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The questions prompt quite a lively and interesting discussion among online community members. In more recent years, websites, wikis and blogs have entered the picture, creating social learning platforms that learners can modify themselves. In a recent post What Makes a Successful Community Manager?
In this session, we will share a collaborative wiki created by a self-organized, self-managed group of online graduate students. This virtual learning community took the initiative to form a study group and share strategies for completing course problem-solving assignments. Define wiki. Community of Inquiry.
I’m involved in several discussions around how to use Wikis as part of learning solutions. So, of course, I went to eLearning Learning and I looked at Wiki , Collaborative Learning with Wikis , Wikis and eLearning 2.0 , Wikis Corporate eLearning , Social Learning with Wikis , Wiki Security and a few others.
We are moving, albeit in fits and starts, from traditional learning environments, where curriculum are essentially assigned to learners, to more collaborative and innovative environments where learners can self-direct their learning and participate in communities of passion. Of course, when I saw this question, I had to try to answer it.
Lisa Cheney-Steen, Colorado Community College System, Denver, Colorado, USA. More social community. Create a sharing community. Wikis as classic example of collaborative tool. Gave an example of faculty handbook created with wiki (using MediaWiki). Wikis have more work application for students too.
Well if that’s the case, I expect to see TweetDeck start to make some noise in the business community. The best way to profit from ideation is to create accessories or add-ons to popular items. Properly d.
Free online video is creating new global communities, granting their members both the means and the motivation to step up their skills and broaden their imaginations. Properly d.
On their own, ants and bees can rarely see the big picture, but as a community they make the right decisions, time after time. This same effect is seen in ant colonies and bee hives, as noted in another fascinating article I found in a post by Gisela Jonsson, titled “ Ants are stupid, ant colonies are smart.” Properly d.
the world’s most popular online video community allowing millions of people to discover, watch, and share originally-created videos.” Guess who else is getting in the social media game? To connect people with information that matters to them. Properly d.
They may not actively participate in the community, but they will know where to start looking when they need help and they can see what is giving others trouble. Use the LMS or company intranet to set up a site with ask the expert discussion boards, opportunities for live chats, FAQs, and other online help resources. Properly d.
WIKI: Check if your LMS includes a Wiki. Wikis are simple, efficient tools for managing knowledge and collaborating. Wikis are online so users can access, collaborate, and share content, knowledge and files anytime, anywhere. You can read more about LMS Wikis here. They’re easy to learn and use.
Extend this to the Subject Matter Experts and popular spokes-person through a defined communication framework and you have a community of practice in action! For example, you can engage employees from the same department to contribute weekly to their “department wiki”. Knowledge in this wiki is “community managed and owned”.
Extend this to the Subject Matter Experts and popular spokes-person through a defined communication framework and you have a community of practice in action! For example, you can engage employees from the same department to contribute weekly to their “department wiki”. Knowledge in this wiki is “community managed and owned”.
Based on seminar where doctoral students created online community projects. Used a wiki for the course –most content went through the wiki, not through Moodle. The seminar raised a question about whether online religious communities could be a model for online educational experiences. Amy Dee: Wiki-Mania.
internal processes on wiki starting to use wikis internally Moving faculty bookmarks to Delicious use wiki for learners to craft definition of 'seamless service' after searching orgs that proclaim to provide seamless service We hope to build wikis that our students can use to share information. approaches.
I think the root of the problem is that we have not defined or promoted ourselves well; decision makers that should be approving and hiring instructional technologists arent aware enough of the need for the skill set within their organization.
90-9-1 Theory - Wiki Patterns. Wiki Patterns explanation of participation in a wiki with the 90-9-1 theory. This includes some of the statistics of participation for Wikipedia and other community sites. tags: community , wiki , patterns , engagement.
Use wikis as archive of resources for students to refer to as needed. Use wikis as archive of resources for students to refer to as needed. Multimedia posted on the wiki like Blabberize. Use a wiki to share best practices. Posted in Higher Ed, K-12, Learning Communities, Tools, Wikis.
With the Encyclopedia Britannica abandoning its 244-year-old printed version in response to the dominance of Wikipedia, and Britain’s education minister calling for a “wiki approach” to designing the curriculum for schools, wikis deserve a role in employee training and learning. The case for wikis.
In the United States, it is reported that 96% of students with internet access use social networking technologies (chatting, texting, blogging, or visiting online communities), with nearly 30% of students indicating that they have their own blog. Create or maintain a class, school, or communityWiki.
Wikis for Improving Productivity. Wikis and Blogs and Tags: Oh Why? Learning Communities. Wikis & Emerging Web 2.0 E-Learning Communities. Wikis & Emerging Web 2.0 E-Learning Communities. Wikis that Work: Effective Wiki Practices for Virtual Learning Communities.
Although I usually agree with Jane and am humbled by her otherworldly stature within the learning community, I’m going to pick a bone here. Social learning refers to a class of learning, which includes wikis, blogs, screen sharing, podcasting, photo sharing, social bookmarking, collaborative working, social networking, etc.
Wikinomics » Blog Archive » Wiki collaboration leads to happiness. tags: collaboration , productivity , wiki. Great visual showing how much simpler collaborating on documents with a wiki is than emailing attachments back and forth. Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Five Phases of Flattening a Classroom Annotated.
who have internet access use social networking technologies for blogging, chatting, online communities and more. Creating and maintaining Wikis. As such, it just makes sense for education programs to adopt them as well another tool for teaching. In fact, one study reports that 96% of students in the U.S. Using a classroom specific LMS.
Create a Vibrant Learning Community --A social networking and learning really starts and stops with the concept of Community. Blog or Wiki --A discussion on when to use a blog vs. a wiki. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide.
7- Building up a great community for implementation and support. 10- To find more about Project Tin Can, visit their website where you can also find links to different Google groups, recent posts and a Wiki, join their weekly calls on Thursdays at 2.30 What this project can do for an organizational mLearning strategy?
Sage Advice on Wiki Adoption: Keys to Success. Best practices for wiki adoption in organizations: Start with what you already do. tags: wiki , community , orgculture. Matching game about skills for instructional designers. tags: flash , game , instructionaldesign. Don’t mandate–let it grow naturally.
Udutu brings to the eLearning community the world’s first LMS designed to run on popular Social Networks such as Facebook. Wiki collecting examples of how the National Education Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) are being implemented. tags: technology , wiki , education , k-12 , digitalliteracy.
Tom Stone: Or a common I hear about our wikis… “I feel enabled to actually create more valuable documentation than I did in the past. I actually record valuable informal conversations in the wiki, before the value of those just were lost over time.&#. Posted in Informal Learning, Learning Communities.
After my last blog post , a commenter asked a pertinent question: Many organizations/companies have multiple intranets, wiki sites, and so forth, often making it difficult for employees to know where to go when they want an answer or more information. If you have hundreds of user communities, you should have hundreds of portals.
Will teach with blogs and a wiki. Past predictions about online communities assumed text because that was what was available. Wachovia is testing social networking for sharing information and developing community within the community. Google Sites for the wiki. More communities of practice. Second Life.
For educational purposes, I’m sure the folks at the SLED (Second Life Education) community would have lots of ideas. This wiki with educational uses of Second Life has a number of resources. Karl Kapp’s MSIT Second Life wiki has lots of resources. The SLED blog looks good too.
Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : Today, active involvement in informal learning, particularly through web-based communities, is key to remaining professional and creative in a field. How can you apply them to your existing systematic learning system if you don't know what the heck wiki even means? They have their head in the sand.
Collaborating on a wiki isn’t the same as writing on a blog. Communicate = Ning. Collaborate = Wiki. Sue’s wiki to support teachers building PLNs. Posted in Learning Communities, PLE, Read/Write Web. Tags: Learning Communities PLE Read/Write Web Flat Classroom Sue Waters TCC09. Create = Video.
Further, while the system’s wiki resembles Wikipedia, the discussions section looks similar to LinkedIn group discussion pages. Also included are features to enable the creation of communities, as well as the ability to create photo albums and upload videos.
She starts with a basic description of social media and then covers all the biggies, Twitter, Facebook(online communities), Blogs, and wikis. Jane does a great job of keeping the information simple, straight forward and to the point. But she doesn't stop there.
Opportunity to learn in communities with other teachers - nationally and internationally Innovation in the way classes are conducted Adding 'mediaknowledge' (mediawijsheid) to the curriculum Opportunity for reputation management online - make your students ambassadors! Using a wiki might be a more efficient way.
Through the LMS’s collaborative capabilities such as discussion boards, forums, wikis, blogs and chat, learners can continue to share relevant ideas and materials, and continue to learn from each other. It also helps develop a strong community outside of the classroom training.
Presentation on teaching online with VoiceThread & Ning, including survey results with learner perspectives on how these tools helped create a sense of community. tags : e-learning , education , instructionaldesign , teaching , voicethread , ning , web2.0 , community , lms. Moodle.org: Modules and plugins (Assignment Rubrics).
Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : Today, active involvement in informal learning, particularly through web-based communities, is key to remaining professional and creative in a field. How can you apply them to your existing systematic learning system if you don't know what the heck wiki even means? They have their head in the sand.
Jack Merklein from Xerox Global Services did a really great presentation at LearnTrends 2009 entitled - Common tools for Diverse Communities at Xerox Global Services. Jack is responsible for the development, care and tools for learning communities and knowledge sharing initiatives. A few follow-up thoughts. That was my language.
An intranet with an SII of 6 integrates social media elements such as a discussion forum, blogs and wikis into a single sign-on solution. Devoid of ringfences, the platform effectively becomes a giant wiki. The corporate community pitches in to produce and maintain organic knowledge. The user experience is seamless.
I’m willing to fight the battles to include blogs and wikis and chat and a bunch of other stuff, but this seemed like too much to throw at them. Posted in Informal Learning, Learning Communities, Tools. Tags: Informal Learning Learning Communities Tools. What am I missing?
This innovative educational model leverages the power of group dynamics and structured learning to not only convey knowledge but also to build a supportive community among learners. Building a Learning Community The cohort model thrives on creating a learning community, where educators and learners form meaningful, ongoing connections.
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