July 06, 2008
Wikis and Collaboration Models for Active Learning
Case held this session on May 8, 2008. I was asked to participate and helped to organize this session, but was already scheduled to deliver a Plenary at another conference. I was glad to see the session was a success and left the participants with many things to consider.
Collaborative Technology and Engaging the Campus 2008
Track 4: Blogs and Wikis
Session: Wikis and Collaboration Models for Active Learning
Panelists: Ben Schechter, Bill Barrow, Bill Claspy, Brian Gray, Roger Zender
It was a discussion on how to use Wiki software in order to create an interface which provides an opportunity for collaboration among users.
Check out the others session from Collaborative Technology and Engaging the Campus 2008, which include sessions on blogging, virtual worlds like Second Life, mobile devices, VOIP, and many other topics:
Categories: Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet | Blog: e3 Information Overload | Case Awards, News, or Publications | My Experiences | Second Life | Web 2.0 | Wiki |
Increasing the Value of Our History with the Web
I am a little behind on my blogging. Now that I have taken a breather, I am looking to jump start things.
On May 8, 2008, I was invited to deliver the Plenary session for the Society of Ohio Archivists at their Spring Program. I was asked to bring my knowledge of web 2.0 to a group that sees the possible advantages but often is very early in implementation. It is exciting to speak at a meeting that I would not normally attend. Even though I was asked to share and set the tone for the meeting in terms of what web 2.0 offers for libraries, archives, historians, etc., I found I left the meeting with a list of sites and tools to explore myself.
Categories: Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet | Libraries & Librarianship | Library 2.0 | My Experiences | Web 2.0 |
June 09, 2008
Encyclopaedia Britannica to Accept User Submitted Articles
The Wired Campus Blog (Chronicle of Higher Education) on June 6, 2008, shared an announcement that the online Encyclopaedia Britannica will display user-submitted articles along side those written by the editors. It will even offer a reward system for contributors.
For full details, see the post on the Britannica blog.
Are we seeing the first major response to change following the success of Wikipedia?