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In the philosophy of social constructivism, it is argued that categories of knowledge and reality are actively created by social relationships and interactions. This not only takes place between teachers and students, but between students in peer...

Network theory tells us that a network with 10 nodes has 90 connections while a network with 15 nodes has 210. A 50% increase in nodes represents a 233% increase in connections! This power can be leveraged using some simple and available...

The Internet is a rich source of content. Often, however, students are not able to distinguish good content from poor content. Consequently, asking them to explore the Internet for content can have mixed results. Enter Yahoo Pipes. With Yahoo...

For courses that are delivered synchronously, the standard delivery system for decades has been some form of videoconferencing. Modern videoconferencing systems operate over the Internet, rather than on dedicated connections. In the past few years,...

Students are coming to classrooms armed with many of the latest mobile devices, including notebook computers, smart phones, and recording pens like the Livescribe. These devices allow students to photograph, record (both audio and video), transmit, ...

While the clandestine recording of classroom activities by students has been taking place for virtually the entire history of personal electronic devices, a more recent trend has been for institutions to approve and formalize the recording processes ...