Dave Winer’s response to Scoble’s “Twitter is boring”. Here’s Scoble’s original post – http://scobleizer.com/2011/07/17/google-has-made-twitter-boring-heres-what-twitter-should-do-about-that/ – and the discussion on G+ – https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/85buiuuvkNZ. Pretty interesting conversation. josemota 4 minutes ago from. Tweet Share Top Tweets Rating: (+1) This was posted on Google+…
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A social layer as a commodity
A social layer as a commodity. Edd Dumbill on how groundbreaking G+ may be. Google+ is the social backbone – O’Reilly Radar Google+ is the rapidly growing seed of a web-wide social backbone, and the catalyst for the ultimate uniting of the social graph. This was posted on Google+…
Alternative to the traditional peer-review process
Some interesting ideas to build an alternative to the traditional peer-review process. Reshared post from Stephen Downes Killing Peer Review ~ Stephen’s Web Google+: View post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog. Created By Daniel Treadwell.
Some #PLE_SOU news
Some #PLE_SOU news, Linda Harris has posted an interesting summary of the conference, with links to several great resources (papers, presentations, scoop.it mash-up, etc.) – http://www.lisaharrismarketing.com/events/reflections-on-the-personal-learning-environment-conference-at-southampton-ple_sou/; Linda Castañeda has published some very nice pictures on Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindacastaneda/sets/72157627224236364/. PLE_SOU: over but still going :-). This was posted on Google+…
"Why I will never pursue cheating again"
Changes in the way one assesses students are more efficient and rewarding than cop-like approaches that turn out negative for everyone. Reshared post from +Alan Cann “Last Fall, it was my first semester of teaching as a tenured professor. It was also the semester that I realized how pervasive cheating is in our courses. After […]
Internet is changing our memory
I think you can read some of these conclusions in George Siemens’s 2004 “Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age“, and in his 2006 “Knowing Knowledge“. Just saying :-). Internet is ‘changing our memory’ A study shows that memory is poorer when participants expect that information they learn will be stored on a computer for […]
Awesome! The emergence of a design pattern for widget-based sharable workspaces
Post by Scott Wilson (Widgets and Dashboards are really coming strong) Awesome! The emergence of a design pattern for widget-based sharable workspaces | Scott's Workblog Awesome! The emergence of a design pattern for widget-based sharable workspaces. Posted on July 13, 2011 by scottbw. I work in quite a diverse set of communities with rather different […]
George Siemens on Blackboard's acquisition
George Siemens on Blackboard's acquisition – "What am I not seeing?" elearnspace › What am I not seeing? What am I not seeing? It's old news that Blackboard has been acquired by a private equity firm for $1.64 billion. An education company being acquired is hardly novel – we are entering a period of … […]
Home from #ple_sou
Home from #ple_sou. Time to catch up on a ton of work and let all the learning from these past days sink in. This was posted on Google+…
Last photos added to the Southampton collection
Last photos added to the Southampton collection. Closing session, awards and, well… where I crash for tonight :-). Great experience at #ple_sou. Learned a lot and had a lot of fun. I hope they (we all) can keep the unconference like, let's talk nature of this conference. It is what makes it unique!. This was […]