What is a wiki July 16, 2008
Posted by Captain in Resources, Web 2.0, future learning.add a comment
I showed one teacher the wiki I created for my class in one workshop. Wiki is another web 2.0 tool. Wiki is an easy to create website which anyone can edit. The best known wiki is probably wikipedia. Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia. The content of the encyclopedia is contributed by users around the world as opposed to conventional encyclopedia (such as Britannica) which is edited by professional experts. It is beyond the scope of the blogging workshop.
The wiki I created for my class
There are many wiki services available for free. Some wikis I have tried are listed below.
1. WikiSpaces
2. PBwiki
http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
3. Wetpaint
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Protected: The Two Sides of a Coin July 11, 2008
Posted by Captain in future learning, why blog2teach.Tags: HKU, Professor Tse, reading, research
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Free courses on the Internet March 25, 2008
Posted by Captain in future learning.Tags: future learning, personal thoughts Free course, MIT
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Top Universities in the world have opened up their courses and allow public to take their courses online. MIT is one of the examples. Its Open CourseWare provides coure content for free. They also have a section for high school students too. What does it mean? It means knowledge is free and can be openly accessed. But why are they so generous? I think it is a paradigm shift in education. It is an example of open content, open source and open access. By providing it free, it encourages free flow of knowledge and knowledge transfer. The future of learning will be reshaped to a large extent.
