New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores Collaborative Annotation

Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on October 8, 2009

Collaborative annotation tools expand the concept of social bookmarking by allowing users not only to share bookmarks but also to digitally annotate web pages. Rather than simply pointing to particular web pages, collaborative annotation lets users highlight specific content on a web page and add a note explaining their thoughts or pointing to additional resources. Students who use these tools for academic research can, over time, build a collection of their own studies and observations in much the same way generations of students have saved texts with dog-eared pages, highlighted passages, scribbled comments, and sticky notes.

The 7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Annotation, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, explores how the activity of adding reflections as marginalia can move students from being passive consumers of information to active readers engaged in scholarly discussions.

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		New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores Collaborative Annotation Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on October 8, 2009 Collaborative annotation tools expand the concept of social bookmarking by allowing users not only to share bookmarks but also to digitally annotate web pages. Rather than simply pointing to particular web pages, collaborative annotation lets users highlight specific content on a web page and add a note explaining their thoughts or pointing to additional resources. Students who use these tools for academic research can, over time, build a collection of their own studies and observations in much the same way generations of students have saved texts with dog-eared pages, highlighted passages, scribbled comments, and sticky notes. The 7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Annotation, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, explores how the activity of adding reflections as marginalia can move students from being passive consumers of information to active readers engaged in scholarly discussions. Browse the complete 7 Things You Should Know About… monthly series. EDUCAUSE News \| 7 Things You Should Know About \| Collaborative annotation \| Collaborative Applications \| Collaborative Technologies \| EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative \| Social Bookmarking \| Social Computing \| Web 2.0 Peggy's blog Login or register to post comments 210 reads
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