Learning | Learn to Adapt

Aug 26

Learn to Adapt Links for August 24th through August 26th

by Jeff Kelly

Sakai - Collaboration and Learning Environment for Education - Sakai is a free and open source online Collaboration and Learning Environment. Many users of Sakai deploy it to support teaching and learning, ad hoc group collaboration, support for portfolios and research collaboration.
Researchers mull gaming’s impact on learning - The power of game playing in learning is well established. New research shows how it continues to hold true for those "horrible" video games. From the article: "Studies suggest the benefits of playing video games go well beyond thrills. One study even looked at whether playing "World of Warcraft," the world's biggest multiplayer online game, can improve scientific thinking. The conclusion? Certain types of video games can have benefits beyond the virtual thrills of blowing up demons or shooting aliens.

Aug 06

by Jeff Kelly

Welcome to Web 3.0: Now Your Other Computer is a Data Center - Marc Benioff (of Salesforce.com) delivers his definition of Web 3.0 (cringe): “The new rallying cry of Web 3.0 is that anyone can innovate, anywhere. Code is written, collaborated on, debugged, tested, deployed, and run in the cloud. When innovation is untethered from the time and capital constraints of infrastructure, it can truly flourish.”
Building networks for learning - A great summary of resources regarding the learning applications of social networking.
Clive Thompson on Real-World Social Networks vs. Facebook ‘Friends’ - A great piece from Clive Thompson on “reality mining” that demonstrates the importance of “wirearchy” over “hierarchy” in organizations. From the article: “the crucial person who routes news among team members — isn’t the manager. “The manager is almost always peripheral,” Waber says. “It’s some random guy.” And that person is usually overworked and overstressed.”

Jul 28

by Jeff Kelly

Predict The Future On WashingtonPost.com - Jason Kincaid's brief post highlight how Predictify's adoption by newspaper's is a reminder that “old media” is willing to embrace the interactivity afforded by the web.
How to Keep Up with the Semantic Space « Shepherd’s Pi - Lewis Shepherd's great post pulling together a host of current thoughts and resources about the Semantic Web. It includes some resources from Henry Story's "My Semantic Web Blogroll"
Twelve best practices for online customer communities | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com - Dion weighs in on the "the advent of the Web-based customer community, where groups of like-minded individuals focus around a brand or a set of product and services come together and interact online"
50 Steps to Establishing a Consistent Social Media Practice | chrisbrogan.com - Nice post from Chris Brogan summarizing steps to put a social media strategy into practice for your company.
Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading? - Series - NYTimes.com - Interesting article on how the Internet is changing reading styles and, therefore(?) learning styles.

Jul 24

by Jeff Kelly

Social Bookmarking For Enterprise Knowledge Management | Intelligent Agent -
Social learning: An emerging trend - 14 Jul 2008 - Elliot Masie shares his insights into the rise in social learning and the challenges it poses for the global training community.

Jul 16

by Jeff Kelly

enterprise 2.0 … it’s this simple, see « pm blog - Mazy Hedayat posts a deliciously complex and confusing diagram that summarizes all the moving parts of Enterprise 2.0. A bit tough to read or use for learning, but it is a great summary…
Why Companies Need Web 2.0 - Forbes.com - No new news here, but Mike Schaffner summarizes how "Web 2.0" (cringe) technologies must be adopted by companies to remain competitive.
Tear down the broadcast towers - BuzzMachine » Blog Archive - Jeff Jarvis posits on how Web video and radio "could" make broadcast obsolete. Best part of the post is the comments. The way we consume media is changing dramatically and it will impact how we use media to teach.
Grockit - About Us - Learning 2.0 - From the site: "Grockit is Learning 2.0. Grockit is about questioning together. To this end, we are developing an online learning game where people can teach each other." I look forward to seeing the game!