As it has been over a week since alt-c 2007, I think it is about time I put some reflections down.
First off, I was very impressed by the 2nd keynote from Dylan Williams about technology for formative assessment. If I had heard him speak 10 years ago I might have been pursuaded to stay in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'web 2.0'
Catching up on ALT-C 2007
September 14th, 2007 · No Comments
RSS feeds / netvibes etc.
March 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
Have been looking at the possibility of online feed aggregators (or more correctly web services with feed readers build in) as a delivery method. Netvibes is definitely my favourite. it was intuitive to use, personalisable, looks good and works quickly. MyYahoo and Google reader look clunky and Neanderthal by comparison.
One problem I have encountered though [...]
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What is web 2.0…and can we even do web 2.0 in the way we are.
March 19th, 2007 · No Comments
One of the key ingredients of O’Reilly’s definition of web 2.0 is ” Harnessing network effects to build applications that get better the more people use them“. Given small cohorts of learners how do we even begin to harness this effect.
One solution of course is to harness the wider web and knwoledge and links that exist [...]
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Direction and using web 2.0
March 19th, 2007 · No Comments
I am experiencing great frustration at the moment about thinking of really innovative and effective ways of using web 2.0 on projects. So far I don’t think what we are doing is really harnessing the potential of web 2.0. For example, using google groups is great but how is it any different to using a [...]
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