Networked Collaboration

very basic but easy to set up collaborative learning environment

I heard this documentary on the radio this weekend and thought it worth sharing with the class - an interesting study on one type of networked environment that is on the rise (and one that we are a part of), the digital classroom.

Interesting Article when looking at how to create common places that appeal to both sides of the brain. It got me thinking about how to appeal to different learning styles in the education arena. Additionally, It got me thinking about how i always envied left brained thinkers rather then embraced the fact that I'm really a Righty. Thank God for freedom! Right Brain People Unite!

Live blog & stream of Mark Zuckerberg's first live interview since the company went public in May. Interesting points about Facebook's shift to mobile focus ("We're a mobile company") and Instagram acquisition...

XKCD's map of online communities (2007) (Note the size of size of MySpace in this 2007 version as compared to the size of Facebook in the 2010 version at http://xkcd.com/802/ )

Diigo

Liza shared this site with our group today. Pretty spectacular!

The University of the People may actually be the very first edu MOOC in higher ed. Not certain but it has been developing for 4 years - I remember listening to podcasts of the founder talking at Harvard, MIT and Stanford. Even then, the concept of a massive open course was intriguing

#MakingLemonadeFromLemons

I thought I'd post a few of the MOOC's that are getting notice now. I also just saw Candice's diigo bookmark which discussion some of them.

here's an edu startup that contains 14 MOOCs, massive open online courses. It's one of the first that got set up by Stanford University. One popular free course in computer science had 94,000 students when it ran the first time. Not all of them continued or finished but recenty, Colorado University announced that its global online campus would accept transfer credits towards a bachelor's degree if the students could pass a proctored final exam. Welcome to the crowdsourced future of higher education.

XKCD's map of online communities (source: social activity on various social networks gathered over spring & summer 2010)

Mobile Learning Academy: learn how to create a mobile learning concept using mobile storytelling tools

Virtual world devoted to science, technology and free educational games online

September 09, 2013 at 03:16PM

September 09, 2013 at 03:16PM