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eLearning 2.0 Technologies and Concepts: Start Pages as Environments for Self-Organized Learners

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It took me some time to realize that it is more effective to have on one section RSS feeds from one topic, together with the relevant bookmarks and widgets, rather than having all RSS feed, all bookmarks and all widgets on separate sections. The prototypes of such environment are built in the Start pages Netvibes and Pageflakes.

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The Rapid eLearning Blog

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One of the problems with the information dumps is we get so used to the mind numbing slide-after-slide of information, that the value of the information is lost and it renders the course useless. A great way to counter this is to build scenarios where the learner uses the information. So, that’s the case for using scenarios. June 17th, 2008.

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Towards a Theory of Digital Literacy: Three Scenarios for the Next Steps

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In the same way, data retrieval on the Internet is conceived of as a combination of procedural skills (working with search engines) and of cognitive skills (evaluating data, sorting out false and biased data, and distinguishing between relevant and irrelevant data). Towards a Theory of Digital Literacy: Three Scenarios for the Next Steps.