Special journal edition on self-directed learning

Over the summer, the Journal of Educational Technology & Society published a special edition (Vol. 12, No. 3) on self-directed learning, guest edited by Marco Kalz, Rob Koper and Veronika Hornung-Prähauser. The articles are all from European-based authors.

From the guest editorial:

‘Instead of providing learners with completely pre-defined learning environments a relatively new branch [...]

Guide to social e-learning

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s Guide to Social e-Learning provides practical guidance and tips from e-learning practitioners, including a keynote podcast from Anne Bartlett-Bragg.

Thanks to Richard Elliott’s e-learning Watch for direction to this site.

Harnessing Social Networks in Universities

Guess, A. (2008) Social Networks, the Next Educational Tool? Inside Higher Education, Nov. 1

A study conducted this year at Arizona State University sought to take a closer look at first-year students’ use of social networks, mainly Facebook and MySpace.

The study was presented by Laura C. Brewer, director of research and evaluation at Arizona State University’s Applied [...]