CCK 12

Given that our week 5 topic is "Groups, Networks and Collectives" I thought that this blog from Tamarack Institute on Community Engagement about seeking community was interesting.

"I received a phone call on Saturday morning from Canada. Had no idea who it was. I ended up speaking at length with a freelance writer about the field of educational technology. She asked about the type of training that Instructional Designers receive in a masters program and we chatted about graduate schools that have competitive Educational Technology departments."

a true reality show?

the pros and cons and related links

The Evolution of the LMS It seems as though the education world is still reeling from Monday's surprising news that Blackboard is acquiring Moodle support services Moodlerooms and Netstop, launching an open source initiative, and purportedly shifting its focus away from just its own LMS to support services for the entire ecosystem.

Canadian

This is an article about the technology to create openness in learning networks.

The Long Tail or long tail refers to the statistical property that a larger share of population rests within the tail of a probability distribution than observed under a "normal" or Gaussian distribution. The term Long Tail has gained popularity in recent times as describing the retailing strategy of selling a large number of unique items with relatively small quantities sold of each - usually in addition to selling fewer popular items in large quantities

This seems to be an intersting text to learn more about teachers´ perception of Twitter.