General
The Social Learning Blogosphere
e-Literate
e-Literate is Michael Feldstein's blog about "what [he] is learning about online learning...online." Michael is Principal Product Manager for Academic Enterprise Solutions at Oracle Corporation. e-Literate is his own, independent publication and is not affiliated with Oracle.
Bb Faculty Support Community
http://www.bbfs.blogspot.com/
Bill Vilberg posts interviews on pertinent topics with a variety of members of the academic technology community. The interview series is just one resource of the Bb Faculty Support Community, which is hosted by Bill and the University of Miami, where Bill works in the Instructional Advancement Center.
Sherman Dorn
Sherman Dorn s an instructor at USF. He is one of the reasons that USF purchased our software in the first place, and he has a lot of ideas about social software in education. He discusses these ideas quite frequently on his blog.
elearnspace
http://www.elearnspace.org/resources/index.htm
elearnspace is "everything elearning" -- articles, a blog, and link to external resources, The site is published by George Siemens, Founder and President of Complexive Systems Inc., a learning lab focused on assisting organizations develop integrated learning structures to meet the needs of global strategy execution.
Collaborative & Social Learning Theory and Research
7 Things You Should Know About...
http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495
The EDUCASE Learning Initiative publishes the 7 Things You Should Know About... series. Each month, ELI publishes a new "7 Things" giving an informative and concise overview on a learning technology of current interest.
Digital Literacies and Emerging Education Technologies - A Wiki
http://couros.wikispaces.com/emerging+technologies
This wiki pulls together information and resources about using Web 2.0 technologies in education.
Social Software in Use in Education
Yorkshare Headquarters
http://vlesupport.york.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_192_1
On the "Inspiration" tab of the Yorkshare Headquarters, the University of York's E-Learning Development Team posts a large set of case studies and interviews produced in conjunction with faculty that focus on the application of e-learning technology within courses.
Blogs
General Information
Definitions and Basic Information from Wikipedia
Blogs
Permalink
Vlog (Video Blog)
"What are the Differences Between Message Boards and Weblogs?"
http://www.commoncraft.com/archives/000768.html
This post in the Common Craft Blog discusses in a good amount of detail the differences between discussion boards and blogs. It includes a handy chart that provides a side-by-side comparison of these two types of tools at a glance.
Uses in Education
Uses of Blogs in Education
http://www.edtechpost.ca/gems/matrix2.gif
This is a matrix from the EdTech Post that illustrates very clearly the different ways blogs are used in education.
"Scholars Who Blog"
http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i39/39a01401.htm
This is article from The Chronicle of Higher Education was written in 2003, but it is still relevant. It discusses scholarly blogging, focusing on blogging by instructors and research faculty.
"Writing with Web Logs"
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2003/02/blogs.php
This article from techLEARNING covers different ways blogs can be used in the classroom.
Wikis
Uses in Education
Using Wiki in Education
http://www.wikiineducation.com/display/ikiw/Home
"Using Wiki in Education" is a book written in wiki form. It covers various uses of wikis in the classroom, including several case studies.
"Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not"
http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0452.asp
This article was published in the Educause Review in 2004. The author, Brian Lamb, covers the basics of wikis and discusses their pros and cons in education.
"7 Things You Should Know About...Wikis"
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf
"Wikis and Wikipedia as a Teaching Too"
http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_07/article02.htm
This paper, published in the January 2007 International Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning, discusses how wikis can add value to teaching and learning.
Podcasting
Uses in Education
"Poducate Me: Guide to Podcasting in Education"
http://poducateme.com/guide/
This guide was published by a digital designer at the University of Cincinnati, Micah Ovadia. This guide, which is available for viewing online free of charge, is essentially a podcasting tutorial, and it covers some approaches and techniques for creating good audio and video materials.
"There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education", Educause Review, by Gardner Campbell
http://www.educause.edu/er/erm05/erm0561.asp?bhcp=1%20
"Put It On the 'Board: Tuning up Blackboard for Podcasting", University of Nebraska-Lincoln Information Services-Connectivity Newsletter
http://www.unl.edu/is/connectivity/connectivity_2006_09_a.shtml
"7 Things You Should Know About...Podcasting", Educause Learning Initiative
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7003.pdf
Podcasting
General Information
Social Bookmarking Overview, Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking
Social Bookmarking Tools
"The Social Bookmarking Faceoff", ReadWriteWeb, Alex Iskold
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_bookmarking_faceoff.php
Uses in Education
"7 Things You Should Know About...Social Bookmarking", Educause Learning Initiative
www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7001.pdf
"Social Bookmarking in Education"
http://frequanq.blogspot.com/2005/02/social-bookmarking-in-education.html
This is from a Frequently Asked Questions blog authored by a librarian at Connecticut State University.
"Social Bookmarking Makes its Mark in Education", eSchool News Online, Roger Riddell
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=6752
Portfolios
General Information
"An Overview of E-Portfolios", Educause Learning Initiative,George Lorenzo and John Ittelson
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3001.pdf
Uses in Education
"The Research on Portfolios in Education", Dr. Helen C. Barrett
http://electronicportfolios.com/ALI/research.html
American Association for Higher Education Portfolio Clearinghouse
http://ctl.du.edu/portfolioclearinghouse/
"E-Portfolios in Education: The Time is Now!", by Jay Visvanathan, Sun Microsystems Education & Research Group
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/whitepapers/pdf/e-portfolios.pdf
"Using ePortfolios for Engaged Learning", Robert McCloud
http://www.ctdlc.org/Evaluation/FIPSEdocs/EngagedLearning2.pdf
"Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning", Barbara L. Cambridge
This book is in print only, published by the American Association for Higher Education. Click here to read an Educause review of this book.
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