Curiouser and Curiouser! on edublogging http://matt.blogs.it/ RSS feed for topic edublogging Copyright 2006 Matt Mower Squib/0.1 self@mattmower.com self@mattmower.com en-gb Edublogging Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:09:05 +0100 <P><A href="http://www.downes.ca/archive/02/06_06_news_OLDaily.htm">Stephen Downes</A> on Edublogs.&nbsp; [<A href="http://jrobb.userland.com/">John Robb's Radio Weblog</A>]</P> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P><FONT color=red>»</FONT> Lots of interesting edublog information and links.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P></BLOCKQUOTE> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00000021.html Edublogging with Moodle (cool name) Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:33:30 +0100 <P><A href="http://moodle.com/">Moodle.com - LCMS</A>. <I>Quote:</I> "Moodle is a software package for producing internet-based courses and web sites (including this one). Moodle is an ongoing research and development project designed to support a social constructionist pedagogy"<BR><BR><I>Comment:</I>PHP - open source - weblog style.&nbsp; Parents with kids may hear: <A href="http://disney.go.com/DisneyBooks/activities/OTHnoodled/end.html">"Moodle, do the moodle dance"</A> [<A href="http://instructionalTechnology.editthispage.com/">Serious Instructional Technology</A>]</P> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P><FONT color=red>»</FONT> Looks like interesting technology.</P> <P>I'm struggling a little with the <EM>social constructionist pedagogy</EM>, but the idea seems to be:</P> <P>"<FONT face="Courier, Monospace">More specifically, what web structures and interfaces encourage or hinder participants to engage in reflective dialogue within a community of learners - by reading openly, reflecting critically and writing constructively?</FONT>"</P> <P>Sentence like the following don't help:</P> <P>"<FONT face="Courier, Monospace">Thus, our pedagogical intention to enable teachers to develop the skills of transformative professionals capable of appreciating the need to complexify the culture of learning in their own educational institutions so that the interests and aspirations of all students are met</FONT>."</P> <P>Is <EM>complexify </EM>even a word?&nbsp; [Oh, yes it is...]</P> <P>I wonder how this stacks up against the encumbents like WebCT and BlackBoard.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P></BLOCKQUOTE> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00000153.html