April 11, 2004
Collaboration On The Edge: Groove The Peaceful Force
Many people think that I am sold out on Groove. But if you read my rich literature on the subject you will see that things are not really so. In my personal reporting about this extraordinary technology I have kept throughout a good balance in highlighting Groove unique strengths and powerful features, while dutifully exposing its glaring limitations. In this article/ interview I report about some innovative use of this advanced collaboration technology for humanitarian goals, while raising some important issues about the marketing and communication concerns that should go hand in hand with such honorable matters.
Recent Articles
January 31, 2009
Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Jan 31 09
Content-restriction concerns about Wikipedia, social connectivity, the benefit of video lectures in academic environments, are just some of the interesting topics covered inside this week edition of George Siemens' Media Literacy Digest.
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In this issue:
Educational technologies and media expert George Siemens highlights the recent... read more
Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Jan 31 09

January 24, 2009
Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Jan 24 09
Location-aware devices, the importance of good visuals, generational distinctions, and open educational resources are just some of the fascinating topics included in this week issue of this Media Literacy digest.
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How can you define and group completely different individuals together? Just because they're all the... read more
Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Jan 24 09

January 17, 2009
Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Jan 17 09
In this issue of the Media Literacy digest George Siemens deals with the predominance of advertising in Web 2.0, usage statistics of social networks, alternative approaches to teaching, and the need to improve existing learning platforms.
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Furthermore, today digest points to an interesting MIT experiment... read more
Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Jan 17 09

January 14, 2009
Web-Based Screencasting Service Integrates High-Quality Screen Recording And Online Video Distribution: ScreenToaster Is Here
ScreenToaster is a new screencasting web-based service which provides high-quality screen video recordings ready for immediate web publication. ScreenToaster works on Macs, PCs and Linux computers and requires no software to downloaded or installed on your end. To me this looks like the best and most... read more
Web-Based Screencasting Service Integrates High-Quality Screen Recording And Online Video Distribution: ScreenToaster Is Here

January 7, 2009
Education And Learning: A Paradigm Shift - Part 2 - How To Prepare You For A Meaningful Life?
What kind of approach to education and learning must we have, if the end result we want to provide to our kids is to enhance their ability to self-direct themselves into living a sustainable, meaningful and successful life?
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If our goal is the one... read more
Education And Learning: A Paradigm Shift - Part 2 - How To Prepare You For A Meaningful Life?

January 6, 2009
Education And Learning: A Paradigm Shift - Part 1 - Is Our Educational System Broken?
It's all so good to talk about new media, 2.0, participation, collaboration, real-time web, mashing-up, agile development, remixing, or lifestreaming but what value do these discoveries have when as soon as we turn our heads home and to our kids we still force them to go... read more
Education And Learning: A Paradigm Shift - Part 1 - Is Our Educational System Broken?




