[video] Medienkompetenz und Glaubwürdigkeit

Die Wichtigkeit von Medienkompetenz in der Welt von heute und morgen ist eigentlich unbestritten. Vorallem auch die Glaubwürdigkeit von Informationen in einer komplett digitalisierten Welt in der Inhalte beliebig erstellt und veröffentlicht werden können, muss ständig kritisch hinterfragt werden.
Einen sehr netten Beitrag hierzu liefert uns Qbrick mit einem unglaublich interessanten Video – zurücklehnen und darüber nachdenken:

Achja, kleiner Hinweis 🙂 .

[book] Looking Toward the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native

BuchBevor der e-Learning Blog in die Weihnachtsferien geht, freut es mich besonders, dass ich unser Buch „Looking Toward the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native“ ankündigen kann:

Looking Toward the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native
Edited By: Martin Ebner, Graz University of Technology, Austria; Mandy Schiefner, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Description:
The World Wide Web is changing the way we use technology, bringing e-learning and teaching to a whole new dimension of collaboration and communication. Looking Toward the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native bridges the gap between technology and education by presenting innovative research on the future of education. An essential reference on e-learning, this scholarly publication examines current research in technology enhanced learning, provides new didactic models for education, and discusses the newest technologies and their impact on education.

Der Flyer beinhaltet auch die Inhaltsübersicht über die zahlreichen Autoren, bei denen ich mich ganz herzlich bedanken möchte für ihre guten Beiträge. Ein Dank gilt auch den Reviewern die wesentlich zur Qualität dieses Buches beigetragen haben, sowie dem Verlag (Link zur Homepage des Buches).

Amazon – Link:
Looking Toward the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native

Wir freuen uns auf folgende Diskussionen, Rückmeldungen und Kritiken und ich wünsche noch ein schönes Weihnachtsfest, sowie einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr.

[publication] Can Weblogs and Microblogs Change Traditional Scientific Writing?

Our article on „Can Weblogs and Microblogs Change Traditional Scientific Writing?“ was published in the Open Access Online Journal Future Internet.
Abstract:

This paper describes a follow-up Web 2.0 approach to a technology enhanced master course for students of Graz University of Technology. The lecture “Social Aspects of Information Technology” has a long tradition for using new didactical scenarios as well as modern e-Learning technologies. After using a blogosphere one year ago, this year microblog channels helped to expand the traditional lecture. Students choose (on a voluntary basis) whether they want to participate in a blogging/microblogging group instead of using conventional methods called Scientific Writer/Scientific Reviewer. This study addresses the question whether this method can change the learning outcome into a more reflective one. Furthermore, peer-reviewing groups judge the quality of essays and blog contributions. In this paper we examine if microblogging can be an appropriate technology for assisting the process. This publication comes to the conclusion that an amazing potential and a new way to work with information is opened when using microblogging. Students seem to be more engaged, reflective and critical in as much as they presented much more personal statements and opinions than years before.

Reference: Ebner, Martin; Maurer, Hermann. 2009. „Can Weblogs and Microblogs Change Traditional Scientific Writing?.“ Future Internet 1, no. 1: 47-58.