Learning - Educational Technologies - Articles Archive
from June 21, 2008 to May 3, 2008

Social media strategies for the web, scanning information, learning via dialogue and participation, how micropublishers manage their information and publishing workflow are just some of the interesting topics that are included in this juicy weekly digest. But there is more: social network usage, learning 2.0, overcoming ... read more

Looking for some cool online design tools? Thanks to an ongoing collaboration with Italian stylish and avant-garde looking magazine 7thFloor, I had recently put together for the Milan "Design week" a selection of cool design tools for seven types of designers, which was published on their ... read more

If you are looking to find an effective way to collaborate, brainstorm, visualize and plan ideas collaboratively online, much beyond what voice and text chat can do, it is the time you give a good try to the mind mapping experience. Thanks to unforgettable MasterNewMedia editor Antonella ... read more

Want to collaborate online in real-time? Here some cool collaboration tools to use that can help you have free web-conferencing meetings, share your screen, have VoIP conversations, instant message directly with your website visitors, and more. Too good to be true? Check out the full list ... read more

What is social design? What are the traits that make designing for the social interaction different from other forms of design? What are the end results that one wants to achieve by using a social design approach and methodology? Joshua Porter, social media analyst and web designer, ... read more

The best, coolest and newest online collaboration tools are back again with a new basket full of goodies personally selected for you by Robin Good and me, Nico Canali De Rossi. In this issue we have selected new tools for video conferencing, collaborative project management, VoIP, ... read more

Making sense of new technologies and media is becoming one of the essential, future navigation skills. As everyone else is busy looking at the latest web application, what I see increasingly lacking, especially outside of the academic world, is the time and true interest to explore, ... read more

What are the key requirements for social software to create social environments and communities that can become self-sustainable? Ken Thompson, high performance teams expert and author of the Bioteaming Manifesto, Bioteams and The Networked Enterprise, suggests that social software designers should look in the principles that ... read more

With the advent of Web 2.0 and the explosion in the number of web-based services that has ensued, we have seen hundreds of new applications and tools become available without any sign of slowdown yet. Thanks to cheaper technology, open APIs, and the ease with which ... read more

Ready to add some new cool stuff to your online collaboration toolkit? Need to set up a video conference, manage projects, schedule a meeting or share big files and videos? Here is another set of ready-to-use online collaboration tools that make it easy to do so ... read more

New media technologies are taking over the stage even when you are the presenter? If attendees to your last presentation got frequently distracted, kept avidly typing on their laptops or if your students kept getting distracted in your class, are you failing as a communicator or ... read more

Ingenious individuals, hackers, professional amateurs and passionate self-learners are all contributing to a unique transformation taking place right under your nose. The future forces shaping the world of how we create things are in turmoil. The changes that are taking place now and in the few ... read more

Create your own video conferencing room and hook up with your instant messaging buddies directly from your phone. Discover new tools also to send and share very large files without using email. All of the above and more in this week collaboration tools Picnic. From Sharewood, ... read more

Understanding new technologies, media and the emerging social media panorama takes more than just a subscription to Wired or having a page on MySpace or Facebook. The real learning, as I often say, comes from exploration. You really need to go out and try out what ... read more

Want to collaborate online in real-time? Look what I have found this time: Set up free video conferences or VoIP calls, share your desktop and grant control of your PC to anyone, or connect to any instant messaging service without installing any software. Too good to ... read more

"Media literacy" is increasingly the keyword to which I attribute the greatest importance when it comes to become effective trainers, online communicators as well as effective and successful entrepreneurs of yourselves. Understanding, to the very root, what communication means, how we do it, what reality and ... read more

Online collaboration tools keep coming up with new and further improved features and facilities and with zero barriers to entry for newcomers. What could you ask more? What was only a year ago reserved for those who knew a specific tool or had the money to ... read more

From social media to personal networks, all new media and technologies play an increasingly important role in how we understand and handle our increasingly complex lives. Media, news, video games, communication theory, philosophy, and other areas contribute to my understanding of the role of technology for ... read more

Ready to add some new cool tools to your online collaboration toolkit? Today Adobe launches a new, powerful version of Adobe Connect Pro, with more cool features including advanced recording abilities and more e-learning functionalities. Go check it out now. Here on my end is another ... read more

Understanding media, new technologies and learning is the best investment that can be done when in search of interpreting if and how the world we live can really still be changed. It is at the intersection of these vast realms of interest areas that there is ... read more