Is it possible to set up a group blog that can be edited by group members then viewed by all in course?
If so, how?
Frances Bell
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Great post, Rich. Your metacrap link is a gem that will be a reusable learning object for me
That brings me to my point. I think that much of the project work on reusable learning objects takes an institutional focus, with all the baggage that you describe. Also 'objects' lack context and when we share them in OS (and other communities) we can tap into that context via dialogue.
If you want to get theoretical about it, it's the old tension (see Wenger) between reification and participation. We'd love to just take someone's lesson plan (or 'learning design') as is but really it means a lot more when we talk to them about it.
Another common feature of reusable learning objects projects is that they have 'communities of practice' because they are a 'good thing' but they don't really work because they are more about serving the 'repository' than the 'community' members. Ask teachers how they share - with their mates not with institutions!!
Well- that's enough single quotes for one day - RANT OVER!
If you want to get theoretical about it, it's the old tension (see Wenger) between reification and participation. We'd love to just take someone's lesson plan (or 'learning design') as is but really it means a lot more when we talk to them about it.
Another common feature of reusable learning objects projects is that they have 'communities of practice' because they are a 'good thing' but they don't really work because they are more about serving the 'repository' than the 'community' members. Ask teachers how they share - with their mates not with institutions!!
Well- that's enough single quotes for one day - RANT OVER!
Here is a quote from Wartella and Jenkins
http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/justine/cc_winter05/pdfs/wartella_children.pdf
"Computer technology has ushered in a new era of mass media, bringing with it great promise and great concerns about the effect on children’s development and wellbeing.
Although we tend to see these issues as being new, similar promises and concerns have accompanied each new wave of media technology throughout the past century: films in the early 1900s, radio in the 1920s, and television in the 1940s. With the introduction of each of these technologies, proponents touted the educational benefits for children, while opponents voiced fears about exposure to inappropriate commercial, sexual, and violent content."
I agree with Miles to question real thing - the Internet and computers are part of the fabric of everyday life for most children (in the West anyway).
I think that the study of media should be part of a general education (despite the seasonal gripes in UK papers about the validity of Media Studies as a valid academic subject) so that young people can learn to be critical consumers of media, safe from the utopic and dystopic claims alike.
http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/justine/cc_winter05/pdfs/wartella_children.pdf
"Computer technology has ushered in a new era of mass media, bringing with it great promise and great concerns about the effect on children’s development and wellbeing.
Although we tend to see these issues as being new, similar promises and concerns have accompanied each new wave of media technology throughout the past century: films in the early 1900s, radio in the 1920s, and television in the 1940s. With the introduction of each of these technologies, proponents touted the educational benefits for children, while opponents voiced fears about exposure to inappropriate commercial, sexual, and violent content."
I agree with Miles to question real thing - the Internet and computers are part of the fabric of everyday life for most children (in the West anyway).
I think that the study of media should be part of a general education (despite the seasonal gripes in UK papers about the validity of Media Studies as a valid academic subject) so that young people can learn to be critical consumers of media, safe from the utopic and dystopic claims alike.
Thanks Tony,
That is really helpful for comparisons with commercial products and companies but how does it work for OSS?
That is really helpful for comparisons with commercial products and companies but how does it work for OSS?
But what did he mean by being demoted? was he removed from a group like Particularly Helpful Moodlers?