Trying to get better at getting better

Tag: paediatric assignment

Some activity at last

Feb 13, 2009

in Social media

academic earth, constructivism, eduspaces, elgg, ning, online repository, open research, openphysio, paediatric assignment, pedagogy, research, slideshare, social learning, social media, social media platform, social networking platform, twitter, video

It’s been a pretty busy morning so far, catching up on all the feeds that I’ve neglected over the past month or so. Here’s a list of a few things I found that might be interesting to you. Found Academic Earth, an online repository of video lectures by international scholars, which could be a useful…
The social construction of knowledge using a wiki

Feb 12, 2009

in Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

collaboration, critical review, drafting, groupwork, openphysio, paediatric assignment, pedagogy, projects, social constructivism, teacher, wiki

I’ve started a few projects in my department, one of which revolves around the use of wikis to create environments for students to engage more dynamically with both the content and each other. The rationale is that deeper learning occurs when there is an understanding of the content that goes beyond the ability to recite…