tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post115825344226363867..comments2024-03-19T04:37:04.138-07:00Comments on eLearning Technology: Wikis - Public vs. Controlled - Why There's No eLearning WikiTony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-1158655392010138762006-09-19T01:43:00.000-07:002006-09-19T01:43:00.000-07:00As your blogroll shows, there are plenty of e-lear...As your blogroll shows, there are plenty of e-learning resources available, and something like bloglines gives you the chance of keeping an eye on them.<BR/><BR/>But in saying that, via <A HREF="http://www.e-learningnow.co.uk" REL="nofollow">:e-LearningNow:</A> we are doing some experimentation with wikis to determine if they are better way of delivering content.pegjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698188709477472473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-1158611392929009102006-09-18T13:29:00.000-07:002006-09-18T13:29:00.000-07:00Hmmm ... "what you are doing is considered link sp...Hmmm ... "what you are doing is considered link spam" - I'm assuming you are refering to providing links to my posts in a Wikipedia page?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_spam#Link_spam" REL="nofollow">Link spam</A> to me was more along the lines of putting up large numbers of links often poorly related in order to increase page rank and come up in searches ... but I'm not doing that (unless I'm missing something).<BR/><BR/>Of course, the trick is deciding what is Spam and what is legitimate content. I would claim that the content I write in my blog is equivalent to what I write for publication / presentation. I would also say that if you put links to some blog posts, it's hard to defend not putting links to others. But beauty (or spam) is in the eye of the beholder. My posts on eLearning 2.0 and eLearning 1.3 I think are in the good stuff category. So, maybe it's just because I was the one to provide the links? Actually, I'm not getting it - what's spam about this? Is there some kind of guideline for what is considered okay or not?Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-1158593169899979932006-09-18T08:26:00.000-07:002006-09-18T08:26:00.000-07:00Jim - as usual - great comment and insight. It's ...Jim - as usual - great comment and insight. It's funny that with the new medium (blogs), I've forgotten about some practices that are fairly well known. That's why you get paid the big consulting bucks. :) Thanks.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-1158389699808643972006-09-15T23:54:00.000-07:002006-09-15T23:54:00.000-07:00Interesting thoughts,Tony.On the question/discussi...Interesting thoughts,Tony.<BR/><BR/>On the question/discussion issue, you might like to have a look at John Quiggin's blog - http://www.johnquiggin.com/. <BR/><BR/>To my knowledge this is the heaviest traffic blog written by an Australian academic. He uses the devices of a Monday Message Board together with Weekend Reflections as a way of garnering comments, creating interaction. It seems to be very effective.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-1158333266698805872006-09-15T08:14:00.000-07:002006-09-15T08:14:00.000-07:00Mike - I completely agree. Company wiki's are rea...Mike - I completely agree. Company wiki's are really taking off right now.<BR/><BR/>Jay - like you, I do my own aggregation using my RSS reader and by subscribing to various searches, e.g., a technorati search on eLearning or e-Learning. My list of feeds is on the right, as is a link to my OPML list that someone could import if they wanted.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, what you get is what you said - "a flood of information." How do I find the good stuff? That's where an eLearning community Digg would come in handy. It would theoretically bring the good stuff to the top.<BR/><BR/>A community Wiki would be great to have because it can be a repository of the good stuff, e.g., a definition of Informal Learning with links to good relevant data. The problem is how we collectively define Informal Learning, decide what links, and police the system.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-1158331888157786762006-09-15T07:51:00.000-07:002006-09-15T07:51:00.000-07:00Hold it a minute. No eLearning aggregator? That's ...Hold it a minute. No eLearning aggregator? That's like saying the liquor store has gin and vermouth but they don't have any martinis. <B>You are supposed to make your own.</B> That way you can get exactly what you're looking for. Make mine dry.<BR/><BR/>When I want a "river view" of corporate eLearning, I go to http://tinyurl.com/qyryb<BR/><BR/>If I prefer to scan for what's happeninng, I typically use SpeedyFeed: http://www.speedyfeed.com/jaycross/<BR/><BR/>With OPML, you can transport your entire list of feeds into a variety of aggregators.jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-1158259866867693612006-09-14T11:51:00.000-07:002006-09-14T11:51:00.000-07:00Jesse - I agree that an aggregator for eLearning r...Jesse - <BR/><BR/>I agree that an aggregator for eLearning related content would be good to have, but I'm not sure simple aggregation does much. You can certainly set it up pretty easy these days.<BR/><BR/>Instead, what I actually believe will be the future of this is custom Digg-like functionality that allow ratings of articles and other content. You can more or less do this today by getting everyone to tag things a particular way using social bookmarking. But since the custom Diggs coming soon - several people are working on it - we can probably wait. <BR/><BR/>As long as you got enough people going to rate the articles so that the good stuff came to the top.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com