Shared LearningA blog about how to turn postgrad research into a networked, collaborative learning experience.(Untitled)- (Found July 2, 2008 ) People around the world are subscribed to newsgroups, often resulting in information we are not interested in. Subscription to a from of RSS, however, can reduce the frustration accociated with unwanted e-mails. HOW IT WORKS: When subscribing to a RSS-service, a person will add to hisher profile those URLs that person is interested in. The service provider will then alert its members about new updates on the members favorite site when those sites are updated. Websites are checked often (up to...http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/2004/8/share.htm#1091615112860 Collaborative benefits- (Found July 2, 2008 ) One of the many journal articles written on the subject, focuses on how students can assist each other in their studies and the mutual benefit thereof for those involved. See the following article: Wentzel, K. R., Watkins, D.E. (2002). Peer relationships and collaborative learning as contexts for academic enablers. School-Psychology-Review, 31(3): 366-377. By George 19 Mar 2004http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/2004/3/share.htm#1079693655760 Collaborative learning research articles- (Found July 2, 2008 ) I was surprised by the research that is going on in the field of collaborative learning: several research articles were recently published. These articles focus on the effects of shared learning and the contribution of the environment. It was said that, although an environment might be perfect for this approach, psychological an group factors will determine whether learners will make use of these facilities. By George 24 Feb 2004http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/2004/2/share.htm#1077623494480 Using RSS to keep up to date- (Found July 2, 2008 ) There is a nice simple lesson plan in the "plans for facilitating learning online" book-in-progress about how to get a group of students to start using RSS aggregators. I've always thought of RSS as something that one learns about after learning about blogs - a kind of extra feature that makes blogs better. This article has made me think, however, that maybe it makes more sense for RSS to come first. Once somebody who is new to these things has used an RSS aggregator for a while to keep up to...http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/2004/2/share.htm#1077088784300 A research guide for students - not quite- (Found July 2, 2008 ) A Research Guide for Students is fairly typical of the genre in that it provides lots of (probably quite useful) pointers to how to get information from the web and then use it in research papers and conference presentations. So the model is essentially one of using the web as a kind of super-library. This could be useful, but what we're really looking for are pointers on how to use the web as a two-way medium where you become part of a network of people publishing stuff online. Even if you're..http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/2004/2/share.htm#1076923483170 Where sharing starts- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Smartmobs has an interesting post on MSN usage in the Netherlands - 4 million of their 11 million Internet population are registered MSN users. Young people are especially heavy users, with an average of 49 buddies each and some going to the current limit of 150 buddies. Jenny Levine of shiftedlibrarian comments: "150 buddies on their lists Just imagine the social networks these kids are going to have when they enter the work force and what kinds of expectations they'll have for interacting...http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/2004/2/share.htm#1076584885450 Starting a new blog- (Found July 2, 2008 ) This blog is a tentative attempt by George (MA student at the University of South Africa) and Martin (a lecturer) to explore the possibilities of shared graduate research in the social sciences. It is meant (hopefully!) to lead to a text that will complement the Collaborative Learning Environments Sourcebook. The material in the CLE Sourcebook tends to make sense to people already doing or interested in online teaching and who want to enhance the collaborative learning aspect of their courses..http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/2004/2/share.htm#1076580928560 |