Informational Cascades in Online Learning

Posted October 24, 2004 by Jon Dron

by Michael Feldstein, an excellent article describing the dangers of informational cascades where the opinions of a small number can result in suboptimal decisions by the crowd.
Created:Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:25:15 GMT

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Posted: October 24, 2004, 5:25 am

Dokeos

Posted October 23, 2004 by Jon Dron

Very well specified free system which includes some basic but effective web conferencing/webinar functionality
Created:Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:49:58 GMT

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Posted: October 23, 2004, 7:49 am

Inventio

Posted October 16, 2004 by Jon Dron

Journal of creative learning and teaching from GMU
Created:Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:12:42 GMT

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Posted: October 16, 2004, 11:12 am

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET)

Posted October 12, 2004 by Jon Dron

Fine journal associated with ASCILITE
Created:Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:05:04 GMT

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Posted: October 12, 2004, 4:05 pm

Asynchronous discussion groups as Small World and Scale Free Networks

Posted September 27, 2004 by Jon Dron

Sound and interesting research about connections between posters, postings, threads etc
Created:Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:37:44 GMT

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Posted: September 27, 2004, 4:37 pm

The Knowledge Garden (Jasper)

Posted September 25, 2004 by Jon Dron

Article by Crossley et al describing an extraordinary system which takes the metaphor of a garden very literally
Created:Sun, 26 Sep 2004 02:03:19 GMT

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Posted: September 25, 2004, 8:03 pm