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Web 2.0: A pedagogical challenge

Web 2.0 – eine pädagogische Herausforderung.
Das kürzlich veröffentlichte Jahrbuch Medienpädagogik 8 greift aktuelle Forschung und konzeptionelle Zugänge zur Medienkompetenz und Web 2.0 in Bildungsinstitutionen auf und beinhaltet einen Beitrag von meinem Doktorvater Prof. Dr. H.-Hugo Kremer und mir: Kremer, H. H. / Pferdt, F. G. (2010): Berufliches Lernen mit Web 2.0 – Medienkompetenz und berufliche [...]

Social media in educational intervention and transformation – cascading change

Symposium
Cascading Change: The role of social software and social media in educational intervention and transformation
Sebastian, Rob and George are presenting today at Ascilite 2009 in New Zealand our thoughts on the role of social media in educational intervention and transformation. Unfortunately I couldn‘t travel down under, because we are waiting for a great moment to [...]

DesignEd Bootcamp – Designing Innovations in Education

An inspired solution is easy to spot; the process that produced it is not. DesignEd investigates innovation in education to find out what it takes to get from ill-defined problem to well-designed solution.
“All occupations engaged in converting actual to preferred situations are concerned with design” – Donald A. Schoen (1983, 77)
As EdLabbers, we believe that [...]

US now – How our society is changing

Watch the full Blog post here at EdLab Blog:

Us Now from Banyak Films on Vimeo.

After Ed TV – weekly videos about education and innovation

Here at EdLab, Teachers College Columbia University, the Design & Publishing Team announces new videos every week on their blog, and even have an email newsletter (sign up).

Look for them on Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and iTunes. Subscribe to their blog feed. See their information section for details on how to submit videos, add one of [...]

Welcome to the digital generation…

Sync up with the new generation of connected learners. The Digital Generation Project presents video portraits of the lives of young students from around the country who are using digital media to learn, communicate, and socialize in new and exciting ways.

Trends in Educational Technology

Follow recent trends in Education & Technology on the daily updated team blog @ EdLab.

http://edlab.tc.columbia.edu/
or join our events and seminars on wednesdays at the EdLab Atelier:

http://edlab.tc.columbia.edu/index.php?q=node/415
What´s EdLab:
EdLab is a research, design, and development unit at Teachers College, Columbia University. EdLab envisions and pilots knowledge projects for a fundamentally different education sector that is attuned to [...]

A future vision

Microsoft‘s video of a vision on what the year 2019 will look like. I wonder what kind of “visions” Apple is developing for the year 2018? ;-)

(via eLearning Blog TU Graz)

Designing Learning Environments with Social Media – or: the bees and the birds…

Last Sunday morning, I had the chance to present my research project about “Designing Learning Environments with Social Media“. Although it was the first presentation on Sunday morning, I had to reach the audience‘s attention by using the bees and the birds methaper for the line of arguments in my presentation. Furthermore ,the new Prezi [...]

Ask the innovation guru and a “holy” review (Design Thinking book)

Business week posted two intersting videos about design thinking:
What Makes Design Thinking Special?
“How is design thinking different from process re-engineering or business consulting?”

How academia can embrace design thinking?
“How can business schools restructure to incorporate design thinking into their curricula?”

…right on time, Hasso Plattner and Co. published a book about “Design Thinking”… in german!?
Hasso [...]