Archive for February 2, 2007

Must reading for info folks: Pew–Tagging gains prominence

February 2, 2007 in 2.0, Search Tools

A new Pew Internet & American Life Project report finds that 28% of Internet users tag or categorize content like photographs, blog posts, or news stories. 7% of Internet users tag Internet content on any given day using sites like Flickr and Del.icio.us The study sees tagging as the next-step search phenomenon– “more tailored to [...]

New open curricula portal!

February 2, 2007 in 2.0, About learning, Cool Websites, Teaching Strategies

Keri Morgret, of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, wrote yesterday to share the release of the  new site, OER (Open Educational  Resources) Commons http://www.oercommons.org/.   It is a database of educational open source content (much of it licensed under creative commons and free for reuse). Kerri says,  It includes material from [...]

Wikipedia debate in higher ed

February 2, 2007 in 2.0, Wikis

In K12, we grapple with offering students advice on when Wikipedia rocks and when it falls short.  There are those moments I just love it and moments when I cringe because it is absolutely the worst place a particular student might begin a particular information task. Wanna peek at how professors view Wikipedia?  A Stand Against Wikipedia in InsideHigherEd.com presents [...]