Posted in change, education, learning, nz, wiki on Jun 28th, 2009 6 Comments »
Is Wikipedia any use for students and academics? Are the derogatory comments justified and can it be used in ways that support learning?
So many times when I hear academics refer to Wikipedia it is in condescending tones. Comments from “You can’t trust anything in Wikipedia”, “It’s just written by amateurs”, “It’s not real peer-reviewed content’, [...]
Posted in education, learning, nz, schools on Jun 9th, 2008 2 Comments »
New Zealand has an Enviroschool scheme where it tries to support schools with sustainability. One of the local schools here in Hamilton has just been on the telly detailing what they have been doing.
They started a garden to grow veg and teach the children elements of sustainability. The project grew as they decided [...]
Posted in change, education, future, learning, technology on Apr 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
A few days ago, Christopher Sessums posted an article about a talk he had been giving on social networking. In his post he notes
At the end of my Social Networks talk, I asked participants what they would like to see in a social networking application. A young undergraduate student promptly raised his hand and [...]
Posted in learning on Mar 31st, 2008 No Comments »
In a post on workload management strategies for elearning, Christopher Sessums notes the following from Ragan & Terheggen
Start with a course development model
Define your objectives, learning outcomes, exit competencies, and an explanation of how the learning process will be evaluated.”By developing a course development model at the begining of the course authoring process, faculty members [...]
Posted in learning on Mar 12th, 2008 No Comments »
The Montreal Gazette reports that a Ryerson Poly student may be penalised for some coursework after setting up a Facebook group for his class peers. Students were apparently told that the work had to be their own individual work. The lecturer had even set slightly different questions for each student. The discussion [...]
