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Building the Network for Learning: Commentary by Niki Davis
You may, or may not, be familiar with the Network for Learning (N4L) that is being developed in New Zealand. The potential of such a network is huge, but it requires a collaborative effort to actually make it work. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in All, Social Networking
Tagged Christchurch, Community, future, Network for Learning, New Zealand, virtual learning, Virtual Learning Network, VLN
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Sharing openly on the Internet: The solution or the problem?
Michael Winter shared the link to this video, writing, succinctly, “I think this is important”. I felt it was a powerful protest against many of the laws, legislations and policies that are being put together, including SOPA and ACTA – and … Continue reading
Posted in All, Future, Social Networking
Tagged ACTA, Freedom of speech, internet, Privacy, protest, SOPA, Stuxnet
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Bookmarking…visually
There are probably times when you would like to share a set of hyperlinks. However, sometimes these can be pretty dull visually…a list…, and often the URL does not provide information about what the follower of a particular link will … Continue reading
Communities of Practice and Networks in organisations
Diana Ayling recommended this presentation from Etienne & Beverly Wenger. The points they make are specifically referring to learning in organisations rather than distributed communities, so something I am pondering is how might the points they make be impacted (if … Continue reading
Posted in All, Assessment, Effective practice, Engagement, Professional Learning Development, Social Networking
Tagged communities of practice, Community management, Community of practice, Education, Etienne Wenger, Knowledge Flow, Knowledge Management, Online community of practice, Professional development, social learning, social networks
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16 ways that educators use Pinterest
Linda Ross recently dropped me a line and recommended that I have look at the infographic below entitled 16 ways educators use Pinterest. I haven’t used Pinterest before, but John S Oliver has and he has blogged about it here. … Continue reading
Posted in All, Social Networking
Tagged collaboration, curation, Facebook, infographic, linda ross, organisation, Pinterest, social bookmarking tools, Social Network
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2012 Predictions – Technology Will Shape Who We Are
John Owen shared the following blog post by Brian Hopkins, 2012 Predictions – Technology Will Shape Who We Are As People And Businesse with the comment “this might be interesting”. Brian refers to the notion that we are now using technology ubiquitously and this … Continue reading
Posted in All, Future, mLearning, Social Networking
Tagged Big data, Brian Hopkins, Business technology, cloud computing, cloudcomputing, cyborgs, data, global business environment, information age technology, John Owen, mlearning, NoSQL, Prediction, predictions, predictions for 2012, social media, SoLoMo
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Bringing Maslow screaming into the 2012s: Maslow’s Model Rewired for Social Media
Peter Allen (The Learning Wave) shared this great article, prefaced by the comment “Came across this interesting article … brings Maslow screaming into the 2012′s…. “. To give you a taster of the article here is a couple of paragraphs and … Continue reading
Innovate to survive: being prepared to teach in times of crisis
Image by Andrew Kelsall, Graphic Designer via FlickrI felt this was a a presentation from the heart, with some superb practical suggestions! The experience, and the whole ‘learning journey’ of the teaching team was extremely powerful. In the presentation, Julie … Continue reading
Posted in All, Design, Effective practice, Social Networking
Tagged Blended learning, Christchurch, crisis, Earthquake, learning journey, Moodle
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Fostering an online professional community: What can you do?
This is a presentation that provides some suggestions around things that you can do to help foster an online community of practice.
Do you need a social media detox?
A humorous overview of social media from Column Five Media (@columnfive).
Posted in All, Social Networking
Tagged Column Five Media, Facebook, humour, social media, social media detox, Twitter
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