The other side of the interface « Successful Software
Our brains, how we process and perceive information, and how that affects usability and user interface design.
Digital Vaults: Social networking for primary sources «
Description of the National Archives Digital Vault and how it may help digitial natives find primary sources in a more accessible way. I'm not sure whether the digital native/immigrant difference is as important as the simple fact that the Digitial Vault is more visually appealing and interactive. I think it helps show patterns and connections between primary sources more effectively, which can be helpful for people of any age.
What You Really Need To Learn » SlideShare
Stephen Downes presentation on 10 things "you really need to learn."
"Learning how to learn is learning how to create patterns in our mind rather than merely acquiring them."
90-9-1 Theory - Wiki Patterns
Wiki Patterns explanation of participation in a wiki with the 90-9-1 theory. This includes some of the statistics of participation for Wikipedia and other community sites.
The 90-9-1 theory explains the percentage of a wiki's participation, breaking it down as readers being the highest percent, with minor contributors composing the 9 percent and enthusiastic and active contributors composing 1 percent of the total participants in a wiki.
While it is impossible to overcome this type of human behaviour, it is possible to change the participation distribution (i.e 80-16-4 where 80% are lurkers, 16% contribute a little and 4% contribute the most).
Trendpedia - blog trend search
Graphs the number of blog posts over time which include a search term or phrase. Works even for terms with low numbers of actual posts (e.g., edupunk). You can compare the trends for up to 3 terms at a time.
Share Best Practices - Patterns : eLearning Technology
Instead of calling them "best practices" maybe they should be "better patterns"; there isn't just one way to do things. We can try to reproduce patterns or create variations on a theme. For problem solving and critical thinking, this is probably a more accurate description of what we do than "best practices."
Measuring Networked (or Social) Learning « Daretoshare
Networked learning can't be assessed the same way as traditional, formal learning (or if it can, we wouldn't measure the real value that way). So what do you measure? This is a starting point.
Repper - create your own patterns!
Create a kaleidoscope-like pattern with any photo or image. Images are licensed CC-By-NC