I came across the Open Notebook Science concept today via a podcast. The term was put forward by Jean-Claude Bradley of Drexel, back in 2006. Scientists maintain notebooks of their work, working through theoretical concepts and making detailed notes of experiments – how they are undertaken, what the results are, etc. Mostly the writings in [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Lab Notebook Wiki
Posted in community, pedagogy, tools, Uncategorized, tagged mark morley, markuos, notebook, open notebook science, wiki on September 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Learning Community for Students
Posted in community, pedagogy, tagged "community of practice", "learning community for students", community, edupunk, learning, mark morley, markuos, web2.0 on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The concept of a Learning Community for Students (LCS) parallels and links to the idea of a Personal Learning Environment (PLE). The PLE envisages learners exploiting existing services to enhance their learning process. I’ve witnessed directly this happening as some of the more ‘tech savvy’ students harness the advantages of Web2.0 technologies. Whilst the services [...]