Comments on: Social Media Classroom: The Classroom 2.0 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/23/social-media-classroom-the-classroom-20/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: » The Affordance of Social Media in the Classroom Digital Literacy Centre http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/23/social-media-classroom-the-classroom-20/comment-page-1/#comment-299901 » The Affordance of Social Media in the Classroom Digital Literacy Centre Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:26:31 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2035#comment-299901 [...] and students called the Social Media Classroom and Collaboratory (HERE). The Wikinomics blog (here) posted by Danny Williamson describes it [...] [...] and students called the Social Media Classroom and Collaboratory (HERE). The Wikinomics blog (here) posted by Danny Williamson describes it [...]

]]> By: Danny Williamson http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/23/social-media-classroom-the-classroom-20/comment-page-1/#comment-200360 Danny Williamson Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:02:05 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2035#comment-200360 Nitin, Thanks for the great link. Not one I had personally seen before. Any other great links on education 2.0 out there? Nitin,

Thanks for the great link. Not one I had personally seen before.

Any other great links on education 2.0 out there?

]]> By: Nitin http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/23/social-media-classroom-the-classroom-20/comment-page-1/#comment-200212 Nitin Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2035#comment-200212 It is weird to write about Classroom 2.0 without writing about <a href="http://classroom20.com" rel="nofollow">Classroom 2.0</a>. It is weird to write about Classroom 2.0 without writing about Classroom 2.0.

]]> By: Danny Williamson http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/23/social-media-classroom-the-classroom-20/comment-page-1/#comment-196407 Danny Williamson Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:37:41 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2035#comment-196407 Keri, I think you've hit it on the nose. It is decidedly more difficult for the instructor to use learner-focused methods than to simply stand at the front and lecture. I wonder too, if it's not somewhat symptomatic of our educational systems. For most of us that succeed through secondary and post-secondary education and then find ourselves in a teaching role, we learn to succeed in the "system" as currently constituted. I'm a firm believer that the biggest winners(even though everyone wins in a student-focused environment) are the students who struggle to succeed in the "normal" classroom and generally tend to fall through the cracks despite best efforts to see them succeed. Keri, I think you’ve hit it on the nose. It is decidedly more difficult for the instructor to use learner-focused methods than to simply stand at the front and lecture. I wonder too, if it’s not somewhat symptomatic of our educational systems. For most of us that succeed through secondary and post-secondary education and then find ourselves in a teaching role, we learn to succeed in the “system” as currently constituted. I’m a firm believer that the biggest winners(even though everyone wins in a student-focused environment) are the students who struggle to succeed in the “normal” classroom and generally tend to fall through the cracks despite best efforts to see them succeed.

]]> By: Keri Pearlson http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/23/social-media-classroom-the-classroom-20/comment-page-1/#comment-195940 Keri Pearlson Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:16:45 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2035#comment-195940 This is much more than developing engaged and contributing citizens. This is about a new paradigm for learning...learning 2.0 (or are we up to 3.0?). Learning where the student is asked to help create knowledge, rather than just absorb it, is always more interesting to the student. Funny, though, that it's often less preferable to the teacher. During my experience as a member of the faculty at a major business school, I found that many of my colleagues preferred lecturing since it was a way for them to control what information was shared and what knowledge was created. They could plan what they would say and control what was done in their classroom. It's is the easiest for the teacher, but the most difficult learning method for the student. How long can you sit in a lecture before you are bored and looking for a more engaging activity? This is much more than developing engaged and contributing citizens. This is about a new paradigm for learning…learning 2.0 (or are we up to 3.0?). Learning where the student is asked to help create knowledge, rather than just absorb it, is always more interesting to the student. Funny, though, that it’s often less preferable to the teacher. During my experience as a member of the faculty at a major business school, I found that many of my colleagues preferred lecturing since it was a way for them to control what information was shared and what knowledge was created. They could plan what they would say and control what was done in their classroom. It’s is the easiest for the teacher, but the most difficult learning method for the student. How long can you sit in a lecture before you are bored and looking for a more engaging activity?

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