Using Wikis for Learning and Collaboration

Some suggestions and tips on how to use Wikis for educational purposes in companies.

http://theelearningcoach.com/category/elearning2-0/

University of St. Gallen (CH) embraces social media

Since January 2012, the University of St.Gallen (HSG) has officially been active in social media, comprehensively creating a presence on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for the first time.

The aim is both to convey an overall picture of the HSG, to offer issue-specific access with added value and to enter into a dialogue. This new service will complement and augment the University of St.Gallen’s existing print and online communication vehicles.

http://www.unisg.ch/UeberUns/HSGMediacorner/Aktuell/RssNews/Campus/2012/Februar/Social-Media-HSG-8Februar2012.aspx

Top 100 Tools for Learning

Here there is a list of the Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2011. The list was compiled from a survey conducted by the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, which publish a site on the use of new (particularly social) technologies for learning and performance. On the top of the list there is Twitter, followed by YouTube and Google Docs.

http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-for-learning-2011/

OER (Open Education Resources), Resources for learning – Experiences from an OER Project in Sweden

Having previously worked with teaching in many developing countries where IT budget is non existence I have been a fan of Open Source resources for a long time. It is refreshing to read European projects whereby OER is being introduced. I think that some lessons and principles from this project can apply to the ISTUS group.

The project aims were to share the experience from the introduction of OER in Higher Education and raise awareness of technology in teaching and learning. When reading the article it is interesting to learn of the project team discovery of the importance of decision makers’ participation in the events and the need for institutional strategies (all be it for open resources).

Please find the full article on the European Journal of open, Distant and e-Learning here:

http://www.eurodl.org/?p=current&article=494