• Using Blogs in Education (on Flickr)
  Diagram by the Centre for Learning Technology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) depicts the educational use of blogging
  (tags: technology_stewardship techreport blogging education)

• Information & Knowledge for Optimal Health (INFO) Project, Johns Hopkins University – Networks and Communities
  The INFO Project provides support to online networks and communities in family planning and reproductive health. Online Community Resources.
  (tags: copexample+development health)
• Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery (GANM) list
  The GANM list is supported by the Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Initiative (2006), a collaborative forum created by the WHO and others. IdentifIes & applies evidence-based practices to improve reproductive health outcomes in low-resource settings.
  (tags: copexample+development)

• Interactive online Google tutorial and references – Google Guide
  Help for novices & experts.
  (tags: google howto)
• Advanced Distributed Learning – SCORM®
  SCORM is a collection of standards and specifications adapted from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive suite of e-learning capabilities that enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of Web-based learning content.
  (tags: techreport integration standard elearning)

Although I’m still inching my way through Geoffrey Bowker’s “Memory practices in the sciences”, I’ve been sneaking peeks into Charles L. Briggs, Learning How to Ask; A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986). This little statement stood out loud and clear:

Interview techniques smuggle outmoded preconceptions out of the realm of conscious theory and into that of methodology.

I keep suspecting that interviewing leaders or members of communities of practice is useful but is also very problematic. Making friends over a much longer term might be more reliable, although it takes much more time and brings up lots of other questions about who learns what from whom.

• Lasagna and chips – unexpected combinations for creativity and innovation: Experimenting with Twitter
  Joitske experiment with Twitter, for 12 people who were not yet familiar with the tool. ecollaboration community.
  (tags: cp2w2 stories+twitter)

• OpenEco community – sponsored by Sun Microsystems and others
  We are attempting to make the governance procedures as lightweight as possible while providing maximum opportunity for participant involvement. We seek above all to invite all interested organizations to submit their data, use the calculation tools to ass
  (tags: copexample sustainability)
• What works in education: the lesssons according to McKinsey
  Based on PISA data, McKinsey says do 3 things: get the best teachers; get the best out of teachers; and step in when pupils start to lag behind.
  (tags: education management teaching research)

• McDonald, Jacquelin and Star, Cassandra (2006) Designing the future of learning through a community of practice of teachers of first year courses at an Australian university.
  Ensuring the effectiveness and sustainability of a CoP within higher education requires the recognition and alleviation of academic time poverty, the provision of appropriate institutional and financial support, and the ability to provide valuable and mea
  (tags: communitiesofpractice)

• onlinefacilitation » Twitter Collaboration Stories
  (tags: web2.cop.workshop)

• How This Site Works: Participation and PHP — Beyond Broadcast 2007: from Participatory Culture to Participatory Democracy Archive
  TOOLS FOR BEYOND BROADCAST 2006. WE WILL USE MANY OF THE SAME TOOLS THIS YEAR BUT DETAILS MAY VARY FROM WHAT IS DESCRIBED BELOW.
  (tags: eventdesign technologyforcommunity)
• Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge – Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice – HBS Working Knowledge
  Seven principles for cultivating communities of practice. Book summary. Wenger, McDermott & Snyder 2002.
  (tags: communitiesofpractice)

• meeblog » about
  meebo.com is a website for instant messaging from absolutely anywhere. Whether you’re at home, on campus, at work, or traveling foreign lands, hop over to meebo.com on any computer to access all of your buddies (on AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ and
  (tags: im free firefoxextension)
• All-in-One Sidebar :: Sidebar Extension for Mozilla Firefox :: firefox.eXXile.net
  All-in-One Sidebar (AiOS)is a sidebar control, inspired by Opera’s. Click on the left edge of your browser window to open the sidebar and get easy access to all your panels. It lets you quickly switch between sidebar panels, view dialog windows such as do
  (tags: tools firefoxextension)
• Firefox Showcase :: Firefox Add-ons
  (tags: firefoxextension tools)
• TwitterFox – naan studio – Trac
  TwitterFox is a Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends’ tweets of Twitter. (former name is TwitterNotifier) This extension adds a tiny icon on the status bar that notifies you when your friends update their tweets. Also it has a small text in
  (tags: firefoxextension twitter)
• PDF Download :: Firefox Add-ons
  Allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML), if you want to view it outside Firefox with your default or custom PDF reader, or if you want to download it!
  (tags: firefoxextension)
• Tab Mix Plus :: Firefox Add-ons
  Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager…
  (tags: firefox extension)
• Search Add-ons :: Firefox Add-ons
  Creates a Print Preview toolbar button & context menu…
  (tags: firefoxextension)
• Search Add-ons :: Firefox Add-ons
  Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript. …
  (tags: firefoxextension)