I’ve just found out that my local Freecycle group has changed affiliation. They are now part of Realcycle. The local group has left the Freecycle network for a variety of reasons indicative of a breakdown of community. I can see Freecycle’s point of view – they want to “upgrade” the
Contrary to the usual practice on a blog, I am going to use this post to assemble links to published papers, resources, etc. on the subject of wikis. (This may in fact be more of a wiki-type activity itself, except that I am the only person contributing.) This post will
A low-cost laptop, designed for children in developing countries, finally goes into mass production report the BBC Intel have joined in the consortium – until quite recently they were producing the “Classmate” PC as a rival – possibly without the altruistic intent of the $100 laptop scheme.
Useful resources, especially for beginners Otis Online Tutoring e-Book NCSL’s e-learning facilitation toolkit and 70,000 heads are better than one
1 AdministrativeSyllabi, submission dates, room allocations, last-minute changes, etc.2 SupplementalMaterials to support the traditional classroom, but not critical to the course (e.g. notes, handouts, slides, reading lists, Internet links).3 EssentialStudents require regular web access to be productive members of the class. Most materials, tasks, assessments available on website. Teachers require
I’ve been looking up some good blog widgets. You can see a few of them in the sidebars to this blog. Mood displayhttp://www.imood.com/ Librarything to display a random sample of books from your libraryhttp://www.librarything.com/ Provide a translation of your blog on demand… (WordPress only: not tried)http://trevorcreech.com/blog/2006/04/27/translate-widget/ Embed your Flickr photoshttp://flickrslidr.com/
Did You Know 2.0 is a thought-provoking “Shift Happens” video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod. This June 2007 update of an original includes new and updated statistics, thought-provoking questions and a fresh design. It even has its own website. Content by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, design and development
I was discussing plagiarism software with some colleagues. One said that “one of the most successful techniques is simply to input a whole suspicious sentence into Google in quotes and see what comes up.” I quite agreee. I do this when I am suspicious about submissions to Kids on the
A community of practice defines itself along three dimensions:– What it is about – its joint enterprise as understood and continually renegotiated by its members– How it functions – mutual engagement that bind members together into a social entity– What capability it has produced – the shared repertoire of communal
Keller’s ARCS model of motivation AttentionRelevanceConfidenceSatisfaction How can I offer all these elements in an online course? Attention: make sure the activities are engaging and interesting, perhaps even a bit controversial Relevance: meanwhile, being completely relevant to the subject of study and the context in which they are studying –