Learning from “elearnspace”
elearnspace always provides such good, relevant information. Here are a few examples, out of many. He points us to Ourmedia. An excerpt from the site:
Ourmedia’s
goal is to expose, advance and preserve digital creativity at the
grassroots level. The site serves as a central gathering spot where
professionals and amateurs come together to share works, offer tips and
tutorials, and interact in a combination community space and virtual
library that will preserve these works for future generations. We want
to enable people anywhere in the world to tap into this rich repository
of media and create image albums, movie and music jukeboxes and more.
Then ‘Ourmedia’ points us to UndergroundMedia.org. They cite it as “a great compliment to this site since its goal is to empower people
to BE the media. There are many howtos on audio editing etc. with a
focus on podcasting, vblogging, and more.As well as information on
journalism and documentary making. They are expanding the howto
sections all the time adding fresh content as well as looking for
contributers.
These sites will be worth following, for sure.
elearnspace also points us to the Washington Post article, “Blogging Clicks with Colleges.” My favorite two paragraphs from the article:
“It’s more power to the student,” said junior John
Dorman, whose Georgetown government class blog bubbled with a debate
over morality and politics recently, with students posting comments
from 7:30 p.m. until nearly 7:30 the next morning.
Students in sophomore Craig Kessler’s English class
got hooked, and he said they became closer and more engaged than in any
class he has taken. When the semester ended this winter, students asked
the professor, David Lipscomb: Could they keep writing the blog?
George Siemens is an instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He has one of the best About pages around.Consider subscribing to his twice-weekly elearning newsletter. It’s terrific! Have you noticed lately how many good bloggers are from Canada?
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