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issue1-art21-beasley-smythe.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Posted January 18, 2006 by Jon Dron

Interesting paper describing a typical and rather unwise use of an LMS within an institutional environment, but saved by some sensible reflections on why it is so bad.
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Posted: January 18, 2006, 5:15 pm

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digg

Posted January 9, 2006 by Jon Dron

Stigmergic news
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Posted: January 9, 2006, 12:17 pm

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PLATO: The Emergence of Online Community

Posted January 7, 2006 by Jon Dron

All about one of the earliest learning environments, predating the Web by decades
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Posted: January 7, 2006, 7:05 am

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fac.etio.us

Posted January 7, 2006 by Jon Dron

Takes de.icio.us tags and turns them into a faceted classfication scheme
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Posted: January 7, 2006, 2:26 am

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flickr graph – marcos weskamp

Posted December 30, 2005 by Jon Dron

Social networks of Flickr contributors, graphically displayed using their images
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Posted: December 30, 2005, 3:37 am

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VLE – Survey

Posted December 29, 2005 by Jon Dron

Fascinating in depth longitudinal survey of VLE use in HE institutions in the UK.
Created:Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:47:03 GMT


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Posted: December 29, 2005, 4:47 pm

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Bodington.org :: Home

Posted December 29, 2005 by Jon Dron

A neat and popular virtual learning environment. Open source.
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Friendster

Posted December 29, 2005 by Jon Dron

Early and still successful commercial instance of social software, for finding friends and dates
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Posted: December 29, 2005, 8:32 am

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eLearn Magazine: Education and Technology in Perspective

Posted December 20, 2005 by Jon Dron

Excellent high quality online journal/news magazine
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Shirky: Ontology is Overrated — Categories, Links, and Tags

Posted December 6, 2005 by Jon Dron

Typically brilliant article on wicked problems with top-down approaches to metadata, and the power of wide-scale taggingand folksonomies
Created:Wed, 07 Dec 2005 02:17:59 GMT


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