Twitter FavesJay Cross raises an interesting point about Personal Learning Environments (PLE), in that they eliminate the need to build your own way of engaging people and information on the Web. I haven’t followed PLE development in much detail but it seems to be a hot topic in public education and higher learning establishments. I’ve explained [...]
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OpenBusiness is a website dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship based on open principles and is not just about open source software. These folks have developed an Open Business Guide, in the form of a wiki, to discuss the specifics of operating an open business: Open Source [software] was the first sector in which peer-based production led [...]
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My top ten tools for work and learning have been added to Jane Hart’s Favourite Tool Index. There are lots of recommendations here, and Jane will be compiling a Top 100 list. Many of the tools that I’ve noted are open source, which in most cases means free as well. Source Forge, home of open [...]
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I’m working on a community of practice for green building technologies and am discussing business community networks here in the Maritimes. I thought it would be a good time to review some lessons from the first online community I was responsible for. The first online community of practice for which I was responsible was a [...]
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It seems that this is the real me; that is, if you think that five questions can determine your essence: You’re Siddhartha! by Hermann Hesse You simply don’t know what to believe, but you’re willing to try anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you’ve spent some time in every camp. But you [...]
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David Sean Lester is focused on collaboration and makes some interesting points on what to consider when designing for collaborative learning. David’s premise is that collaborative learning happens best in a middlespace and then he provides a comparative list of design considerations to support collaborative versus individual learning, for example: practice vs theory learning environment [...]
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An article in The Pulse shatters some stereotypes about the military and those who serve. The author teaches at a university where military personnel are enrolled in education programs to become teachers. In speaking with these soldiers, Eta Kralovec finds out that the military culture can be much more inclusive than academia, “My experiences with [...]
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Mindmeister is an online mind mapping application, similar to tools like Gliffy (diagramming) which offer a single type of application for free or a with a paid premium service. Like many Web 2.0 services, it’s easy to learn and gives you many export and sharing options. I created this map in a few minutes and [...]
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Since the turn of the century [1900], literacy rates in the US have declined from 90% to 35% [are there Canadian stats?]. Rob Paterson explains that this may be due in part to the rise of competitors (such as the records, movies, TV) to the print medium. Rob also shows that much more money put [...]
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Word on the street is that Facebook is becoming the default online community, making Linked-In, MySpace and others obsolete. I’m not so sure about this. For instance, Jay Cross, on another community site, Ning, wonders about the value of Facebook – Full Disclosure: I have Facebook, Linked-In and Ning accounts Given that the Web is [...]
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