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TCC09 Keynote: Global Collaboration in the Web 2.0 World

Experiencing eLearning

Global collaboration can be very small; can just be one teacher and one class with blogs or Skype. With blogs, move students from passive lurking on a class blog –> blog comments first. Examples: student blogging project , 10 weeks with a challenge to push students more each week. Connect = Elluminate.

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My Workflow with Synergy

Experiencing eLearning

When I liveblogged the TCC 2008 conference , I always had the Elluminate presentation up on my primary screen (my desktop computer) and my blog on my laptop. Synergy lets me easily switch focus back to the Elluminate screen to join the backchannel chat or answer a poll; you just move your mouse over to the other screen and type away.

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Learning from Others in the Room

Tony Karrer

crazy fun! ” @chambo_online “Very intrigued to have 130 people writing on a whiteboard all at once at #learntrends … and amazingly, it didn’t suck” @cynan_sez “130+ people writing on same Elluminate whiteboard and GWave also being completed. eLearning Technology.

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Five tools for global educators

Learning with e's

Webinar tools include Elluminate (now known as Blackboard Collaborate), WebEx and Adobe Connect all of which have similar screen topographies and perform similar functions, but all have an associated cost. Blog: Blogging is arguably one of the most powerful tools for global education.

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Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars.

eFront

I'm going to link this post on my blog, too, and recommend it into the conversation I'm in on Amplify. Just posted my extended thoughts on my own blog, Christopher. You are more than welcome to link this post on your blog. I will very much appreciate if you mention this blog as a resource.

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Running a MOOC

Learning with e's

Over at the University of Brighton, Peps McCrea is currently blogging about MOOCs (Massively Online Open Courses) and is speculating how they might influence the future of Higher Education. If the question relates to whether British academics and specialists will begin to write, organise and deliver MOOCs, that's another question entirely.

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Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools - A Summary

Tony Karrer

€ When I originally conceived the course, I assumed that most attendees would know about Blogs, Wikis, etc. introducing 3 new technologies (blogs, BlogLines , wikis) at the same time is a bit much" "Specific introductory directions would have been helpful.” generally, but would not have experience using them.

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