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Leo de Carvalho

eLearn: Case Studies - Group Discussion in Online Statistics Courses - 0 views

  • However, one main advantage about using discussion groups in the online environment is that the instructor can witness the full evolution of a group's discussion.
    • Leo de Carvalho
       
      uma das vantagens de grupos de discussao é que o instrutor fica consciente de toda a evolucao da discussao do grupo.
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    In this article, Michelle Everson summarized her attempt to use small-group discussion assignments in an online introductory statistics course. She have found that these assignments can be successful, and they can lead to opportunities for students to reason more about statistical concepts and help each other learn important course material. When using such assignments, we would encourage instructors to (1) create assignments that do not have just one "right" answer so that students have ample opportunities to discuss different ideas and respond to what their group members post, (2) allow several days for students to work on the assignment, (3) provide students with clear guidelines for every assignment so they know exactly what they need to do as a group, (4) provide incentives for students to post not only their own thoughts, but respond to what their group members have said, and (5) provide students with examples of what it means to reflectively respond to their peers. Most of all, we would encourage instructors to make their presence known to the discussion group during every discussion. Assure students that you will be there in order to make sure everyone is on the right track, and take whatever opportunity you can to cheer the group on, highlight important ideas that different members of the group have posted, and question the group in order to get them to think more critically about the material.
Dennis OConnor

Emerging Asynchronous Conversation Models : eLearning Technology - 0 views

  • The standard model for asynchronous conversations is discussion forum software like vBulletin.  I've talked before about the significant value that can be obtained as part of Discussion Forums for Knowledge Sharing at Capital City Bank and how that translates in a Success Formula for Discussion Forums in Financial Services.  I also looked at Making Intranet Discussion Groups Effective.
  • However, I've struggled with the problem of destinations vs. social networks and the spread of conversation (see Forums vs. Social Networks). 
  • Talkwheel  is made to handle real-time group conversations and asynchronous ones.  It can act as an instant messaging service a bit like Yammer, HipChat for companies and other groups, but the layout is designed to make these discussions easier to see, archive, and work asynchronously.
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  • Talkwheel’s design makes class conversations easier to follow, more interactive, and more effectively organized. It eliminates the problem of navigating multithreaded conversations, enables real-time group conversation, and makes referencing asynchronous conversations much easier. Talkwheel’s dashboard organization allows teachers to organize all their classes and projects in one centralized location, while Talkwheel's analytics helps teachers and administrators quantitatively monitor their students’ progress throughout the year.
  • Quora is a Q&A site nicely integrated with Facebook that has done a good job providing a means to ask questions and get answers.
  • Quora has been able to form quite an elite network of VCs, entrepreneurs, and other experts to answer questions.  They've also created topic pages such as: Learning Management System. 
  • Finally, Namesake, is a tool for real-time and asynchronous conversations.  It's a bit like Quora but more focused on conversation as compared to Q&A and it allows real-time conversation a bit like twitter.  You can see an example of a conversation around phones below.
  • All of these point to new types of conversation models that are emerging in tools.
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    Threaded discussion is an old technology. It's inspiring to think of new ways we can talk together at a distance that allow integration of both synchronous and asynchronous technology. I often thing we'll look back on the course management systems we use today and think of them as something like a 300 baud modem. Eyes Front! What's over the horizon line?
Ihering Alcoforado

Nairobi 2010 Conference Reoprt - 5 views

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    Nairobi 2010 Conference Reoprt  Climate Change and Natural Resource Use in Eastern Africa: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation Report of the 3rd Scientific Conference of the Ecological Society for Eastern Africa (ESEA) and co-hosted with the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) at Multimedia University College, Nairobi, 19 - 21 May 2010 By Nicholas Oguge, Caroline Lumosi, Teddy Odindo, Joseph Ngondi and Philista Malaki October 4, 2010 Summary While the Earth's climate has changed throughout history, the current warming trend has been of particular concern because most of it is human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented.  One of the greatest concerns of this global warming is climate variability and change.  The risks associated with climate change add to development challenges such as food and water insecurity. Although climate change is only one of the many drivers negatively affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services, it certainly exacerbates the other factors such as land degradation and unsustainable natural resource use. There is general concern on the accelerating deterioration of the human environment and natural resources. This would widen poverty levels confronting eastern African countries and threaten gains made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Thus, the Ecological Society for Eastern African organised its 3rd annual scientific conference with a theme addressing this global challenge.  The idea was to bring together researchers, policy makers and the general public together to discuss the climate change phenomena, its impacts, mitigation strategies and adaptation measures with regard to natural resource use in Eastern Africa. In order to address above issues and to reach out to a wider audience, we designed the conference strategically on three tiers:   1. Plenary talks: to provide policy information and direction, science on climate change, ecological and socio-economic effects, how to commun
AEL Data Services

It's time you said something in a Linkedin Group - 0 views

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    Let's take a poll. When was the last time you commented or took part in a Linkedin discussion? a) Sometime back b) Longtime back c) Ain't nobody got time for that
Ihering Alcoforado

Online Bookmarks and Favorites - StartAid - 0 views

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    What is StartAid StartAid is a Social Bookmarking site. Startaid give you the ability to make a custom homepage where you can have all your Bookmarks at your finger tips. With Startaid you can you Category and/or Tag filing systems. Startaid has a powerful Ajax interface to help make the managing of your bookmarks fast and easy. Here are some of the Features of Startaid: - Online Bookmark Manager - Discover New Bookmarks - Design your own Personal Homepage - Access your bookmarks from anywhere Online - You can use Tags and/or Categories - Set Tags, Categories or Bookmarks as private - Comment and discuss Bookmarks with members - Share Groups for controled bookmark sharing - Send boomkarks to friends and members - Bookmark a link with a single click - Bookmarklets for easy bookmarking - Thumbnail images of all your bookmarks - Dynamic Search box for most search platforms - Import all your existing bookmarks Enjoy!
rajue s

E-Link Box The Blog Press - 0 views

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    Welcome to E-Link Box - The Blog Press!!! E-Link Box is a growing up community in particular to help out Bloggers, Content Writers, Authors, Online marketers, Affiliates and web masters. E-Link Box brings writers, authors, readers, affiliate marketers, webmasters, reviewers and ezine publishers together with social networking capabilities. E-Link Box provides a platform to communicate within the members to share and get assisted by each other. Registered members can create, edit, publish and submit their blog, contents, reviews and articles on topics that suite all types of audience in internet. E-Link Box is the place to blog your ideas, techniques, thoughts, knowledge, tips and stuff. It is free and easy. You have to register an account and submit your content. Members can create and mange their own groups, invite friends, start a post or discuss a topic in inbuilt forum and lot more tool. Any one who loves to write, submit articles, post content, to create high quality backlinks etc can register free with E-Link Box. Increase your exposure to search engines and boost your traffic by submitting your articles post and content as a registered member. Free updated latest web content rss feeds for all webmasters, ezines and newsletter publishers.
milesmorales

Homeschooling Tips That Will Really Help You Out - 0 views

Kids in public schools face many hurdles today, the bulk of which we never had to deal with when we were young. The best way to help your kids avoid these pitfalls is to homeschool them, and the he...

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christa appleton

Using Diigo in the Classroom - Student Learning with Diigo - 0 views

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      Although aimed at schools this site is useful for anyone thinking of using Diigo with learners
  • Diigo can provide a way to enrich or extend learning about a topic. Through formal or informal activities, students can research websites about a class topic and post their findings to Diigo lists or groups. Students can also create relevant annotations for others to see. Teachers could use Diigo in this manner in a number of ways.  Classes could begin a topic of study with an information search to preview the content.  Classes could supplement their textbook with information from the web. Diigo could facilitate student discussions about the bookmarks. Annotations could be used to gauge student thinking. Classes could use Diigo to review content in a type of fact-checking activity. The internet could be used to research important points of study and see if that information can be confirmed with bookmarks.
nolanhout

Removing Risk by Focusing on Outcomes - The outlook for 2021 - 0 views

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    An insightful podcast, sharing an expert view on the importance of a comprehensive and coordinated L&D strategy to mitigate risks and focus on business outcomes.
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