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Open Source, Meet "User-Generated Science"
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Huwe, Terence K. – Computers in Libraries, 2009
This article discusses Research Blogging, a community-run nonprofit organization that is promoting a suite of blogging software to scholars. Research Blogging itself does two things. First, it extends an invitation to a community, and it is open to anyone. Second, it requires its users to follow guidelines. The combination of rigorous guidelines…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Database Management Systems
eLearning 2.0 and New Literacies: Are Social Practices Lagging behind?
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Lim, Wei-Ying; So, Hyo-Jeong; Tan, Seng-Chee – Interactive Learning Environments, 2010
While the growing prevalence of Web 2.0 in education opens up exciting opportunities for universities to explore expansive, new literacies practices, concomitantly, it presents unique challenges. Many universities are changing from a content delivery paradigm of eLearning 1.0 to a learner-focused paradigm of eLearning 2.0. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Models, Internet, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education
Ready for Your Close up? Create and Post a Video Blog with Ease
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Brazburg, Jeffrey – Technology & Learning, 2007
Blogs, which began as a way to easily post one's thoughts online in print, have evolved to include multimedia capabilities. A blog is not limited to text--audio and video can be incorporated. A video blog (commonly called a vlog) is a blog that uses video in its posts. People who create vlogs are vloggers, and the worldwide community of vlogs and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Fundamental Concepts, Interactive Video, Web Sites
Modeling Semantic and Structural Knowledge in Web Navigation
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Juvina, Ion; van Oostendorp, Herre – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Research on cognitive modeling of information search and Web navigation emphasizes the importance of "information scent" (the relevance of semantic cues such as link labels and headings to a reader's goal; Pirolli & Card, 1999). This article shows that not only semantic but also structural knowledge is involved in navigating the Web…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Cues, Semantics, Internet
The Model of Domain Learning as a Framework for Understanding Internet Navigation
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Schrader, P. G.; Lawless, Kimberly; Mayall, Hayley – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2008
When examined across studies and fields, navigation research is fragmented and inconsistent. In this article, we argue that this is the result of navigation research having generally been conducted without guidance from an overarching theoretical framework. In order to illustrate our position, we have included results from a very simple…
Descriptors: Models, Internet, Research Methodology, Student Interests
Rustling Up a Web Site without Much Money
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Warrington, Anne; Greig, Debra – Computers in Libraries, 2006
Lakeland College, a small rural institution on the Canadian prairies, used to face the dilemma of needing a Web presence without having the funds, staff, and technology infrastructure to support it. This article relates how Lakeland's librarian hired ShirWin Knowledge & Learning Systems, Inc., a small software company based in Edmonton,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Web Sites, Computer System Design, Budgets