Do you want to be friends?

We’ve added a couple of widgets from Google Friends Connect. Friends Connect has various social networking widgets that can be added to any web site with the idea, according to Google, that “Google Friend Connect means more people engaging more deeply…… with each other.” You’ll need a Google account to…

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Connectivism?

A Commoncraft style video on connectivism. I found this here http://wishfulthinkinginmedicaleducation.blogspot.com/ which is the blog of a Clinical Lecturer in Cardifff University who joined the Learning Lab Delicious network

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Group work unfair?

Although collaborating in groups is a common way of working and to be able to do it well is an important skill, students often argue that group assessment is unfair. “We did all the work and Chris did nothing but still gets the same mark us. How is that fair?”…

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e-learning reading group?

It has been suggested that we try an e-learning reading group – a monthly get together over lunch to discuss a particular article or book relating to e-learning. We’re thinking about starting sometime in October. What do you think? Would you attend? Any suggestions for readings?

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Tag cloud art?

Wordle lets you create interesting tag clouds from text or delcious feeds. There are lots of options to change the font, colours, text direction etc. Does thinking that this would look good framed make me a bit sad? Have a go yourself at http://wordle.net

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Are you delicious?

We’ve set up a Learning Lab account on Delicious. Would it be a good idea to share bookmarks with other users on the Learning Lab? If you are new to the social bookmarking, the video below gives a useful introduction.

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Google Earth now in a broswer!

According to their site “The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages. Using the API you can draw markers and lines, drape images over the terrain, add 3D models, or load KML files, allowing you to…

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