To Web 2.0 and Beyond

One of my "best of" from my learning during this course is the discovery of digital badges, challenges and easter eggs.  I had no idea digital badges and challenges existed, and reflecting on my favourite parts of the course, they have been one of the best!  Badges encouraged  me to try different tools, create new things, and get outside of my comfort zone.  One of my goals when we were introduced to Badgelist, was to find an easter egg (something I had thought was so cool ever since seeing the movie Ready Player One). I did not find one sadly, but it still motivated me to look. Maybe next time!  If I am teaching an online course, I plan to use badges to encourage participation and increase motivation among my students. I know that it won't motivate all students, but it creates a fun learning space and offers a way for informal learning to take place.  One aspect of badges that I particularly enjoyed was the peer badge nominations, where we c...

Wow, have I been introduced to a wealth of Web 2.0 tools during the summer semester.  First let's take a look at the master list of tools (I created my own list by noting the tools we explored each week and noting their categories): Blogging:  Blogger  Wordpress  Edublogs Social Networking:  Twitter  Instagram  YouTube  Reddit  LinkedIn Feed RSS Readers  Feedly Inoreader Feeder Badging Tools:  Badgelist  Badgr Knowledge Sharing Tools:  Quora Wikipedia  Social Bookmarking Tools:  Diigo  Pinterest  Peartrees  Intellectual Property: Creative Commons OER Commons  MERLOT  Wikimedia  Automated Content Curation:  Refind  Nuzzel   Pocket Specialized Communal Collection and Curation:  Cluster  Flickr Goodreads Writing and Publishing: Stories for School  TinyLetter Letter  Futureme Framapad Concept Mapping Tools: Bubbl.us MindMeister Canva Miro LMS/Discu...

It is hard to believe that this is the last week of EME6414. I have enjoyed our journey together and have loved being able to connect through blogs, Twitter, Instagram, Slack (and so many more) and explore new tools together. I have learned so much from each of you in the backchannels of our learning through your blogs and posts, it has been so nice and comforting to be able to learn in that informal online space with all of you.  I have all the final week feels, excited to finish off the course, sad to leave the little community we built over the last 12 weeks. I feel as if I am standing in the middle of a pathway, with an adventure to look back on and new perspectives, learning and tools for my journey ahead.  I remember my thoughts about social media during the first week of the course, I was unsure, timid and perhaps a bit pessimistic towards social media and using web 2.0 tools to learn, connect and discover. I've been doing a lot of reflecting this week and rea...