Between 3rd and 6th international Seminar we had our fifth international Seminar for ePedagogy Design. This time it was held in the ZKM in Karlsruhe. One of our Focuses was the YOU_ser Exhibition.

I liked the FLICK_KA which is obviously related to the Photosharing Service Flickr. There were also some “usual” Seminar Program. Our dutch Fellows had some presentations about what they’re teaching at the Inholland University what was quite interesting, but too sad that we can’t take some of these Courses. Especially the course from Lynda Deutz seemed to be very interesting.
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Imagine you could see Links in Wikipedia as a Mindmap. WikiMindMap is a tool to browse easily and efficiently in Wiki content, inspired by the mindmap technique. Looks interesting. Try it.

You compose a new post. You click Publish and lean back to admire your work.
right after that are still some things going on with your blogpost.
See whats going in the nice animated graphic at weird.

Thats the Title of Owen Kellys next Course for the ePedagogy MA Program.

The course will be entirely online, and will involve chats in Skype; inworld explorations in Second Life (and hopefully Active Worlds by way of comparison); and course timetables, project plans, documentation and discussion on Airset.

The course will start on Feb. 5th and even thoug I am not that great Fan of Second Life I have to recommend this course to you, because Owen always offers interesting and relevant content.

The eLearning Guild asked members for their favorite tips for using software for the creation of e-Learning. Members could submit tips in any or all of the following five categories:

• Courseware authoring and e-Learning development tools
• Rapid e-Learning tools
• Simulation tools
• Media tools
• Combining and deploying authoring tools

162 Tips and Tricks for Working with e-Learning Tools is a free PDF-Book. Go download it and discover a lot of nice ideas. In my opinion we need also a Tips for eLearning with social software Resource.

For decades, students have been stuck in classrooms, behind desks, being told how and what to learn. For a time, when students were expected to become widgets for the vast machine of industry, this model of education was highly effective. However, we have now entered a new age: an age where thinking is more important than knowing, where thoughts out-do the facts. Borders are melting away; project teams collaborate across the globe and intelligence is being continually redefined. The world’s information is at our fingertips and anybody can publish their thoughts for virtually no cost.

This sounds familar to me. The Text is taken from the About Page of the Students 2.0 Project. Made by Students who may be will make History…

flickr sperrt uns aus! Und auch dich!
Seit 12.06.2007 werden für deutsche Nutzer keine Bilder mehr angezeigt, die als ‘moderate’ oder ‘restricted’ markiert sind! Es gibt keine Moeglichkeit das umzustellen - das ist eine grobe Unverschämtheit und Frechheit von flickr!

We are the users - don’t forget that flickr!

Deswegen treten wir gemeinsam in Aktion und zeigen allen, das uns das nicht gefällt was flickr mit uns macht! Füge das Bild zu deinen Favoriten hinzu und poste es!

In English:
If your Yahoo! ID is based in Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong or Korea, you will only be able to view safe content based on your local Terms of Service, and therefore won’t be able to turn off SafeSearch.
In other words, german users can’t access photos on flickr that are not flaged “safe” … only flowers and landscapes for the germans …
We won’t let this happen! Copy and upload this picture to your account - show flickr who we are.

Espanol:
No sé cuando, pero muy recientemente a las cuentas de Alemania, Hong Kong, Corea y Singapur les han prohibido ver las fotos que están en el Safe Search, las mismas en las que a nosotros nos dan la opcíón de ver o no ver. A ellos simplemente se lo prohiben. Chale no?

Francais:
Si votre compte Yahoo! est basé à Singapour, à Hong Kong, en Corée ou en Allemagne, vous ne pourrez voir que les photos qui n’ont pas été marquées comme ayant un contenu qui peut choquer. Toutes les autres ne vous seront pas accessibles. Vous serez donc condamnés à ne voir que des paysages et des fleurs. Il ne faut pas laisser faire ça. Envoyez cette photo sur votre compte pour montrer à Flickr que nous savons nous mobiliser contre la censure !

Spread the image!

Lade dieses Bild runter und poste es in deinem Account! Lass uns das Bild überall auf flickr verteilen und es in ‘Interestingness’ heben!! So geht es nicht!
Original Version: farm2.static.flickr.com/1299/543864623_7aadef1e69_o.jpg
Link to the original Thread here: flickr.com/photos/atomtigerzoo/543864623/

More Information:

• www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91085
• www.flickr.com/groups/404938@N23/discuss/72157600347681500/
• www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/42597/
  

Explaining RSS is as difficualt as explaining what a wiki can do. I still know a lot of people who’re still working without RSS. Another CommonCraft Video shows how and why one could work with RSS, but see yourself.

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The Crew of CommonCraft has developed a Video on how to use Wikis.
The might of Wikis is still underestimated so maybe this video gives you a good idea on how to use a wiki. Have fun!

Working in ePedagogy contexts often means to work online. David Krug put together a list about 5 Ways to Work Less and Get More Done Online. In his opinion the five key points are:

• Restrict your work hours to increase efficiency.
• Create a map for your day.
• Schedule times to check email.
• Relax and don’t try to force yourself to work harder.
• Cut yourself some slack.

To get some more information about these aspects go directly to 901am.
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