There has been a small release to me.edu.au yesterday. The most visible features are:
Relevant links from edna now show in communities. eg. http://me.edu.au/c/Professional%20Associations This gives further information and value to the communities.
Icons are now used for feeds showing the various sources. See the screenshot below or visit me.edu.au
We have been busy working on release […]
Since me.edu.au (beta) is still in its early days of growth it is too early to tell how members will use the service, but we can report on early developments. In Communities we can measure number of members in a Community, number of contributions and visitors’ time viewing a page.
The busiest Community is Beginning Teachers, […]
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 […]
myedna is a forthcoming social networking site for educators across Australia. It will be a space for educators to establish their professional identity online and to make connections with other educators. It will be added to the edna service in early 2008. The releases will be in stages [a phased approach].
The requirements of the first […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
