Online Learning Update

July 18, 2010

Global Communities Rethink Learning (Online)

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

By Tanya Roscorla, Converge

Without the context and experience of interacting in learning communities, it’s hard to understand the implications of social, online learning tools, Richardson said. The majority of teachers use blogs and wikis to publish class essays in a different form. Instead, they should help kids understand learning networks and communities through those tools. Anyone can learn about tools on their own or have someone teach them, Nussbaum-Beach said. Tools will change, and while they don’t have magic, they do make collaboration simple and economical.

http://www.convergemag.com/training/Learning-Cohorts.html

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