Arquivo de Novembro, 2009
This article from Carmen Holotescu and Gabriela Grosseck, related the first online course developed and run entirely on a microblogging platform.
The aim of this course was to find out if microblogging can be integrated in the lifelong learning / teaching / collaboration / business / blogging.
They wanted to investigate:
- how to integrate microblogging with other Web2.0 technologies;
- if a microblogging platform, in particular Cirip.ro, can be used as a Learning Management System (LMS), and if it has the needed facilities to run an online course;
- what are the differences between facilitating an online course on such a platform and one in a classic LMS.
http://www.cblt.soton.ac.uk/multimedia/PDFsMM09/Using microblogging in education.pdf
High schoolers at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minn. are being engaged in the classroom in a whole new way. By using social media tools and giving them access to the Internet, students are able to learn in different ways. Having discussions about their English class online has increased their level of attention and engagement in their studies.
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Educause produced a PDF article that talks about using Twitter to help engage students to facilitate active learning.
“Twitter can be a viable platform for metacognition, forcing users to be brief and to the point—an important skill in thinking clearly and communicating effectively.”
1 – what is it?
2 – Who’s doing it?
3 – How does it work?
4 – Why is it significant?
5 – What are the downsides?
6 – Where is it going?
7 – What are the implications for teaching and learning?