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Entries from June 15th, 2009

Ideas scratch pad – collaborative learning and social constructionism

June 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Teaching & learning

One reason I started blogging nearly 4 years ago was to keep a sort of scratch pad of ideas, quotes, etc. that are useful and thought provoking. On the whole I haven’t done this but its never too late! Interesting article on how MIT have discovered that small group collaborative work by students has improved learning […]

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LUDOS, metadata and other things

June 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I went to 2 meetings today and learnt something from both. The LUDOS project (Leeds University Digital Objects) was very interesting. I am particularly interested in repositories of this kind as a trend is emerging for writing modules around publically available learning objects and resources of various kinds. Module design will provide a rationale for […]

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6 degrees of separation (or network theory)

June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · web 2.0

I watched a fascinating programme on BBC TV tonight called Six Degrees of Separation.  I decided to watch it again on the BBC iPlayer and make notes in order to post on it in some detail later. Unfortunately it looks as if it will not be available to play again. So I thought I would […]

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