Trying to get better at getting better

Tag: social tools

Posted to Diigo 07/06/2011

Jul 6, 2011

in Digest

backchannel, circles, Google, Google Docs, google plus, hangouts, social tools, sparks, twitter

Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For? three forces at play when it comes to education and social media first is a lack of force second is the force of fear third force is that of more and more educators who are embracing social media and advocating its use on-…
Open research

Mar 27, 2009

in Open access, Research, Technology

blogs, collaboration, Google, Google Docs, internet connection, Jean-Claude Bradley, jon udell, methodology, open notebook science, open research, open science, peer review, publication, researcher, secrecy, social networks, social tools, wikis

I’ve been thinking about the concept of open research since listening to Jon Udell’s interview with Jean-Claude Bradley on his open notebook science project. The idea is similar to the open approach to writing software in that the process is transparent and open to scrutiny by anyone. This could have important implications for the soundness…