There is evidence in the success of edna Groups to indicate that educators want to talk to each other online. Groups now has 1,000 groups with 14,000 people as members. edna Groups was started in 2005 and is growing rapidly as more people realise that the medium is a very effective way for people not […]
Monthly Archives: July 2007
I know it works, but is the theory valid?
July 24, 2007 – 4:47 pm
Common sense tells us that learning is enhanced by social activity, which is the basic idea underlying the use of Web 2.0 tools. But is there educational theory to support it? Of the three dominant theories, one strongly emphasises the importance of social interaction.
The theory of Social Constructivism is well established. Vygotsky is considered […]
Anyone for a personal learning environment ?
July 10, 2007 – 12:10 pm
Myedna will be a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) - a term that is gathering lots of currency with the rise of Web2.0 tools. A PLE is an online space where one gathers all their professional ’stuff’, categorises, tags, and manipulates it, then discusses, shares and learns with others. It is based on the notion that […]
Managing your reputation
July 4, 2007 – 4:54 pm
One of the problem areas of online interactivity is that some people are downright rude, and blogs have a reputation for hosting some pretty confronting conversation. An education focused site like myedna is unlikely to be seriously bothered by this problem, but there was an interesting spin on the issue in a column in the […]
What is Web2.0? Have a play with LibraryThing
July 4, 2007 – 1:28 pm
One of the very nice things about Web2.0 is that there is a multitude of freely available tools to try out. One of the most interesting (to book-worms in particular) is LibraryThing. It is well worth a look because it illustrates most of the characteristics of good Web2.0 applications.The best way to explore it is […]
Myedna survey results
July 4, 2007 – 12:00 pm
There was a survey distributed via friends of edna groups, staff and stakeholders about the myedna new service and possible functions. Below is a summary that was completed to distribute back to these groups but thought others may also be interested in the results.
myedna survey results
Thanks to everyone (over 130 of you) who completed the […]
The MY in myedna
July 4, 2007 – 11:10 am
Myedna service will be added to edna early in 2008 and will enable you to create your personalised learning environment where you can manage your online professional life - store content,link to services, communicate and in particular, share ideas with others. The new edna service includes features based upon recent Web 2.0™ and other social […]
