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Teaching with Social Networks: Establishing a Social Contract

May 18, 2010

This ECAR research bulletin discusses the use of student-developed social contracts to support a vital online community of inquiry. In blended classes—which combine co-present and web-mediated…

Sustaining the Integration of New Technologies: Using Collaboration to Support Teaching and Learning

January 7, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2009

Given limited resources and time, the introduction of new technologies for teaching and learning can be difficult. Collaborative learning can address this challenge. At Seton Hall University, stude…

Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge, A 21st Century Agenda for the National Science Foundation

August 11, 2008

The National Science Foundation defines "cyberlearning" as "the use of networked computing and communications technologies to support learning." The report of the NSF Task For…

Supporting Faculty Adoption of Emerging Technologies: Wanderlust or Creating a Campus Roadmap?

June 4, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2008

The phone rings. The caller begins with the familiar, “I've been thinking...” and the rest of the conversation centers on how to pilot an emerging instructional technology. Faculty who are e…

7 Things You Should Know About Ning

April 23, 2008

Ning is an online service that allows users to create their own social networks and join and participate in other networks. No technical skill is required to set up a social network, and there ar…

Exploring Literary Texts Through Virtual Worlds

January 16, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008

This session will explore the ways Second Life can help students engage in active interpretation of literary texts. Through the development of in-world learning activities, participation in a wiki,…

Teaching and Learning Experiences in a User-Created Virtual World

October 25, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference

Second Life is a user-created virtual world simultaneously played by thousands of people around the world. In this session, we'll share our experiences of teaching in Second Life. Using the in…

Emerging Worlds: Transformative Technologies for Teaching and Learning

September 17, 2007

Web 2.0 projects have rapidly expanded into a world of social media. From blogs to podcasts, millions of people have published and shared a growing amount of digital content. At the same time vir…

Wikis and Podcasts and Blogs! Oh, My! What Is a Faculty Member Supposed to Do?

August 29, 2007

© 2007 Patricia McGee and Veronica Diaz. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ …

Second Life: Reaching into the Virtual World for Real-World Learning

August 14, 2007

This research bulletin examines the current state of Second Life in relation to the educational environment. Although literature about virtual worlds dates back many years, this bulletin reflects…