Just wanted to let everyone know that a new release went into me.edu.au this week.
Some things that may interest you:
When you post to someone’s whiteboard they will now receive an email message alerting them to this fact. (unfortunately this sometimes goes into your junk/trash folder) So please check and keep up to date on what […]
myedna will will be firmly embedded in the growing world of Web 2.0 - that nebulous collection of tools that allow users to contribute on the web. A remarkably popular tour of Web 2.0 is The Machine is Us/ing Us, a video on YouTube that has had nearly 4 million views since January 07. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
