Blog or Wiki?  

I've recently been involved in a discussion concerning the relative benefits of blogs and wikis to help students with the development of their writing skills.

Making the Online Classroom a Learning Organization  
Learning organizations are proficient at two types of learning: "adaptive" learning and "generative" learning. To survive, an organization must solve short-term problems. This is the realm of adaptive learning. But, what sets learning organizations apart from other institutions is generative learning. Generative learning enhances the capacity to create... Read more >>
The Power of Wikis in Higher Ed  
In this first half of a two-part interview, Mader talks about powerful ways to use wikis in education, content ownership issues, and how wikis tend to be used--and why... Read more >>
Low-cost laptop experiment under way  
Some critics wonder whether a computer initially designed for children in poor, rural parts of the world--and primarily using its own non-Windows operating system--is the right learning tool for students who eventually will seek to join the general computing population in the U.S... Read more >>
Government says technology in learning is no longer optional  
Learners of all ages need the chance to use technology to support their learning said Jim Knight MP, Department for Children, Schools and Families, as he launched the revised Harnessing Technology Strategy today... Read more >>
Adaptivity and Personalization in Ubiquitous Learning Systems (APULS 2008)  
Th 4th Symposium: USAB 2008, Graz, Austria, November 18-21, 2008, Topics of interest for the workshop include (but are not limited to): * Adaptive collaboration support * Adaptive curriculum sequencing * Adaptive presentation and navigation support * Agent technology...  Find out more >>
Testing Principles of Language Learning in a Cyber Face-to-Face Environment  
This article discusses the application of the established principles of instructed language learning in a cyber fact-to-face environment supported by an advanced Synchronous Learning Management System (SLMS)... Read more >>
Personalized Intelligent Mobile Learning System for Supporting Effective English Learning  
Since English has been an international language, how to enhance English levels of people by useful computer assisted learning forms or tools is a critical issue in non-English speaking countries because it definitely affects the overall competition ability of a country... Read more >>
Social Networks and the Web 2.0 Revolution  
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Social networks and, what has been described as 'Web 2.0' , are having a profound influence on the way that online learning can be delivered, particularly for language teacheing / learning.

The Myth of Multitasking  
Used for decades to describe the parallel processing abilities of computers, multitasking is now shorthand for the human attempt to do simultaneously as many things as possible, as quickly as possible, preferably marshalling the power of as many technologies as possible... Read more >>
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