Thought Bubble: Tools and Ideas
Today’s post highlight’s a diverse set of articles on Web 2.0 technologies and their application to teaching and learning.
Digital Life vs Life Digital: Our Inevitable Digital Future
This article by Alex Iskold makes some very interesting points about “digital life” (as expressed by virtual worlds such as Second Life) and “life digital,” the idea that digital technologies such as Google Maps are overlaying our “real” lives with additional information and visualizations. This quote intrigued me:
“Information is being unleashed and re-shuffled. We are beginning to look at information from literally a 1000 foot view. And everything is becoming increasingly more connected. This is both very exciting and a bit unnerving. We are accelerating into our digital future from all directions – pushing digital towards life and pushing life towards digital.”
Pedagogical affordances of syndication, aggregation, and mash-up of content on the Web
Barbara Dieu and Vance Stevens provide a thorough review of Web 2.0 technologies (social networks, image sharing, blogs, mapping, podcasting, video, and other related technologies and processes) with the idea of applying these technologies to teaching and learning. The first sentence should catch the interest of any educator:
“As Internet and online learning become more and more incorporated into our courses, syllabi, and teaching materials, it becomes increasingly important that the impact the Web is having on changing perceptions of literacy carries over to the way we practice teaching and learning.”
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
An extensive, excellent collection of studies, book reviews, and lectures on “m-learning” (mobile learning). Past issues of the IRRODL are available from the menu, and the entire site is searchable.
WikiVersity
Even regular WikiPedia users may be unaware of WikiVersity. Here is WikiVersity’s own statement of purpose and goals:
“Wikiversity is a community for the creation and use of free learning materials and activities. Wikiversity is a multidimensional social organization dedicated to learning, teaching, research and service. Its primary goals are to:
- Create and host free content, multimedia learning materials, resources, and curricula for all age groups in all languages
- Develop collaborative learning projects and communities around these materials”
WikiVeristy is actively seeking educators to create materials for the site, and there is already a lot of useful content available for use.
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