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Charles Taylor - 0 views

  • the 'modern malaise', which manifests itself primarily in a 'centring on the self, which both flattens and narrows our lives, makes them poorer in meaning, and less concerned with others or society' (The Ethics of Authenticity), and which can lead even further to a disorientating dislocation from those things that give our lives meaning and sense.
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    Another guy mentioned in Wesch's video
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Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the Digital Age - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • a student reprimanded for copying from Wikipedia in a paper on the Great Depression said he thought its entries — unsigned and collectively written — did not need to be credited since they counted, essentially, as common knowledge.
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    another related article on plagiarism
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Plagiarism Is Not a Big Moral Deal - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    another resource about plagiarism
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Vimeo, Video Sharing For You - 0 views

shared by Shoubang Jian on 08 Aug 10 - Cached
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    useful website to host video files.
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William Peirce Strategies for Teaching Thinking and Promoting Intellectual Development ... - 0 views

  • Pose well-designed questions for asynchronous discussion.
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      These two examplar design of well-structured questions are useful in formulating discussion topics.
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Ethics Updates - Abortion & Ethics - 0 views

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    A great resources for applied ethics ethics. Strangely not listed on MERLOT.
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etap687 Joan Erickson - 3 views

  •  Synthesizing and formulating a mini-thesis is where learning becomes meaningful for me; this is where mere information becomes MY knowledge
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      Well said. I couldn't agree with you more.
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Introduction to Ethical Studies - 0 views

  • "Ethics Are Relative" by Edward Westermarck
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    This website provides useful ethical texts (excerpts) and discussion questions. It would be a good resource to have the learners focus on one piece of work. The selection of articles may not be perfect, but for an introductory course it does not matter.
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Philosophy 344/Teleological Theories - 0 views

  • Basic guiding principle of Teleologism
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      I like this website, found on MERLOT, because the course materials are well-organized, and it's one of the few resources on MERLOT that talk about moral theories. It would be a good online resources for Module 2 in my class. Using these online resources allows learners to have a common ground of sharing thoughts and reference, in addition to pointing out page numbers on the textbook. The main problem, like most of the resources, is that it's just an online presentation of printed materials (like an online version of class handout, except that some else prepared the handout). The true potential of online multimedia environment has not been realized yet.
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Concept mapping as a medium of shared cognition in computer-supported collaborative pro... - 0 views

  • Two concepts and research paradigms are closely related to the problem area of collaborative learning--distributed cognition and shared cognition
  • Mind tools, (alternatively known as cognitive tools; Kommers, Jonassen, & Mayes, 1991) are intended to engage and facilitate cognitive processing
  • Concept mapping falls into the large category of Mind tools
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  • common frame of reference
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    Here's the full article "Concept Mapping as a Medium of Shared Cognition in Computer-Supported Collaborative Problem Solving".
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Teacher as Facilitator - 1 views

  • A student’s beliefs about the nature of teaching and learning will interact with a teacher’s beliefs. The teacher therefore needs to understand what students expect and are willing to do as well as what they themselves expect of the students.
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      I like this statement. I've never thought of the importance of a dialogue between student's and teacher's idea of teaching and learning.
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Images - Clip Art, Photos, Sounds, & Animations - Microsoft Office - 4 views

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    Free clip arts to enhance course design.
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Argumentation and Critical Thinking Tutorial Main Page - 0 views

  • FORMAL LOGICAL STRUCTURE
  • SELECT A TEST
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      This is another useful website that provides some online quiz-like tests for learners to get familiar with basic ideas of argument, such as validity. These questions are designed in a preliminary way, i.e., web 1.0 way. Limited interactivity, lack of multimedia components, and, frankly, quite boring. I wouldn't use it in my class.
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Critical Thinking - The Very Basics - 0 views

  • Critical Thinking - The Very Basics
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      I can't find too many online resources for philosophy-related courses. This, however, is very nice. It offers a flash presentation of the very basics in understanding argument. This topic is so basic that it almost occurs in the beginning week(s) of every intro level philosophy courses, such as Critical Thinking and Moral Choices. I plan to use this website as the readings for Module 1. I could have prepared this contents in my class, but bring the learners to an internet resource as an alternative medium of learning is part of the learning goals, as well, so I will do it. Question. Do I need to acquire permission from the owner in order to use it in my class? Given that it appears on MERLOT, does MERLOT ask contributors to share the right of fair use?
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Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr. Robot - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    Though not directly related to online learning, but this is really interesting.
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