Google expands its indexing focus to actions within social networks

For some reason this Google Alert struck me as odd. I previously described how Google Alerts showed me that Google is dividing the web into different spheres, for example the websphere, the blogosphere, the newssphere, the ‘commentosphere’ etc. This Alert however, does not so much seem to point to a specific sphere but to a… Read more Google expands its indexing focus to actions within social networks

2008 Digital Media and Learning Competition

The MacArthur and HASTAC Digital Media and Learning Competition goes international and welcomes submissions from the Netherlands. UPDATE: According to the guidelines only the Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards are open for submissions from the Netherlands. (Thanks to Daan for pointing this unfortunate fact out) The 2008 Digital Media and Learning Competition theme is Participatory… Read more 2008 Digital Media and Learning Competition

Web 2.0 concepts explained: Folksonomy and tags according to our first year students

I finished my first semester of teaching in July and the final tests from our first year students revealed some interesting web 2.0 insights. Students were asked to define a few web 2.0 terms besides answering more in depth questions. We read and graded over 300 exams and I took some notes while grading. Some… Read more Web 2.0 concepts explained: Folksonomy and tags according to our first year students