s children.” Wired News, 2 August 2003

Added: 10 August 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
A news report about the use of games in Texas

Employees discover that work is all fun and games

“For 15 minutes of paid work-time per day, 430 employees have been encouraged to play online games, teaching them about their company and, more importantly, its clients.” Eric Wilson, The Age, 5 August 2003

Added: 7 August 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
How one company is using games for training purposes

The impact of digital games in education

“In recent years, electronic games, home computers, and the Internet have assumed an important place in the lives and children and adolescents. New media are causing major changes in the nature of learning. There is a vast gap between the way people learn and the way in which new generations approach information and knowledge. Nonetheless, in the formal educational setting the new media are still under-represented.” Begoña Gros, first monday, June 2003

Added: 16 July 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
“This paper is based on the idea that virtual learning is central in current society, and that the key aspect of this kind of learning is not so much technology itself but the interaction of the learner with the technology.”

Learning with role-playing games

“Whereas teachers, parents and other educators will concede the educational roles of traditional board games and some purpose-built, browser-based, curriculum-specific entertainments, they may at first glance question the value of Role-Playing Games as learning tools - in some instances, they will see them as too much like fun, a distracting influence at best, or even something worse.” Graeme Daniel and Kevin Cox, Web Tools Newsletter, 29 June 2003

Added: 2 July 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
“This week in Web Tools Newsletter we conclude our series on games as learning tools with a look at the educational uses of games involving role-playing.”

Board games for learning

“Games are educational, aren’t they? Everybody says so, though there’s always the lurking suspicion that it’s really only a justification for indulging in something enjoyable, rather than getting down to the serious work in hand; indeed, as Lloyd Rieber puts it in Seriously Considering Play ‘the education profession has long been ambivalent about the value of games as an instructional tool or strategy’.” Graeme Daniel and Kevin Cox, Web Tools Newsletter, 14 June 2003

Added: 16 June 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
This week’s Web Tools Newsletterlooks at the role board games play in learning processes.

A little fun goes a long way

“Despite what you may have heard, fun is not dead. In the burgeoning niche of game-based e-learning, a group of companies are using the video games kids (and adults) play as inspiration for delivering learning that counters workers’ reluctance towards training and offers an antidote to the stress that many are under.” William Powell, Learning Circuits, 13 January 2003

Added: 25 January 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
As William says, you’re either a believer in games-based learning or you’re not. I’m convinced it has an important part to play

Play for Performance

Added: 4 September 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Free electronic newsletter from Thiagi

Computer games and education

“This week we look further into the role of computer games in education, and the range of games already enlisted for this purpose” Graeme Daniel and Kevin Cox, Web Tools Newsletter, 25 June 2002

Added: 28 June 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Includes lots of links to educational games

wireless gaming review

“We’re an online publication that’s dedicated to bringing news, reviews, previews and interviews to mobile gamers everywhere. We want to be the best site in the world for wireless gamers.”

Added: 8 June 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Articles, reviews and game previews

Zero cost e-learning

“As a foot soldier in the e-learning revolution, I see our leaders rapidly losing the hearts and minds of learners, trainers, and designers. Strategists are converging toward learning objects, metatags, and comprehensive and costly platforms. However, some of my fellow soldiers have been developing some agile (and cheap) guerilla e-learning activities: email learning games.” Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Learning Circuits, May 2002

Added: 21 May 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
e-Learning doesn’t have to be expensive - some effective things can be done very simple and cheaply. See also Thiagi’s website (http://www.thiagi.com/) See also interview with Thiagi (in elearningpost) 14 June 2002 (http://www.elearningpost.com/features/archives/001102.asp)

Microsoft explores new game-based learning environment

“With the intention of revolutionizing current pedagogy, Microsoft Corp. is bringing researchers and businesses together to develop a game-based computer learning environment to be used by classroom teachers. The idea behind this partnership-known as the Learning Federation-is to take the same video-game technology that lets you virtually fly airplanes or build amusement parks, and use it for educational purposes.”

Added: 6 April 2002
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The relevance of video games and gaming consoles to the Further and Higher Education learning experience

“This report presents an overview of gaming consoles and a comparison of consoles and the PC. Benefits of games to learning and the learning environment are touched on, as is the use of games consoles in research and teaching. Issues pertaining to potential future applications of games and consoles to learning and teaching, especially through the enhanced functionality of consoles, are addressed. The report concludes with an overview of other gaming platforms, and a summary of key points and trends to monitor.” John Kirriemuir, Ceangal, March 2002. Available at JISC

Added: 12 March 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
An easy to read document with good coverage of the subject area.

Games e-learners play

“In this article, Clive Shepherd argues the case for simulations and games as engaging, life-like and highly-interactive learning activities, capable of providing the foundation for second generation e-learning products that really deliver on the hype.” Tactix from Fastrack Consulting, March 2001

Added: June 2001
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Clive Shepherd looks here at the use of simulations for creating engaging, compelling e-learning content

Digital Game Based Learning

By Marc Prensky, is a strategic and tactical guide to the newest trend in e-learning - combining content with video games and computer games to more successfully engage the under-40 “Games Generations,” which now make up half of America’s work force and all of its students. The book fully explores the concept of Digital Game-Based Learning, including such topics as How Learners Have Changed, Why Digital Game-Based Learning Is Effective, Simulations and Games, How Much It Costs, and How To Convince Management. With over 50 case studies and examples, it graphically illustrates how and why Digital Game-Based Learning is working for learners of all ages in all industries, functions and subjects.”

Added: April 2001
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Mark has an innovative look at creating compelling e-learning content.

Game-based e-learning gets real

“Trainers, facilitators, e-learning designers, and others engaged in knowledge development could take a lesson from the computer games industry. Gaming shows us that long, traditionally tedious, and difficult tasks can be engaging and fun when they’re part of a good story.” Davis Klaila, Learning Circuits, January 2001

Added: February 2001
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An introduction to the use of games in learning

Simulation and Gaming

An Interdisciplinary journal of theory, practice and research

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e-Portfolios

This page provides links to articles that discuss e-Portfolios.

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e-portfolios in post-16 learning in the UK: developments, issues and opportunities

“A report prepared for the JISC e-Learning and Pedagogy strand of the JISC e-Learning Programme” Helen Beetham

Added: 22 June 2006
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The present report provides a brief overview of current e-portfolio developments in relation to both the management of assessment evidence within programmes and the development of a repository of evidence of lifelong learning progress and achievement.

Electronic portfolios - what are they?

“An e-portfolio is a web-published collection of documents, information, link resources, audio and video clips that showcases the demonstrated abilities, know-how and skills of a specific person to her own selected stakeholders.” Robin Good, 10 March 2006

Added: 10 March 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
A good overview of what they are, what they contain and what their purpose is

Electronic portfolios and dimensions of learning

“I feel electronic portfolios will be how students create and store information. This technology will bring new ways for students to document their progress through the course of a year, and even throughout their entire educational journey.” Frederick Conway, THE Journal, March 2005

Added: 17 March 2005
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“Electronic portfolios will allow students to not only sharpen computer skills, but also give them a wider media to express their knowledge. Students are able to document knowledge through the traditional written text more powerfully by incorporating video clips, audio and animation. These new enhancements will challenge students to think more creatively and critically as they develop their portfolios. “

Students be heard: a look at e-Portfolios

“For students out there who may feel uncertain about how their degree programs will connect them to future employment - the electronic portfolio may come to the rescue! .In fact, the electronic portfolio, or e-Portfolio, is a digital space for students to collect, select and reflect on their best work - providing a nifty showcase of their skills. And it’s online, accessible from anywhere in the wired universe.” Bjorn Thomson and Alison Wong, The University of British Columbia, January 2005

Added: 27 January 2005
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About UBC’s campus-wide e-portfolio project

“Electronic portfolios (also referred to as eportfolios or webfolios) are gaining recognition as a valuable tool for learners, instructors, and academic organizations. Bold proclamations laud webfolios as “higher education’s new “got to have it” tool - the show-and-tell platform of the millennium” (Cohen and Hibbitts, 2004), and as a tool that “may have the most significant effect on education since the introduction of formal schooling”. Laying aside new-technology hype and enthusiasm, eportfolios can best be viewed as a reactionary response to fundamental shifts in learning, teaching, technology, and learner needs in a climate where learning is no longer perceived as confined to formal education.” George Siemens, elearnspace, 16 December 2004

Added: 17 December 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A great overview of e-portfolios with lots of information and links

Beyond the Electronic Portfolio: A Lifetime Personal Web Space

“Rather than limit people to the e-portfolio model, why not develop a model providing a personal Web space for everyone, for their lifetimes and beyond?” Ellen R. Cohn and Bernard J. Hibbitts, Educause Quarterly, Vol 27 No 4, 2004

Added: 30 November 2004
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The electronic portfolio (e-portfolio) is higher education’s new “got to have it” tool-the show-and-tell platform of the millennium. What do the author wish for? That every citizen, at birth, will be granted a cradle-to-grave, lifetime personal Web space that will enable connections among personal, educational, social, and business systems.

“The last few years have seen an enormous growth of interest in e-portfolios and the benefits they can bring to learners. In this paper we will examine what e-portfolios are, the range of ways they can be used, the benefits they can bring and ways to realise these benefits, now and in the future.” By Tribal Technology at FERL, Becta, June 2004

Added: 6 October 2004
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“An e-portfolio is an electronic format for learners to record their work, their achievements and their goals, to reflect on their learning, and to share and be supported in this. It enables learners to represent the information in different formats and to take the information with them as they move between institutions.”

e-Portfolios - their uses and benefits

Added: 22 July 2004
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The paper firstly examines reasons to use e-Portfolios and then discusses their versatility and applicability to the wider environment such as connecting to management information systems and assessment and awards services. The concluding section is a snapshot of the way that FD Learning software can work with different e-Portfolio contexts. These scenarios range from e-Portfolios as a record of achievements, to a tool for reflection and planning, through to use as evidence for assessment and evaluation of skills.

Creation of a learning landscape: weblogging and social networking in the context of e-portfolios

“The e-portfolio is for many a recognised tool employed for a multitude of purposes: employment; assessment; life-long learning; professional development; accreditation of prior learning. The number of institutions adopting some type of e-portfolio system has risen dramatically over the past two years. The e-portfolio is altering learning pedagogy and for some creating a truly learner-centric knowledge environment. … This short report will explore one idea which could help address the problem of learner engagement creating a scenario where students want to use the system therefore be at the centre of the whole e-portfolio process and in turn, through engagement, benefit from the deep learning potential. David Tosh and Ben Wedmuller, The University of Edinburgh, 5 July 2004

Added: 17 July 2004
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Using blogs as e-portfolio tools

The electronic Portfolio boom: what’s it all about?

“The term “electronic portfolio,” or “ePortfolio,” is on everyone’s lips. We often hear it associated with assessment, but also with accreditation, reflection, student resumes, and career tracking. It’s as if this new tool is the answer to all the questions we didn’t realize we were asking.” Trent Batson, Syllabus Magazine, December 2002

Added: 12 December 2002
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Explanation, how to do it and some tools to help

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e-Books and e-Textbooks

This page provides links to some resources about e-books and e-textbooks and the part they can play in education and training.

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Digital Book Index

“Somewhat of a card catalog (database), union catalog, “books-in-print”(tm) for full-text books that have been digitized and are available through the internet. Indexes 1800 sites, including the British Library Item, Havard, Univ. of Michigan, Cornell, Univ of Gottingen, Yale, Digital Library Item of India, etc. etc. Can be searched by Author, Author & Title, Subject, or Publisher (ie, hosting site)”.

Added: 6 March 2007
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Membership required to access the catalogue.

E-Books: Challenges and opportunities

“E-books are commonly perceived as offering great potential for learner support but also as struggling to compete with print due to poor on-screen presentation, restrictive licencing and limited range of titles offered. The experience of a group of Irish university libraries shows that, with the right combination of product and subjects, e-books can thrive among students and faculty, while librarians can create more dynamic, relevant and flexible collections than for print. Subscription management is demanding for libraries, however, and licencing issues remain highly problematic, representing a formidable obstacle to full exploitation.” John Cox, National University of Ireland, Galway in D-Lib Magazine, October 2004

Added: 19 October 2004
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“This article reports findings from library and user perspectives, seeking to relate them to other studies and services and to future e-book development. It begins with an overview of the Safari service.”

The case for online coursepacks and course readers

“In order for an online course to be truly digital, all aspects of it must be converted so the student has similar experiences within this delivery system. Although some individuals feel that a traditional textbook is more appropriate, the difference in look, feel, and quality is almost the same when electronic books are adopted. Students have an option of downloading and printing the electronic materials or of just reading the material while connected to the Internet. Barry W Birnbaum, e-Learning Dialogue, Syllabus Magazine, 23 June 2004

Added: 1 July 2004
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Barry believes “e-books are the wave of the future”

Hi-tech tome takes on paperbacks

“Researchers at Hewlett Packard have developed a prototype electronic book which can hold a whole library on a device no bigger than a paperback.” Jonathan Fildes, BBC News, 24 August 2003

Added: 30 August 2003
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BBC’s review of this new device from HP

What is an e-book?

Added: 30 August 2003

Reviewer’s Note: Ask Bruce at BBC Webwise for a quick answer
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How to create Adobe PDF ebooks

“A step-by-step guide that covers th basics of creating and optimising Adobe Portable Document Format files so that they can be viewed as electronic books (eBooks)” (Available in PDF format)

Added: 10 July 2003
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Useful for anyone wanting to create an e-Book using Adobe Acrobat

“This guide explains the various types of books that Microsoft Reader can handle and provides sample code for common layout features, from tables of contents to drop caps, and from poetry to cookbooks.” (Available in Word or Reader formats)

Added: 10 July 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
Useful for anyone wanting to create an e-Book for the Microsoft Reader

Electronic Textbook Design Guidelines

“The need for best practice guidelines for the design of electronic textbooks arose from the growing availability of learning and teaching material for Higher Education in electronic format, to which students are increasingly turning as a first port of call when seeking material to support their studies.” Ruth Wilson and Monica Landoni, Computer and Information Science Department, University of Strathclyde, UK, 28 March 2002

Added: 10 August 2002
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Available in HTML, PDF or Word formats

eTextbook: Bringing the text into the electronic age

“The many attempts at science education reform have left the science textbook virtually unchanged. It has become more slick, colorful and stylish. Today’s college student would label reading a textbook as a passive activity … These limitations can be overcome with an electronic textbook.” JD Myers

Added: 21 June
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An excellent overview of how to create a truly interactive e-book.

Open eBook Forum

“The Open eBook Forum (OeBF) is an international trade and standards organization. Our members consist of hardware and software companies, publishers, authors, users of electronic books, and related organizations whose common goals are to establish specifications and standards for electronic publishing. The Forum’s work will foster the development of applications and products that will benefit creators of content, makers of reading systems and, most importantly, consumers.”

Added: 25 May 2002
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“the Leading International Trade and Standards Organization for the eBook Industry”

E-enabled textbooks: lower cost, higher functionality

“As digital rights management matures as an industry, delivering secure electronic content is becoming more than a virtual reality for intellectual property owners. Publishers, who for years were reluctant to venture into online content distribution for fear of losing control of their assets, are beginning to partner with content delivery vendors to sell course materials online.” Randol Larson, Syllabus, May 2002

Added: 25 May 2002
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An example of a professor’s use of ebooks in his classes

“text-e, the first entirely virtual symposium dedicated to investigating the impact of the Web on reading, writing and the diffusion of knowledge”

Added: 20 December 2001
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The Bibliotheque publique d’information (BPI), Centre Pompidou, the Institut Jean Nicod (CNRS), and EURO-EDU have combined forces (with the help of GiantChair.com and UNESCO) to set up this virtual symposium.

E-books: an Info-Design-Cafe discussion about their usability potentials and problems

“In early May 2001, in preparation for the EPSG conference ‘Turning over new leaves’, I raised a question on the InfoDesign-Cafe email discussion list on the Internet, for people interested in information/interaction design and usability. I asked: how useful might an e-book be, what usability problems need to be overcome, what fundamental limitations might e-books have, and what could they potentially deliver?”

Added: 10 November 2001
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Some thoughts on: Readability, resolution and type; the illuminated page and electronic paper; how big is a book? etc

Will E-Books change the world?

“This paper argues that the evolution of e-book technology is related to the penetrating impact of networks and information technology on society. It defines the concept of e-book and describes some aspects of e-book technology. By focusing on book production processes, the paper examines what probable consequences the development of e-books and a global network economy will have for publishers and book industries. E-books, along with other electronic formats, will trigger major changes as the digital products and distribution channels will force the logic of the network economy on the book publishing industry.” Terje Hillesund, first Monday, Vol 6 No 10, October 2001

Added: 12 October 2001
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A comprehensive article on e-book publishing and its future

Are e-books ready for the classroom?

“Electronic books, or e-books, are portable computer devices about the size of a paperback but slightly heftier, designed for the convenient storage and display of reading material. E-books offer many features that make them suitable for these tasks, such as lightweight design, ease of use, the ability to store large amounts of material, and high-quality backlit screens for comfortable viewing in any lighting situation. E-books offer great promise as an emerging educational technology, but to date this potential remains largely untapped.”

Added: 24 September 2001
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This article outlines the pros and cons of e-books

Digitizing education: A primer on eBooks

“The eBook phenomenon has been hyped by the press as being about popular trade paperbacks … In reality, eBooks can span a vast range of types of content. Short stories, plays, research reports, manuals, textbooks, speeches, white papers, course packs, and distance learning materials all make great eBooks … Admittedly, we’re a long way from the replacing the aesthetic feel of a printed book; however for readers who read for inforamtion and who are mobile, the benefits so outweigh the disadvantages as to ensure that the era of the eBook has begun.” Michael A Looney and Mark Sheehan, Educause, July/August 2001

Added: 25 August 2001
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A look at how eBooks add value to education and what will make eBooks successful in education: content, accessibility and readability.

E-Textbooks offer light reading

“When students at the University of Phoenix return to school this fall, many of them won’t be carrying books in their backpacks. Instead, they will download digital textbooks, multimedia simulations and PowerPoint presentations from portable e-book readers and desktop PCs. These students are part of the university’s plan to phase out traditional textbooks and become a “bookless college.” Kendra Mayfield, Wired News, 23 August 2001

Added: 24 August 2001
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The benefits of e-books for students and universities

Read a good e-textbook lately

“No more homework, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks. Well, one out of three isn’t bad. This school year could be the greatest market test yet for enhanced electronic books, which will infiltrate campuses in a variety of formats, from downloadable textbooks to e-book readers and other handheld devices.” Kendra Mayfield, Wired News, 15 August 2001

Added: 23 August 2001
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Some general information about the e-textbook market

The future of e-textbooks

“On college campuses and high school classrooms, the full-blown digital revolution is still a few semesters away. Currently, there are textbooks available on CD-ROM. But the big change will come in early 2001 when students start using their laptops to read interactive Web-based textbooks enhanced with multimedia content surrounded by tools for communication and study.” M J Rose, Wired News, 15 August 2001

Added: 23 August 2001
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General info about e-textbooks

An examination of e-learning and e-books

“This report intends to examine two emerging technologies, E-Learning, and within that the expansion of the E-Book phenomenon. Through the study of various resources, for example academic journals combined with web information, it is hoped to identify current difficulties faced by those at the forefront of the Information Era. In addition, examine the growth industry and future trends of such technologies. The report makes no distinction between educational and corporate uses of E-Learning methods, but rather seeks to encompass both under the same umbrella. From this conclusions will be drawn.” R Hamilton, C Richards and C Sharp, SoCBytes (a peer-reviewed ITT learning resources written by students), June 2001

Added: 30 July 2001
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Good coverage of the area of e-books and e-learning

“In the beginning, there were e-books.” A Brief History of the e-book Revolution

“There are many that believe the number of articles, reports, conferences and advertisements about the e-book these days are quite disproportionate to its significance. It is important to separate business spin and actual facts. Ultimately, e-books are yet another format; like audio books. As yet, the e-book certainly has not proved itself to be a major threat to the future of the book in its traditional format, though this could change. The following piece considers the current situation with regard to e-publishing in the international publishing industry as a whole, considering quotes by leading innovators in the e-book sector to heads of large uk publishing houses, everybody has an opinion on how development may proceed but who is right? What stage are we at with the development of e-books and what future trends are we likely to see? This paper attempts to provide a stimuli for further discussion on the subject of the e-book - is it a case of here today, gone tomorrow or could it prove to revolutionise the traditional publishing world as we know it?” Katy Davies, Anita Fitzsimons, Eleanor MacLeod, SoCBytes (a peer-reviewed ITT learning resources written by students), June 2001

Added: 30 July 2001
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A good introduction to e-books

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Collaborative Learning

This page provides links to a number of resources that take a look at collaboration in e-learning and social networks

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Virtual collaboration: engaging learning through technology

“Virtual collaboration is a phrase that is both explanatory and confusing. In one company, virtual collaboration can be as simple as e-mail and document sharing. In another company, it can be the combined use of asynchronous tools-such as calendars, links and bulletin boards- with synchronous tools such as Web, audio or video conferencing.” Tanya Goodwin-Maslach, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, June 2006

Added: 9 June 2006
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Conclusion: “The companies that deploy learning through technology and create virtual collaboration opportunities to all employees, not just executives, will be the ones that achieve more goals faster.”

Enterprise 2.0: The Dawn of emergent collaboration

“There is is a new wave of business communication tools including blogs, wikis and group messaging software - which the author has dubbed, collectively, Enterprise 2.0 - that allow for more spontaneous, knowledge-based collaboration. These new tools, the author contends, may well supplant other communication and knowledge management systems with their superior ability to capture tacit knowledge, best practices and relevant experiences from throughout a company and make them readily available to more users.” Andrew P McAfee, MIT Sloan Management Review, Spring 2006

Added: 14 April 2006
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You can purchase the full PDF for $6.50

Designing collaborative e-learning for results

“Because we can communicate by email and over the Web, we no longer need to meet face to face. The more connected we are, the more isolated we are. The connectivity/isolation paradox is manifesting itself in many aspects of our professional and personal lives and is a fundamental reason why e-learning programs can be unsatisfying to instructors and learners.” Glen Mohr and Julia M Nault, Learning Circuits, June 2004

Added: 8 June 2004
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“A program that The Otter Group adapted for CDM from a lunch seminar and then reengineered for synchronous online delivery, demonstrates strategies for building connection, interactivity, and relationships via online learning.

Collaborative learning environments sourcebook

“This book is a resource for academics and students who want to develop collaborative learning environments (or communities of practice) in whichpeople work together to create new knowledge while learning new skills.” The Critical Methods Collective

Added: 24 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
An excellent collection of materials on collaborative learning

We learning: social software and e-learning Part II

“Early e-learning traded technology for human interaction. Now, the personal element is being added back in. New social software tools borrowed from business and the younger generations combine tech and touch for the best of all possible worlds (including virtual ones). ” Eva Kaplan-Leiserson, Learning Circuits, January 2004

Added: 7 February 2004
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As Eva summarises “Social software tools are truly a revolution because of the way they combine technology with personal interaction. They’re not just new applications; they usher in a new paradigm. “

Trends in collaboration

“Here is the presentation that kicked off the Collaborative Learning 04 conference. It’s 25 minutes but you can pick and choose what you want to see. This is recorded in Macromedia Breeze.” Jay Cross, Internet Time Group, 14 January 2004

Added: 24 January 2004
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Excellent overview of collaboration - in Jay’s easy-to-understand style.

We learning: social software and e-learning

“Early e-learning traded technology for human interaction. Now, the personal element is being added back in. New social software tools borrowed from business and the younger generations combine tech and touch for the best of all possible worlds (including virtual ones).” Eva Kaplan-Leiserson, Learning Circuits,15 December 2003

Added: 21 December 2003
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This is part one of a two-part article

Collaborative learning environment sourcebook

“This is asourcebook foracademics and studentswho want to develop collaborative learning environments(or communities of practice) in which lecturers, students and others can work together to create new knowledge while learning new skills.”

Added: 5 November 2003
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Thecollaborative learning environments project was started in late 2002 by lecturers in the psychology department at the University of South Africa.

Creating collaboration

“How do you make online learning a collaborative experience? The answer sounds simple: find ways to bring participants together for social interaction or to solve a problem. Unfortunately, building collaborative exercises remains a major stumbling block for online instructional designers. The third article in this series outlines techniques to ensure that your online programs, both asynchronous and synchronous, are interactive.” Jennifer Hofman, Learning Circuits, 22 September 2003

Added: 24 September 2003
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Deals with both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration opportunities

Models of collaboration

“In this guest editorial we examine five models for collaboration that vary from barely interactive to intensely interactive. Granted the CS definition for collaboration requires some level of interaction by two or more people, and in the past we have said that reciprocal data access (such as you would find in a library or repository) is not collaboration, we have also said that technology, content and process are critical for any type of collaboration. This being the case we are expanding our definition of collaboration (slightly) to include content libraries as most of the vendors in this area have added collaborative functionality. In addition, content is often critical for a collaborate interaction to occur.” Timothy Butler and David Coleman, Collaborative Strategies, September 2003

Added: 13 September 2003
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“A framework for analyzing and designing collaborative systems can be built based on an understanding of the pure models and how they may be combined.”

Using collaboration to your advantage in corporate online training

“Research shows the majority of corporations do not use collaboration as a regular part of training. This article gives four reasons why collaboration is the way the go.” Coleen M Sallot, inkspotonline.com

Added: 10 August 2003
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Conclusion - “By including collaboration in their training programs, corporations will be better able to assess the effectiveness of their training programs in terms of employee and customer satisfaction. And when you think about it, isn’t that what training is for?”

Learning through asynchronous discussion

“Experiences from using a discussion board in a large undergraduate class in Hong Kong.” Narasimha Bolloju, Dept of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, and Robert Davison, Dept of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, eLearn Magazine, July 2003

Added: 16 July 2003
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The article states “Our suggestions and recommendations are based both on our own “instructor perspective” in designing and administrating the WebBoard tool in a number of courses, and on the “student perspective,” as gleaned in feedback with respect to their motivation, extent of participation, role in using WebBoard, learning experiences, and overall satisfaction.”

15 tips for remote collaboration

“It will always be easier to rally a group of people who work in the same building, but you can accomplish just as much (or more) with a motivated remote team. Getting team members motivated in the first place and holding their interest are your goals. Here are fifteen quick and useful tips to get you started.” Indi Young, adaptive path, 6 May 2003

Added: 12 May 2003
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Reviewer’s Note:Indi’s summary - “By using these techniques, you can overcome lack of interest, slow progress, and inability to visualize.”

Teamrooms: Tapping the collaborative learning advantage

“Teamrooms as a class of Web collaboration tools are taking hold in corporations, but will they live up to their promise? This article deals with the change and adoption issues around teamrooms, covering such topics as usability, group behavior, corporate structures, leadership, and innovation. Several design and training considerations that support successful adoption of teamrooms are offered.” Dori Digenti, eLearn Magazine

Added: 10 January 2003
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Teamrooms = web collaboration spaces

Building communities - strategies for collaborative learning

“In a recent survey by the Masie Center, nearly 2000 learning professionals ranked online communities as one of the top three most important components of e-learning portals. But the term community remains ambiguous, and CLOs are unsure how to start building and integrating them into their organizations. Here’s a model that describes a number of practical applications for including community as part of a learning plan and specific strategies for building learning-focused communities.” Soren Kaplan, Learning Circuits, August 2002

Added: 20 August 2002
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Types of learning communities and creating learning communities

Online Collaborative Learning in Higher Education

“This is a web site devoted to world’s best practice in online collaborative learning in higher education, and related topics: here you’ll find links to online articles, books, journals, and other relevant information.” Online Collaborative Learning Project, Central Queensland University, Australia

Added: 26 July 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Online articles, journals etc about collaborative learning

Why aren’t we collaborating

“Thanks to the Internet (and intranets and extranets), we can all just get along. But we’re still not.” David Weinberger, darwin Magazine, 2 July 2002

Added: 8 July 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
This article speculates on the reasons why there is not more use of collaborative software

A portrait of success: Collaborative tools ease communication, build knowledge

“Many corporations are finding that collaborative technology tools enhance the processes that are essential to them–such as new product development, human resources functions and other tasks that are routinely performed in companies across all industries. They enhance communication within and outside the organization.” Kim Ann Zimmerman, KM Magazine, April 2002

Added: 6 April 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Some examples of different types of collaboration tools and environments are discussed here

Employee collaboration on the upswing

“Eighty-four percent of 100 business-technology professionals say their company is in the process of improving collaborative practices with employees. Fifty-nine percent of respondents also say that they expect collaborative initiatives with employees to increase in the next 12 months. Those companies have good reason for taking these steps: Empowering people to be instruments of development and change benefits a company’s bottom line.”

Added: 2 March 2002
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Collaboration is now being to be recognised as key within organisations

Group work areas: what learning activities do electronic groups support

A short 5 step-by-step approach to understanding electronic groups and how they can be used. Part of EdTech’s Effective Use of Online Course Tools

Added: 17 November 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
A quick and easy to use summary of discussion forums - simply and effectively produced

Collaborative e-learning: the right approach

“Despite all the recent activity, models for how people teach and learn online are still immature. A new approach could take care of the long-standing e-learning bugaboos: low enrollments and high attrition rates stemming from user dissatisfaction. The cause of this problem is the separation of people in time and space; but it can be overcome by building environments where people talk to one another, build relationships, and teach one another.” DestinationCRM.com KM white paper, May 2001.

Added: May 2001
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“Your portal to the e-conferencing world.” Resources, articles, vendor listings re web, video and audio conferencing.

Added: May 2001
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Adults@learning.net: a reflexive critique of cooperative networked learning

This paper looks at one future scenario for adult education: networked learning. David McConnell, University of Sheffield. Education-line, University of Leeds

Added: 2000
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Making space for informal learning

“A new challenge for e-learning is to create collaborative learning spaces in which informal learning can thrive.” ASTD Learning Circuits, August 2000

Added: 2000
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Reflective Collaborative Learning on the Web: Drawing on a Master Class

“We draw on the music master class as an established face-to-face pedagogical model as one that supports reflective, collaborative learning practices. We then illustrate how this model is being reinterpreted and extended within the context of online learning communities exploring the skills of user interface design.” Karen Ruhleder and Michael Twidale, First Monday, Volume 5, Number 5 (May 2000)

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Blogging and RSS

This page provides links to some resources about blogging and RSS - their general use as well as their use in educational contexts as well as the concept of moblogging (using your mobile phone to post to your blogs).

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Learning Light Blog

Learning Light is a non-profit organisation, seeking to establish itself as a European Centre of Excellence for the effective use of learning technologies.

Added: 11 July 2007
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Practical Tips on How to Design Elearning Courses

“This blog offers tips and tricks on how to design elearning courses. The articles focus on topics such as Analysis and Design, Storyboarding, Designing Effective Instructional Strategies, Designing Game Based Courses and much more.”

Added: 24 May 2007
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RSS Ideas for educators

By Quentin D’Souza From TeachingHacks.com

Added: 8 February 2006
Reviewer’s Note:
A great document on what RSS is and how to use it

Comprehensive Guide to a professional blog site: a WordPress example

“Gone beyond Blogger? Want to really be aggressive in functionality and scope of content for your personal, professional or corporate blog? If so, this Comprehensive Guide to a Professsional Blog Site may be useful to you. SUMMARY This Guide is the result of 350 hrs of learning and experimentation to test the boundaries of blog functionality, scope and capabilities.” Michael K Bergman, September 2005

Added: 29 September 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
“This Guide addresses about 100 individual “how to” blogging topics and lessons, all geared to the content-focused and not occasional blogger. More than 140 citations, 80 of which are unique, are provided to other experts with guidance for all of us. The Guide itself occupies 80 pages. It is all free.”

“An Annotated Bibliography on Weblogs and Blogging, with a Focus on Library Item/Librarian Blogs by Susan Herzog, Information Literacy Librarian @ Eastern Connecticut State University.”

Added: 3 July 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
“The bibliography is organized by categories, then alphabetically within categories. While most entries are from the United States of America, BlogBib includes blogs and commentary from Canada, Europe, and Australia as well. Coverage includes academic, public, school, and special libraries.”

Legal Guide for Bloggers

“Like all journalists and publishers, bloggers sometimes publish information that other people don’t want published. You might, for example, publish something that someone considers defamatory, republish an AP news story that’s under copyright, or write a lengthy piece detailing the alleged crimes of a candidate for public office. The difference between you and the reporter at your local newspaper is that in many cases, you may not have the benefit of training or resources to help you determine whether what you’re doing is legal. And on top of that, sometimes knowing the law doesn’t help - in many cases it was written for traditional journalists, and the courts haven’t yet decided how it applies to bloggers.” Electronic Frontier Foundation

Added: 15 June 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
“The goal here is to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues you may confront as a blogger, to let you know you have rights, and to encourage you to blog freely with the knowledge that your legitimate speech is protected.”

Beginners Guide to corporate blogging

From Corporateblogging.info

Added: 20 April 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
A good introduction to corporate blogging

10 tips for bloggers

“There are no hard and fast rules on how to blog. Having said that, bloggers will likely increase their exposure by following some simple blog guidelines.” Sharon Housley, RSS Specifications, April 2005

Added: 20 April 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
“Most weblog audiences are small, but with time and regular updates audiences grow. Bloggers may never have more than a few hundred readers, but the people who return to regularly are generally interested in what you have to say.”

How to blog safely (about work or anything else)

“Blogs are like personal telephone calls crossed with newspapers. They’re the perfect tool for sharing your favorite chocolate mousse recipe with friends–or for upholding the basic tenets of democracy by letting the public know that a corrupt government official has been paying off your boss.” Electronic Frontier Foundation, 6 April 2005

Added: 11 April 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
“As long as you blog anonymously and in a work-safe way, what you say online is far less likely to come back to hurt you.”

Blogs and wikis: Technologies for enterprise applications

“.. being dismissive of blogs and wikis because of how they are most often used, and talked about, today is a mistake (PCs and web browsers weren’t considered as serious enterprise tools at first either). What is important is how they could be used. They are simply tools, and many of you will be surprised to find how much they are already being utilized in business environments.” Lauren Wood, The Gilbane Report, Vol 12, No 10, March 2005

Added: 3 March 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
Lauren Wood provides a straightforward explanation of what they are, describes how they compare with content management systems, and reports on some telling examples of how blogs and wikis are currently being successfully used in enterprises.

With e-mail systems stumbling, electronic info feeds take root

“In the last year ING began using electronic feeds news feeds beamed directly to employee’s desktop computers.” Investor’s Business Daily, 16 February 2006

Added: 25 February 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
A nice example of a company using RSS feeds for internal communications

RSS Workshop: Publish and syndicate your news to the Web

“In this workshop you’ll learn how to create, validate, parse, publish, and syndicate your own RSS news channel. The emphasis will be the practical application of the two most popular varieties of RSS for dynamic publishing. ”

Added: 15 February 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
This workshop will also teach you how others can incorporate your news into their pages automatically. The workshop will showcase the use of tools that are readily available to you.

Academics give lessons on blogs

“Until a few months ago, the attention paid to web logs, or blogs, focused mainly on politics and the media business. However, many in academia followed the web-diary of Salam Pax, the famous Baghdad blogger during the build-up to the war in Iraq. Now, the technology that has been an alternative source of news to many academics is being incorporated more fully into university life.” Shola Adenakan, BBC News, 23 January 2004

Added: 24 January 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“Blogging lecturers say the technology provides them with easy online web access to students and improves communication outside of the classroom

How to videoblog with Blogger

“Almost everyone who owns a computer has the ability to edit and publish video. Several hundred thousand people already have photoblogs and there are more than 1,5 million text-bloggers. How come there are so few videobloggers around? Is it really that hard to make a videoblog? No, in fact it has become pretty easy, but in order to help you start this tutorial will show you how to become a videoblogger using Blogger.” Tutorial by Svein Høier and Jon Hoem, Arts and Media Dept., Norwegian University of Science and Technology, October 2004

Added: 25 October 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“It is nice to know a little about html, but don´t worry the most important part is your interest in posting short videos regularly.”

Everything you wanted to know about blogging but were afraid to ask

“There are plenty of good guides to blogging and I was going to add my $0.02 to the pile. It’s the thing to do once your blog reaches a certain age, and I figure turning one is about the right time. However I’m going to break with blogosphere tradition of jumping on the bandwagon and instead present a collection of various appropriate links at the end of this post. What I am going to share with you is all the things they don’t tell you about in blogging school. ” Simon World, 27 August 2004

Added: 6 September 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
50 tips on how to bog - and some interesting comments too.

Educational blogging

“Today, the weblog is frequently characterized (and criticized) as (only) a set of personal comments and observations. A look at the history of weblogging shows that this isn’t the case. As Rebecca Blood observes: “The original weblogs were link-driven sites. Each was a mixture in unique proportions of links, commentary, and personal thoughts and essays.” Bookmarks, rants and raves, news, events: all were fodder for the weblogger.” Stephen Downes, Educause, Sept/OCt 2004

Added: 29 August 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
.This article looks at the “nature and history of blogging, educational applications, tools and technologies, trends, and early experiences in educational blogging”

What Are the Differences Between Message Boards and Weblogs?

“The appearance of weblogs have left many observers, including me, wondering about the differences between the two technologies and how they will be used inside online communities. Are weblogs really that different from message boards? How?” commoncraft, 24 August 2004

Added: 26 August 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Includes an interesting table outlining the differences

Blogs and blogging: advantages and disadvantages

“Isn’t it interesting that some of the most significant ‘revolutions’ of the last twenty years have all had to do with writing? How retro is that? First we had email, then webpages, then mobile phone texting, and now blogs. All this reflects a trend whereby the world is becoming more formal in how it communicates. Instead of body language and endless conversations, communication has shifted towards endless words on a screen.” Gerry McGovern, 23 August 2004

Added: 24 August 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“Bloggers are people with attitude. They say there’s a book inside everybody. Well, the Web and blogs have let the book out! There has literally been an explosion of opinion. Traditionally, public relations was about honing a silvery message that communicated exactly what the organization wanted us to hear. Now, we can hear all sorts of voices on the subject. It’s true democracy at work.”

Weblogs in Education: An interview with Will Richardson of Weblogged-com

“Will Richardson is an academic blogging advocate and the supervisor of IT and Communications at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ. He runs Weblogg-ed.com, an excellent blog dedicated to exploring weblogs in education. In this feature, he shares some views, tips, and ideas on the use of weblogs in education by teachers and students.” Sheila Ann Manuel Coggins, About.com, 19 August 2004

Added: 22 August 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
WIll summarises: “I think there is enormous potential in using Weblogs with students, specifically in the areas of collaboration and constructive learning. Blogs allow teachers to create assignments that have meaning and relevance beyond the school year and beyond the classroom walls. They allow students to contribute to the larger body of knowledge out there and to become a part of conversations that were not possible before. I think they are a great learning tool for teachers and students, and they teach literacies that students will need to learn to participate more fully as citizens and community members. Everyone should be a blogger!

RSS: the next big thing online

“RSS is in its infancy - the earliest stages of its adoption - but the velocity and mass of its adoption confirms it to be one of the most important developments in the distribution of media content in a number of years.” MediaThink white paper, July 2004

Added: 21 July 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
White paper is 2 Mb PDF to download

Creation of a learning landscape: weblogging and social networking in the context of e-portfolios

“The e-portfolio is for many a recognised tool employed for a multitude of purposes: employment; assessment; life-long learning; professional development; accreditation of prior learning. The number of institutions adopting some type of e-portfolio system has risen dramatically over the past two years. The e-portfolio is altering learning pedagogy and for some creating a truly learner-centric knowledge environment. … This short report will explore one idea which could help address the problem of learner engagement creating a scenario where students want to use the system therefore be at the centre of the whole e-portfolio process and in turn, through engagement, benefit from the deep learning potential. David Tosh and Ben Wedmuller, The University of Edibnurgh, 5 July 2004

Added: 17 July 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Using blogs as e-portfolio tools

“Put a child in front of a computer and you can be sure they will know how to play games and find some good joke websites on the internet. But put pupils from the after-school ‘blogging’ club at Hangleton Community Junior School in Hove, West Sussex, in front of a computer and they’ll show you web pages they’ve created themselves.” Teachers Magazine, July 2004

Added: 16 July 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Another article on the 7-year old bloggers at Hangleton Junior School

Into the Blogosphere

“This online, edited collection explores discursive, visual, social, and other communicative features of weblogs. Essays analyze and critique situated cases and examples drawn from weblogs and weblog communities. Such a project requires a multidisciplinary approach, and contributions represent perspectives from Rhetoric, Communication, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, and Education, among others.” University of Minnesota

Added: 25 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“the first scholarly collection focused on blog as rhetorical artifact, {is also} also taking an innovative approach to intellectual property and to publishing.”

Blogging with the boss’s blessing

“More companies are helping employees to speak freely — and bond with customers.” Michelle Conlin and Andrew Park, BusinessWeek, 28 June 2004

Added: 22 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Looks at the use of blogging within businesses. “This is nothing less than revolutionary,” says Dave Winer.

“Why are more and more people getting their news from amateur websites called blogs? Because they’re fast, funny and totally biased.” Lev Grossman, Time Magazine, 13 June 2004

Added: 16 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A long piece about how people are using blogs in America

The seven-year-old bloggers

“Weblogs are sometimes criticised for being the self-obsessed ramblings of people who have little to say and too much time on their hands in which to do it. But there are gems out there - including many sites created by children. ” Giles Turnbull, BBC, 14 June 2004

Added: 14 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
How blogs are being used in the classroom

Want to get your message out? Start a blog

“What would you think if I told you about a guaranteed method to reach 100% of your target audience? Beyond that, what would you think if I told you that you could develop a base of prospects who would look forward to hearing from you? You can do this, and more, by starting a blog.” Skip Lombardi, 6 June 2004

Added: 14 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
An overview of blogging

“Tired of browsing around the Web for timely information? RSS readers deliver exactly the news you need–fast.” Bob Stepno, PC World Magazine, July 2004

Added: 9 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Includes a comparison chart of RSS readers

Logs prepare to go on a roll

“To many, weblogs are an outlet for amateurish journalism, but as an educational tool they can allow students to develop ideas and invite feedback. Stephen O’Hear is a fan.” Guardian, 8 June 2004

Added: 8 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Discusses the use of blogs in education and includes an interview with Will Richardson, weblogg-ed.com

RSS: Grass roots support leads to massive appeal

“The major attraction of RSS for Web developers is its simplicity. (In fact, RSS is often known by an alternative name, Really Simple Syndication). An RSS file can be created from scratch using nothing more than a simple text editor and sample file as a template, posted to a Web server as though it were a Webpage, and retrieved and read by a wide variety of applications.” Stephen Downes, Learning Circuits, June 2004

Added: 8 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“RSS is a technology with a strong future, strong because of its simplicity, flexibility, and utility.”

How to use weblogs to create engaging learning experiences

“Why are weblogsso successful? Apart from being very easy to use, I feel that there are three key attributes that have contributed to its success: 1) personal point of view, 2) chronological nature and 3) byte-sized posts. Together, these three attributes help create experiences that are both engaging and memorable. In this article, I will outline a design method that incorporates these weblog attributes.” Maish Nichani, Australian Flexible Learning Community, 5 June 2004

Added: 1 June 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Conclusion: “I would like to stress that the informal and engaging attributes of the weblog format can be used even in the light of tightly scheduled and highly focused training situations. The simple alternatives outlined in this paper can liberate us from the tyranny of product-oriented delivery and help us build continuous, engaging and memorable learning experiences.”

Blogging behind the firewall

“Our internal use of Weblogs has greatly accelerated, and we’re beginning to see more tangible benefits as we’ve begun to reach a critical mass of internal contributors.” Chad Dickerson, InfoWorld

Added: 30 May 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“InfoWorld’s internal Weblog started as an experiment. Already, it’s indispensable.”

For some the blogging never stops

“Blogging is a pastime for many, even a livelihood for a few. For some, it becomes an obsession. Such bloggers often feel compelled to write several times daily and feel anxious if they don’t keep up. As they spend more time hunkered over their computers, they neglect family, friends and jobs. They blog at home, at work and on the road.”

Added: 27 May 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
How blogging can become compulsive

Blog software breakdown

“This chart displays attributes of different user-installed blog software packages side-by-side for comparison. Only server-installed scripts will be included in this list. (Sorry, no Radio, Blogger, etc.) I created this chart to help figure out what blog tool best suited my needs. Hopefully, it will be useful to the self-hosted blogging community as well.” Asymptomatic

Added: 24 May 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A comparison of server-based blogging software

Camera phones fuel mobile diaries

“So what if camera phones take lousy pictures? The fun is in the sharing - and chronicling the unexpected.” Eric Butterfield, PC World, 6 April 2004

Added: 9 May 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
How image sharing can be free and easy

A WebQuest: Blogs and RSS

Added: 9 May 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
This is Trevor Ettenborough’s Webquest written for the WOW conference at ASU West.

RSS: A learning technology

“This article will help you understand not only what RSS is, but also why it’s getting the hype it is in the world of content, what its potential is in the learning arena, and how it’s already being used in educational settings.” Eva Kaplan-Leiserson, Learning Circuits, May 2004

Added: 8 May 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Looks particularly at the use of RSS for learning purposes

RSS and mobile devices

“RSS: For folks like myself, (research and news junkies) it is 10 times more productive to read RSS than HTML (regular web sites)… No wait for browser loading. No looking for “what’s new.” No distractions. Same font for all content (easier reading). Some have said it is like “Tivo for the Web”. I think the same may hold true for mobile devices.” Phillip, daily wireless, 9 April 2004

Added: 9 April 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Includes a list of RSS readers for mobile devices

RSS and education

“for anyone in the business of locating and redistributing information, RSS should prove to be especially useful. Educators in particular are looking to RSS as an effective means of identifying and redistributing timely and relevant content sourced from an increasingly unwieldly Web at large, learning object repositories, and even local desktops and networks. ” Graeme Daniel, wwwtools for education, 4 April 2004

Added: 4 April 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A collection of links about RSS

RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators

Added: 31 March 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A great document from Will Richardson, covering Setting up an RSS feed reader, Using RSS feeds in the classroom and more

I’m blogging this

“A closer look at why people blog”, Bonnie A. Nardi, Diane J. Schiano, Michelle Gumbrecht, Luke Swartz, submitted to Communications of the ACM

Added: 25 March 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
An interesting analysis of blogging styles and behaviour

The XML Files: All about blogs and RSS

Aaron Skonnard, MSDN Magazine, April 2004

Added: 25 March 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
An excellent explanation of blogging - but particularly RSS

Weblogs for Learning 2004

“Edublogs and their associated literature now constitute some of the richest lodes of online learning resources available. This edition of WWWTools for Education can do no more than sketch a mud-map of the current territory, scratch the surface a little, and point to some tools for delving deeper.” Graeme Daniel, wwwtools for education, 20 March 2004

Added: 21 March 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
An updated look at blogs used in education.

The why and how of blogging

Added: 16 March 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A presentation by Nick Finck at Wed Design World, 2003

“Opinion columnists may not have views any better than your own, but they have one thing you probably don’t-an audience. Fortunately, you don’t have to convince J. Jonah Jameson to hire you. A blog can help you disseminate your views, and a hosted blog service can help you get started cheaply and easily. You can write about politics, gardening, your cats-anything you like. Depending on the service, you can post to your blog by browser, e-mail, or even phone. Enthusiastic bloggers can post breaking news before Peter Parker makes the scene.” Neil J Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 December 2003

Added: 4 March 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Reviews a number of blogging tools

How to create your own RSS feed

“Creating a basic RSS feed for your Web site is pretty easy, even if you aren’t comfortable with technology or programming.” Amy Gahran, …Contentious, 6 February 2004

Added: 25 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Some advice on creating a simple feed if your blog tool doesn’t support RSS

Added: 21 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“Really Simple Syndication News and Resources”

How to use RSS to know more and do less

Added: 20 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Reviewer’s Noe: Another presentation by Jenny Levine, an academic librarian, and the owner of the Shifted Librarian blog. This one explains RSS

Added: 20 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
This is a presentation on blogging by Jenny Levine, an academic librarian, and the owner of the Shifted Librarian blog. It provides a lot of very useful information about blogging. It’s a big file.

Trackback: Where blogs learn their places

“Interaction, the ability to comment on posts of others, was a feature of the earliest blogging tools. While commenting on the postings of others facilitates a certain amount of communication, the threshold to form communities is still far too high. The individual publishing paradigm of the blog has taken a turn toward community.” Phillip D Long, Syllabus Magazine, October 2003

Added: 15 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
“Tools like TrackBack extend the blogs by providing markers between sites that can facilitate the creation of community.

Content delivery in the “blogosphere”

“In this article, we will describe the pedagogy behind blogs. We will address the reasons why blogs should be used as one of many teaching and learning tools, as well as describe the potential benefits of blogs for educators. Drawing on our own research and teaching, we will conclude with specific strategies for using blogs in the classroom.” Richard E Ferdig and Kaye D Trammell, THE Journal, February 2004

Added: 7 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
A good overview of the potential for the use of blogs in educational contexts.

RSS: A Primer for Publishers and Content Providers

“These guidelines have been produced by EEVL, the Internet guide for engineering, mathematics and computing, as part of a JISC funded PALS Metadata & Interoperability project which aims to encourage the sharing of news and alerts in machine readable formats.”

Added: 4 February 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Excellent resource with links to RSS tools

Blogging and RSS - The “What’s It?” and “How to” of powerful new web tools for educators

“The internet has long been valued by teachers and librarians as a powerful research and communications tool, and in the last 10 years, it has brought about a sea change in the way students find, manage, and use information. But the promise of the Web as more than just a readable, searchable resource has been slow to be realized … until now. Two new Internet technologies, Weblogs and RSS (Real Simple Syndication), are redefining the way students and teachers use the Internet, turning them from mere readers into writers to the Web as well, and making it easier to filter and track the ever-growing number of resources coming online each day. In fast-growing numbers, educators across the country and throughout the world are finding just how powerful this new interactive Internet can be.” Will Richardson, Information Today, Jan/Feb 2004

Added: 7 January 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Why blogging is important for education and how to get started

“Everything from gossip to homework shows up onscreen in these cyber diaries.”By Elizabeth Armstrong, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2003r

Added: 14 December 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
Looks at how a high school pupil blogs

Blogs in education

“This page is designed to provide you some resources if you want to get started using blogs for yourself or with your students. The use of blogs in instructional settings is limited only by your imagination.” University of Houston

Added: 14 December 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
Some useful links on how to use blogs in education

Matrix of some uses of blogs in education

“A big caveat here - this matrix very much approaches the topic in the context of ‘formal’ education, and only really considers students, instructors and ‘the rest of the net’ as actors.” EdTech Post, 9 October 2003

Added: 11 October 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
This is an article from a blog itself. Make sure you click the link to the matrix.

Blogging across the curriculum

“A course resource for the Interactive Digital Design Program at Quinnipiac University”

Added: 30 August 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
Covers areas like “What is a blog?” and “Blogs and Teaching” amongst others

Blogging for business

“Blogs are a great way to put information on the Web. They’re fast to implement, and most blogging solutions are dirt cheap. Here’s who’s using them..” Jay Cross, Learning Circuits, August 2003

Added: 3 August 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
Who’s using blogs and how

How to Create an RSS Feed With Notepad, a Web Server, and a Beer

“Step One: Getting Ready Notepad: an RSS file is a plain text file. This means it can be created with any ordinary text editor. Windows Notepad will do the job. You can also use Wordpad or even MS-Word. But you will have to be sure to save your file as plain text …” Stephen Downes, 29 July 2003

Added: 30 July 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
A step-by-step guide

“Professors who blog”

Added: 13 June 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
A list of academic blogs

Scholars who blog

“Is this a revolution in academic discourse, or is it CB radio? In one form or another, that question inevitably arises in conversations with scholars who have taken up the habit of writing Web logs, or “blogs.” David Glenn, Chronicle of Higher Education, 6 June 2003

Added: 13 June 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
All about academic blogging

Weblogs and discourse

“”"This paper discusses different questions of weblogs in context of higher education. It is focussing on three loosely coupled questions: 1. How can the weblog format improve discourse? 2. How it can weblogs support teaching at universities? 3. What are the institutional benefits of weblogs in universities? It seems obvious that these questions relate to each other and therefore probably should be discussed in context. The document grew out of a wild collection of speculative thoughts and notes. It is also based on some daily experience with weblogs in an educational setting.”" Oliver Wrede, Blogtalk conference paper, 23-24 May 2003″

Added: 2 June 2003
Reviewer’s Note:

Using RSS and weblogs for e-learning: an overview

“New technologies are continually coming to the fore, and many of them have applications to e-Learning. Weblogs and RSS (an XML standard for distribution of information) are making substantial progress in 2003. This overview will give you a taste of what is being done with these by early adopters. You may find some ideas that will meet your needs to do things more simply and cheaply.” Bill Brandon, eLearning Developers Journal, 19 May 2003

Added: 24 May 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
You will have to subscribe to the eLearning Guild to gain access to this article

More than personal: the impact of weblogs

“If you have heard about weblogs at all, you have probably heard of them described as being similar to a personal journal or diary. There is an element of truth in this observation. Weblogs began as an outgrowth of personal home pages, they contain a series of dated entries, and a great many weblogs are little more than personal reflections or talk about how the writers spent their day.” Stephen Downes, May 2003

Added: 10 May 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
Includes a list of weblogging resources

using weblogs in education

“A running compilation of why weblogs ideas from various sources…” weblogg-ed

Added: 25 January 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
Some thoughts from different sources on how it can be used in education

The Blogging Phenomenon: An overview and theoretical consideration

“In this paper, I will seek to explore the meaning and significance of the blogging phenomenon. I will begin this exploration by looking at the definition of the term, the origins of the phenomenon, and how individual blogs might be classified. From there, I will look at the strengths and weaknesses of the medium, and finally examine the phenomenon though several theories of Mass Communications.” James M Branum, Final Term Paper for Theories of Mass Communiction, Southwest Texas University

Added: 7 January 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
An “academic” discussion of blogging with a useful bibliography

Weblogs get upwardly mobile

“It’s the latest trend in weblogging: moblogging - or posting thoughts to your weblog from wherever you might be, via mobile phone or handheld device.” Jane Perrone, Guardian Unlimited, 12 December 2002

Added: 15 December 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
An introduction to the concept of moblogging

The Art of Blogging - Part 2: Getting started, “How To”, Tools, Resources

“The best way to learn to blog is to blog. Fortunately, getting started is fairly simple. Three main options exist: hosted, remote server, and desktop.” George Siemens, elearnspace, 6 December 2002

Added: 7 December 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
The second part of this summary of blogging - for first part, see directly below

The Art of Blogging - Part 1: Overview, definitions, uses and implications

“Blogging is using a new medium for what it is good for - connecting and interacting. Blogging is a first generation tool built on, and taking advantage of, the unique attributes of the Internet. It has been dismissed as a self-centered passing fad…and as the new model of interactive journalism, communication, and learning. This article explores the the uses, benefits, implications, and art of blogging” George Siemens, elearnspace, 1 December 2002

Added: 5 December 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
An excellent summary of blogging.

Secret CIO: Beware The Blog In Your Company’s Future

“The last thing you want are uncontrolled and ever-expanding records of individual activities.” Herbert W. Lovelace, InformationWeek.com, 9 September 2002

Added: 12 September 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
An article anti-blogging in organisations

Choosing a blogging package for students

“I was recently commissioned with the task of selecting an appropriate blogging tool for our upcoming Intellectual Property Weblog class. Selecting blogging software is becoming increasingly tricky, in part because there are so many packages out there, and because so many of them are so good. All have been appending each other’s features as time goes on, making their advantages progressively less distinct.” Scot Hacker, O’Reilly Network, 23 August 2002

Added: 25 August 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Scot tests 5 packages and then makes his final selection

The Weblog Guide

“More and more people are keeping weblogs - diary-style websites on which they post commentaries and recommend links. Here is our guide to the phenomenon.” Guardian, August 2002

Updated: 2 August 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Includes information about weblogs, lists of weblogs and how to build a weblog

Weblogs in education - Edublogs?

“Our intent this week is to briefly survey the uses of Weblogs in education, with passing reference to pros and cons, problems and issues; the adoption of Weblogs by librarians is a related topicwhich really deserves separate treatment.” Kevin Cox, Web Tools Newsletter

Added: 28 July 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
A round-up of some of the recent reviews about blogging in education as well as some links to some interesting edublogs

Are you blogging yet?

“For most people, though, blogs won’t be a replacement for conventional news outlets. It’s more likely that bloggers and journalists will use the tools and techniques of weblogging to create complementary informational channels.” John Foley, InformationWeek.com, 22 July 2002

Added: 26 July 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Another analysis of blogging

Blogs, Bloggers, Blogging, and the Blogosphere

“The Weblog is arguably one of the most interesting Web-based genres to have emerged from the hothouse development of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Opinions and arguments to identify the First Blog continue to bounce around.” Kevin Cox, Web Tools

Added: 22 July 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
An excellent round-up of the subject area

Blogs as disruptive technologies

“How weblogs are flying under the radar of the Content Management Giants.” John Hiler, CEO Webcrimson, 24 June 2002

Added: 25 June 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Weblogs as a disruptive technology to CMS

About the blogosphere

“An interview with John Hiler, editor of Microcontent News.” John Rhodes, WebWord.

Added: 25 June 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
A discussion on blog usability, blog basics, the blogosphere and the future of blogs

What we’re doing when we blog

“Every day it seems another article about weblogs appears in the press. At first, most of these stories seemed content to cover the personal nature of blogging. But more and more I’m seeing articles that attempt to examine the journalistic and punditry aspects of weblogs prominent in many of the so-called “warblogs,” or sites that began in response to the events of September 11th.” Meg Hourihan, O’Reilly Network, 13 June 2002

Added: 24 June 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
Meg, a weblogger, explains what being a blog author is all about

Blogging goes legit, sort of

“One of the country’s most respected training grounds for professional reporters has become the first school to offer a class on the 21st century symbol of do-it-yourself journalism. Next fall, a handful of students at the University of California at Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism will convene weekly to learn about blogging from John Batelle, a co-founder of Wired magazine, and Paul Grabowicz, the school’s new media program director.” Noah Shachtman, Wired, 6 June 2002

Added: 7 June 2002
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Blogging to be taught as an academic subject

“using weblogs in education”

Added: 7 June 2002
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Will Richardson logs the use of weblogs in education

Flash: blogging goes corporate

“Not only has the company started to tailor its software to the needs of people who run their own weblogs, but it’s also dived headlong into the much-hyped “blogosphere” itself, setting up its own weblogs as a way to nurture ties with its customers. Macromedia calls this “the blog strategy,” and some see the company’s moves as the start of a trend. These days, it’s almost unfashionable for a self-respecting Webophile to not have his own blog; if Macromedia’s effort is any indication, soon a tech company that doesn’t embrace weblogs may seem equally dated.” Farhad Manjoo, Wired News

Added: 10 May 2002
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This brief extract says it all.

“Blog stands for Web-log, an informal personal Website. Thousands of people blog every day. (Blog is both a noun and a verb.) I’ve blogged for 18 months, and I’m convinced that blogs are destined to become a powerful, dirt-cheap tool for e-learning and knowledge management.” Jay Cross, Learning Circuits, April 2002

Added: 20 April 2002
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Reviewer’s Note: DON’T miss Jay’s own blog Research on Learning and Performance

Write a better weblog - “After posting my own short list of things that ought to be banned from weblogs, I realized that a list of things to be encouraged would be more useful. Some people are new to weblogging. Others want to raise the bar. In the end, everybody wants better sites, and some of these suggestions might help. The bulk of this advice focuses on writing, which is generally at the heart of weblogs. All of them are obvious yet often ignored, to the detriment of both the readers and the writers. They’re aimed at people trying to improve the general appeal of their weblogs, but folks writing privately for friends and family might also find them useful.” A List Apart, 22 February 2002

Added: 25 February 2002
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Some advice on how to write a weblog

Weblogs Make the Web Work for You

“Weblogs, or “blogs,” are spreading faster than mushrooms on a wet lawn. Most are awful. But a few are well worth your time.” DylanTweney,Business 2.0, February 14, 2002

Added: 22 February 2002
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The future of weblogs?

The blog phenomenon

“A recent overlooked Web trend-overlooked by the mainstream media, at least-is the proliferation of public diaries, generically referred to as Blogs. The term originated from “WeB log” and was further promoted by pyra.com as a Blog at its www.blogger.com site, although www.pita.com is considered the original source of easy-to-use Web logging. People who “Blog” are called Bloggers, and right now there are hundreds, thousands of Blogs on the Net.” John C Dvorak, PC Magazine

Added: 15 February 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
A good overview of blogging

A tale of one man and his blog

“Blogger has revolutionised personal websites. Now, its only member of staff tells Neil McIntosh it’s time to take blogging to the next stage” Guardian, 31 January 2001

Added: 1 February 2002
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An article on the impact that blogging (and Blogger in particular) has had on the web

An introduction to RSS news feeds

“RDF Site Summary (RSS) files, based on XML, provide an open method of syndicating and aggregating Web content. Using RSS files, you can create a data feed that supplies headlines, links, and article summaries from your Web site.” James Lewin, The Lewin Group, 1 November 2000

Added: 1 February 2002
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A detailed look at creating RSS files

Order out of chaos

“Will user-friendly Web log software make it easier for employees to share knowledge? Steve Alexander, Online Learning Magazine, September 2001

Added: 3 September 2001
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Using blogging software for knowledge sharing

What is a weblog/blog?

“A blog is a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically — like a what’s new page or a journal. The content and purposes of blogs varies greatly — from links and commentary about other web sites, to news about a company/person/idea, to diaries, photos, poetry, mini-essays, project updates, even fiction.” Blogger.com

Added: 18 July 2001
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A succinct definition of blogs from the Blogger tool people

Jay Cross of Internet Time Group presents his thoughts and a collection of resources on weblogs

Added: 17 July 2001
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You can also view Jay’s own e-learning weblog: http://www.internettime.com/itimegroup/research.htm

Grassroots KM through blogging

“In this article, we share our experiences with a strategy and technology so simple in design, that it could present the next wave of grassroots KM implementations. We are talking of the “storytelling” as the killer strategy, and “blogs” as the killer technology. Both of them share one common ground: grassroots interaction - a concept voiced by the likes of John Seely Brown, Larry Prusak, Steve Dennings, Dave Snowden, David Weinberger, among other prominent KM personalities.” Maish Nichani and Venkat Rajamanickam, elearningpost, May 2001

Added: 17 July 2001
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A comprehensive look at how blogs are a good way of storytelling.

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Blended Learning

This page provides links to some resources on blended learning - that is a learning solution created through a mixture of face-to-face and online learning delivered through a mix of media.

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Blended Learning and Animation

“elesson by Dr Massoud Hajsadr uses a blend of technology enhanced teaching material plus classroom-based activities to optimize the teaching/learning process for students at City of Sunderland College. His teaching materials comprise multimedia-rich webpages, which deliver all the main messages of planned lessons in accordance to uniform scheme of works”.

Added: 03 January 2007
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This site is a detailed description of an academic blended learning programme with lots of examples and illustrations provided.

Blended learning: why everything old is new again - but better

“Blended learning is a powerful training solution that combines e-learning with a variety of other delivery methods for a superior learning experience. This article reveals what makes blended learning so powerful, and how to choose the right mix of delivery methods for the best blend of skill enhancement and sustainability to ensure a company’s long-term competitive advantage.” Caroline Gray, Learning Circuits, March 2006

Added: 29 March 2006
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Caroline summarises: “The obvious advantage of the blended learning solution is that learning becomes a process, rather than an event. Blended learning puts training into the job environment, provides a forum for every learning style, includes reinforcement and coaching, and uses minimum effort and resources to gain maximum results.”

Building a successful blended learning strategy

“There seems to be reluctance in transitioning instructor-led training (ILT) to a blended learning format. This may be due to resistance on the part of the organization or training department to change existing classroom session formats. Another reason I believe is more prevalent is not knowing how. ” Michael McGinnis, L&TI Newsline, 23 June 2005

Added: 25 June 2005
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The case study is an example of how their training department “made a very successful transition prior to knowing what blended learning meant”.

Blended Learning and Blended Learning in Practice

Updated: 21 March 2005
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2 whitepapers from Epic Group PLC free to download

Brewing the perfect blend

“Today, 3Com is moving toward a blended learning approach that provides solutions to internal and external sales people, 500 partners and 350 end users. O’Brien and her team examine what each training initiative requires rather than what would be the flashiest solution. Before they determine the delivery method, they consider the content, the audience, how fast the training needs to get to the audience, length of shelf life, budget constraints and available experts.” Gail Johnson, trainingmag.com, January 2004

Added: 10 January 2004
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A couple of case studies on delivering blended learning. Only available to Training Mag subscribers.

Blended Learning and business change

“Over the past few years, training professionals have become more pragmatic in their approach to technology-based media by using it to augment traditional forms of training delivery, such as classroom instruction and text-based materials. This trend has led to the rise of the term “blended learning.” The term has come to mean different things to different people. IDC defines blended learning programs in the corporate training world as any possible combination of a wide range of learning delivery media designed to solve specific business problems.” Michael Brennan, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, January 2004

Added: 10 January 2004
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“This study, as well as other IDC research, has demonstrated that as learning’s recognition as an enabler of other business processes increases, it will be better integrated into daily work.”

On the twelfth day of Christmas

“12 ways of blending your learning for the festive period” Tony Probert, Dot World, December 2003

Added: 20 December 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
This is a great example of what blended learning is all about - using the most appropriate medium/format for each part of a learning solution

Four blended learning blunders and how to avoid them

“Blended learning can be a powerful strategy for businesses who want to build employees’ skills. It can also be a recipe for disaster. If you or someone you know is responsible for ensuring a successful blended learning strategy, read on.” Mark W Brodsky, Learning Circuits, November 2003

Added: 21 November 2003
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“This article highlights four of the most troublesome blended e-learning blunders and suggests ways to avoid them.”

Managing the synchronous blend

“It seems as though everyone is talking about building the right blend. Unfortunately, achieving the right blend requires work-not words. Applying instructional design at the front end and dedicating enough time to facilitate the blend at the backend is critical to success.” Jennifer Hofmann, Learning Circuits, October 2003

Added: 24 October 2003
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“This article is Part 4 in a series outlining factors that influence the success of online learners.”

Strategic versus doctrinaire blending: a goals oriented approach to channel selection

A presentation by Don Morrison. This version of the presentation has been rendered as Notes pages.

Added: 16 October 2003
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Originally presented at Strategy and Practice in Blended Learning, London, 10 September 2003

Blended learning: what works?

“Our research finds that blended learning programs are perhaps the highest impact, lowest cost way to drive major corporate initiatives. Companies have discovered unique and powerful methodologies for selecting the “right media” to solve a given business problem. ” Josh Bersin, elearningguru.com

Added: 25 August 2003
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Another version of Josh’s article below: What works in blended learning?

Strategies for building blended learning

“At a recent conference, a practitioner was overheard saying, “I can see why blending makes sense. But what do I put with what? We have a hundred instructors and e-learning modules. If I put them together, is that a blend? What is a blend and how do I make it work in an organization that prefers a quick fix?” Those questions and more are tackled here.” Allison Rossett, Felicia Douglis, and Rebecca V. Frazee, Learning Circuits, July 2003

Added: 3 August 2003
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What it takes to blend

What works in blended learning?

“Blended learning is the latest buzzword in corporate training. It sounds so simple: mix e-learning with other types of training delivery. But questions persist. What are the best ways to blend delivery types? When do you blend? What blends work best with what? And the $million question: Will the term blended learning replace e-learning? Bersin & Associates set out to understand these issues. In 2002 and 2003, it conducted a study of more than 30 corporate blended learning programs to understand what works.” Josh Bersin, Learning Circuits, July 2003

Added: 3 August 2003
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Some interesting findings from this research which will help those thinking about creating blended learning solutions.

The search for the holy recipe

“I’ll come clean. I hate the term ‘blended learning’. I’m not alone. A number of people including several e-learning luminaries have shared their dirty little secret with me. I can’t help reading ‘blended learning’ as ‘we can’t make up our mind learning’. We’re not sure which type of learning to use so we’ll use lots and hope that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Now some people are saying that 2003 will see ‘blended learning’ gave way to ‘blurred learning’. Yeah, right…” Don Morrison, April 2003

Added: 10 May 2003
Reviewer’s Note:
The concept of blended learning, which is so simple, seems to have been causing such confusion.

Blended Learning Best Practices Survey

Results of a survey conducted at the ELearning Guild website

Added: 17 March 2003
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You now have to pay for access to eLearning Guild materials

“Can any course be moved online? Should it? A survey of six experienced e-learning training professionals reveals that certain content is more effective if delivered through e-learning, while other content is more suitable for classroom instruction. Findings show that both delivery methods can successfully coexist to compose an effective and efficient training system.” Ioulia Khitrykh and Eric Nelson, Learning Circuits, January 2003

Added: 24 January 2003
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Compares best practice at 6 organisations to held demonstrate what works online

Blended learning models

“The term blended learning is used to describe a solution that combines several different delivery methods, such as collaboration software, Web-based courses, EPSS, and knowledge management practices. Blended learning also is used to describe learning that mixes various event-based activities, including face-to-face classrooms, live e-learning, and self-paced learning. Unfortunately, there’s no single formula that guarantees learning, but here are some guidelines from NIIT on how to order your learning activities.” Purnima Valiathan

Added: 15 August 2002
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A number of examples of different blended learning models and how you might build a total solution for them using both technology and non-technology based techniques

Blended training: pre-requisites and purple monkeys

“Thinking of offering a blended training solution that includes an online prerequisite for a more technical instructor-led course? Why not? The concept of blending online and instructor-led training is very much in vogue. Do it right, and you can save time, resources, and money. Do it wrong, and you’re flirting with disaster.” Sean Brooks, Learning Circuits, June 2002

Added: 24 June 2002
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“Blending online and instructor-led training by using prerequisites is a great step in that direction. It puts learners on an even playing field in a short amount of time. But it’s not a simple answer: It requires careful thought and collaboration between all involved.”

A proven model for the design of blended learning

“The model is intended to help guide you and your team through the process of blended learning design. By virtue of its checks and balances, a successful outcome is virtually assured. Accompanying the model is a list of sections for an instructional design document, which — as it is developed and fine-tuned — provides a vital discussion document and focal point for all parties involved in the project.” Frank J Troha, Blended Learning Group of New York April 2002.

Added: 13 April 2002
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“The First of Its Kind Model for the Design of Blended Learning”

Introduction to hybrid courses

Carla Garnham and Robert Kaleta, Learning Technology Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. March 2002

Added: March 2002
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One college’s approach to creating a hybrid or blended course.

Use Blended Learning to Increase Learner Engagement and Reduce Training Costs

“Blending online learning methods with classroom training makes training sessions shorter and allows your learners to take the training wherever they go. Some relatively simple techniques can help you convert courses to blended delivery” Steve Semler, Learning Safari Newsletter, April 2001

Added: 14 February 2002
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A practical guide to building blended learning

The Node’s Guide to Blended Learning: Getting the most out of your classroom and the Internet

“The Node’s Guide to Blended Learning is for you if: you are uncertain what blended learning is and unsure about its potential for you and your students; you have not tried to integrate Internet resources and tools into your teaching, but would like to; you have used the Internet in your courses but have been dissatisfied with the results.” theNode

Added: 26 December 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
Comes in two parts: a print manual and a password protected website

Achieving success with blended learning

“This paper shares cutting-edge research and thinking on blended learning as it explores: What is blended learning? Why blend? How do you blend? Where does one start?” White Paper by Harvi Singh and Chris Reed, Centra

Added: 19 September 2001
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Have this white paper sent to you by email.

Blended Learning eConference

“These event recordings from the Blended Learning eConference were created using the record and playback features of Centra’s products.” July 2001

Added: 3 August 2001
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If you missed the conference live, you can listen to the recorded sessions

Blending: Experts Weigh in on Incorporating E-learning into Training

“We’re all for a blended or hybrid approach. There are a lot of factors that go into making it work. Some things that we at Elf have discovered are that synchronous applications are far cheaper than putting something out on the Web and, fundamentally, CBT and CD-ROMs have the same developmental process as WBT.” The New Corporate University Review, February 2001

Added: 1 August 2001
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A number of experts views on how to blend

Blended learning: an old friend gets a new name

“One of the next new terms to dazzle us in technology-enhanced education is “blended learning.” What is it, is it really so new, and how can we recognize it within our own association - or, if it is the direction where you want to grow your technology-enhanced educational options, this article will provide a lens through which you can see blended learning growth opportunities.” Judith M Smith, Greater Washington Society of Association Executives

Added: 18 July 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
This article defines blended learning and also gives an example of its use

Blending information and instruction

“In his book, E-Learning: Strategies for Delivering Knowledge in the Digital Age, Marc Rosenberg, identifies “information” as being an equally important part of learning as “instruction”. In this article, I analyze some practical implementations of systems that blend these two aspects of learning-a concept that seems to be catching on with many LMS vendors these days.”Maish Nichani, elearningpost, 9 July 2001

Added: 9 July 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
This article concurs with my own view that information is as important as instruction, and shows how a blended, or integrated learning solution is the answer.

New training methods offer personalized e-learning

“E-learning programs continue to evolve as they grow out of infancy. The future direction of e-learning has been defined as “blended learning,” according to many company executives. E-learning system providers, such as Centra and Mentergy, have found that their customers are blending multiple training practices to provide a fuller, more beneficial training experience for their employees. For example, a student may take a segment of a course through self-paced e-learning and then attend a classroom session for the latter part of the course.” Lori Mitchell, InfoWorld, April 2001.

Added: 9 July 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
Provides some guidance on how to create a blended learning solution

eLearning in Practice: Blended solutions in practice

A whitepaper by IDC to download from Mentergy website.

Added: May 2001
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Blended Learning Case Study

“Recipe for blended learning: Start with a few online tutorials, add one synchronous event and a pinch of discussion forums for flavor, and stir.” Jennifer Hofmann, Learning Circuits, April 2001.

Added: April 2001
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e-Learning for Professional Development

This page provides links to reports and articles looking at the use of e-learning for professional development as well as CPD (continuing professional development) generally and within specific professions:

Articles in date order, most recent first.

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E-learning as a driver for Continuing Professional Development

“Implicit in the question is the assumption that CPD needs a driver - a mechanism or a system that will somehow provide the means to establish it as the major paradigm for lifelong learning.” Jim Flood, COROUS. First appeared in Training Zone

Added: 3 May 2002
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Conclusion - “we need to answer with an unequivocal Yes, and take responsibility for making it so.

CPD and e-learning - a natural progression

“For some professionals - especially those working outside of the main cities - satisfying increasing CPD requirements can be of real concern.” PARN (Professional Associations Research Network)

Added: 12 November 2001
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Some interesting and useful articles in this pdf file

RightTrack™ is designed for organizations looking to streamline the way they create, deliver and manage the training process. RightTrack™ allows you to deliver programs to the right audience, anytime, anywhere

Added: 21 December 2007
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Legal Profession

Training: On the line ..

“Traditional classroom learning is all very well but when you need your lawyers to be up to speed yesterday, e-learning can offer a more flexible approach to training. David Adams and Kevin Bell look at the pros and cons.” Legal Week, 7 June 2004

Added: 7 October 2004
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A study of e-learning at Clifford Chance, a firm of lawyers in the UK

Starting with the basics: KM for lawyers

“Lawyers can now select from a growing number of technologies that help them serve clients and enhance their own skills. Firms are developing enterprise architectures and content management systems that pave the way for knowledge management, while e-learning and high-tech courtroom training allow lawyers to boost their expertise in specialty areas of the law and in using computer technology to present their cases.” Judith Lamont, KM World, September 2002, Vol 11 Issue 8

Added: 23 August 2002
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Some case studies of companies using KM/e-learning techniques

Law firms increasingly choose e-learning to solve technology training challenges

“Faced with the daunting prospect of training busy employees to use new or upgraded software programs, legal firms are increasingly choosing a new option: e-Learning courses.” Kenneth E Leeser, LLRX.com1 October 2001

Added: 17 November 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
The use of e-learning for CPD in legal profession in the US

e-Learning for law firms

“eLearning … is, particularly for law firms, not simply a useful delivery medium but, in time, will, in time, be a potent mechanism for crystallizing and leveraging their rich and coveted knowledge” Robin Fry, 2Ends Ltd

Added: 10 November 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
This article demonstrates how e-learning can be a useful tool for law firms

Teaching Profession

“Virtually Perfect” ILT Staff Development

“This case study outlines the various models Henley College have adopted when delivering the in-house created Teaching and Learning Online course and the impact this has had on teaching and learning.” Peter Travis. @ FERL, 5 January 2005

Added: 11 January 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
Staff development training using WebCT

Blended collaborative learning: online teaching of online educators

“Blended Collaborative Learning is essentially a tutor-led distance learning method that blends available face-to-face and online techniques on a foundation framework of facilitated asynchronous conferencing. Blended Collaborative Learning actively encourages the modern form of ‘communities of practice’ and permits dispersed individuals to contribute and gain from this kind of group involvement.” Gerard Prendergast, Abacus Learning Systems, In GlobalEducator, April 2004

Added: 18 June 2004
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“Good online educator training should make educators feel confident to deliver effective online training.

Practical instruments for teachers in Higher Education for using ICT in education

“The reason for the project Digital Didactics that started in October 2002, is, among others, the national inventory study of the use of ICT in Dutch Higher Education (Veen a.o., 1999). This inventory study identified some bottlenecks in the introduction and use of ICT in education: teachers have to make a move to new education, but they lack time; teachers lack insight in ICT development; teachers lack ICT capacities.” George Baars, Lisette Bakalis, Maarten van de Ven and Syliva Walsarie Wolff

Added: 1 November 2003
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Professi0nal development in the Netherlands

Removing barriers to professional development

“Professional development in education has been described as an organized effort to change teachers with the expected result of improving their teaching practice and student learning (Angelo 2001; Guskey 1986). Unfortunately, professional development initiatives have been criticized for their failure to produce significant changes in either teaching practice or student learning. Most recently, this criticism has been extended to education technology initiatives.” Lynn Feist, THE Journal, June 2003

Added: 10 July 2003
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“Although the findings aren’t surprising, the information gained from participants has been instrumental in creating a model for bridging course development and professional development through a five-stage process.”

The connected teacher

“Anytime, anywhere learning meets professional development” Lottie L Joiner, electronic school, January 2002

Added: 26 January 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
online professional development for teachers

Adult Technology Learning: Creating learning cultures with Just-in-Time support

“The best way to win widespread use of new technologies is to provide just-in-time support . . . assistance and encouragement when needed. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Now!” Jamie McKenzie. 1998

Added: 26 December 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
Article is now rather old but still of value

Virtual Learning Environments in the Online Delivery of Staff Development - Report 2: Delivering Staff and Professional Development Using Virtual Learning Environments

“There is a critical need for large-scale staff and professional development in the UK Higher Education sector, as identified by the Dearing report and others.” Colin Milligan, Heriott-Watt University, 1999

Added: 7 December 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
Although an “old” document now - still relevant and valuable

Reaching the reluctant teacher

“Even as schools are busily filling classrooms with computers, a large percentage of teachers remain reluctant and skeptical. Unfortunately, much of the technology professional development of the past two decades was designed by technology enthusiasts with little empathy for reluctants. They have failed to convert reluctance into enthusiasm. They have failed to address the very real concerns of reluctants.” Jamie McKenzie, From Now On, 1999

Added: 22 November 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
Some ways to reach the reluctant teacher

Can web-based collaboration reform education

“This article examines the connection between engaging in Web-based collaboration and subsequent future professional practices. We believe that pre-service teachers would benefit from participating in Web-based professional collaboration, which in turn would lead to more student-centered and more innovative instruction.” Technos Quarterly, Vol 10, No 3, Fall 2001

Added: 11 November 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
Developing future teachers to use the technology is key

Medical profession

General Practitioners and Online Continuing Professional Education: Projected Understandings

“Continuing professional education seems to be particularly suited to the online environment with opportunities to communicate anywhere anytime. This appears to be convenient and time efficient for the busy working professional. The views of practising professionals were sought and form the basis of this paper. Primary care physicians at two locations, who actively pursue continuing education, discuss the role of information technology in their daily professional practice and give their views about online education. This professional group is a good example of how a particular interaction style is significant to the collective cultural mores of a group.” Brace-Govan, J., & Gabbott, M. (2004). General Practitioners and Online Continuing Professional Education: Projected Understandings. Educational Technology & Society, 7 (1), 51-62.

Added: 1 November 2004
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The paper concludes that these group preferences need to be taken into account when designing continuing education and some suggestions are made for design.

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Academic Case Studies

This page provides links to case studies on the use of e-learning in Further and Higher Education.

Articles in alphabetical order.

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eLearning Utopia: iPods meet course management in the classroom

“My course is anything but a black hole. It involves fiery online give and take on eternal existential questions, integrated with fine art, classical music, “podcasting” and the ubiquitous iPod. I’ve found that structured online discussion and thoughtful content delivery supports complex learning and discovery.”
Robert Viau, Campus Technology, August 2005

Added: 17 August 2005
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The author concludes “Elearning technology can be so much more than notes and lectures posted online. It can be a remarkable tool to enhance learning and actively engage students in meaningful dialogue, conversation and even controversy. When they can do this and still be civil, liberal arts education is really working.”

Online Classes Offer Virtual Dissection, but Gym Still Takes Sweat

“The nation’s public schools are rushing to reconfigure scores of traditional courses from basic composition to calculus so students can take them via the Internet. One of the unlikely new offerings in this vast experiment is online gym” By Sam Dillon, New York Times, 2 August 2005

Added: 3 August 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
This article looks at some online classes at a high school and in subjects that you would not have thought could have been delivered online.

Achieving success in Internet-supported learning in Higher Education

“contains the results of a study of 21 higher education institutions that have achieved success in Internet-supported learning.”

Added: 12 March 2005
Reviewer’s Note:
Online and PDF versions available

Downloading the classroom: a look at online courses

“No student can deny that it is not fun to have to get up, get dressed, and trek all the way across campus for an 8:25 a.m. class. Imagine how easy life would be if all it took was the click of a mouse to get there.”
Jinah Kim, The Tufts Daily, 4 November 2004

Added: 7 November 2004
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The byline on this article is “Some students view such courses as ‘wasting great professors’.”

Teaching online: stories of contemporary practice at Deakin

“This site contains innovative cases of practice in the development and use of traditional and digital media and online environments.”
Deakin University, Australia

Added: 25 May 2004
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Read summaries of cases, listen to interviews with teachers and explore the world of teaching at Deakin.

Confessions of an early Internet educator

“Six years ago, Concord Law School (a division of Kaplan, Inc.) launched the nation’s first totally online law school … In this essay, I will attempt to reflect upon the lessons we have learned in a synopsis of what “works.” Ultimately, the growth of online learning during the past few years indicates that much of what we either created or stumbled upon can be replicated in other environments.”
Jack R. Goetz, President and Dean, Concord Law School, Published by the Distance Education and training council, February 2004

Added: 19 March 2004
Reviewer’s Note:
Something about the development of e-learning at the University of Alberta

Who needs paper? Not Iowa College

“Students at an Iowa College can forget the quintessential experience of pulling all-nighters at the library poring over stacks of books. For one thing, there’s no library. For another, there are no books.”

Added: 7 August 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
The College intends to be an entirely paper-free campus

Compaq’s iPAQ: A time multiplier

“Arizona State University has recently adopted handheld computers in its High Technology MBA, a program offering a customized curriculum for managers in technology-intensive businesses. Starting last fall, all incoming students, faculty, and staff were equipped with Compaq Computer Corp.’s 3670 iPAQ handheld computers. Already, the devices are boosting productivity.”
Brian Boyd, Syllabus Magazine, March 2002

Added: 13 March 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
I think we will see more examples of universities and companies too that are making significant use of PDAs for both working and learning

eCornell distances itself from convention

“When officials from eCornell, Cornell University’s for-profit distance-learning subsidiary, introduced “Irate Joe” at a conference in Florida, seasoned human-resources executives found the online simulation of an angry employee chillingly real.”
Esther Campi, The Ithaca Journal, 7 March 2002

Added: 8 March 2002
Reviewer’s Note:
“The course that Joe is derived from, “Fundamentals of Employee Benefits,” has been taught at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations extension division for nearly 20 years. But it only went high-tech in January.

Using a web site in a large lecture class to help students with personal learning projects

“Teaching large lecture courses pulls me towards two opposing pedagogies. One is instructor-centered. In traditional large lecture courses, the instructor communicates course material to students through lectures, demonstrations, and media and determines assigned readings. … The second pedagogy is student-centered. It encourages active student work by asking students to search for creative solutions to open-ended problems, to think critically about issues, and to work in groups on complex tasks.”
Darrell L Butler, the technology source, July/August 2001

Added: 5 July 2001
Reviewer’s Note:
A case study of a simple yet effective way of using the web in a traditional lecture class

Managing a large distance course using Webboard

“The paper describes the experience of trying to use Webboard to manage 40-50 active students in a single course which has high pragmatic content and encourages a collaborative approach to education. It presents the methods used to organize the course and both the advantages this CMC (Computer Mediated Communication) system offers and the problems it creates. Finally some proposals are made for the functionality need in CMC systems to make it easier to manage large classes.” Murray Turoff, Division of Information Systems, Department of Computer and Information Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology”

Added: June 2001

Solving some problems of university education: a case study

“Traditional university education, in both on-campus and distance education modes, suffers from a number of problems. his paper describes an attempt to address these problems using a collaborative, online teaching method within the subject Systems Administration.” (1996) David Jones, Department of Mathematics & Computing at the Central Queensland University.

Added: 2000

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