Twitter Conversation: Introducing New Learning 2.0 Tools in your Organization

This is my Twitter conversation I had with my friend Gabriela Sellart about the resistance from students to using new Learning 2.0 tools.
Gabriela asked:
gsellart: how do you convince your students to write directly on the wiki, instead of copying/pasting from word?about 2 hours ago from TwitterFox
emapey2: @gsellart They want to have a copy and [...]

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A Better Discussion: Flat or Threaded Forum ?

Lisa Lane experimented using a Flat forum (Moodle) and a Threaded forum (Blackboard) with either questions to discuss or topics to work with. She tried to post a variety of topics so that the students would have options and would be able to discuss, rather than just post the same answer over and [...]

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Asynchronous Conferencing Systems on the Web for Education and Training

A forum or conference is a place where people come together to discuss some topic. Typically there are several conferences, one for each major topic of discussion. And within each conference, there will be several minor, more focused topics of discussion, each one called a ‘discussion’ or ‘conversation’. A conversation will consist of messages, that [...]

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Comparing Weblogs to Threaded Discussion Tools in Online Educational Contexts

Weblogs or blogs are being heralded as the “next big thing” in education. In this article we examine the advantages and disadvantages of this form of Internet-based interaction using the Community of Inquiry model with its focus on social, cognitive and teaching presences. We conclude that blogging has distinct advantages over more common threaded [...]

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