Comments for Tiddly Learning http://lewcid.org Using TiddlyWiki to improve access to quality education Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:55:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 Comment on Student notebook workflow, demo and screencast. by TiddlyWiki Student Notebook « Kuehleborn’s World http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/GjcXyslIMlI/ TiddlyWiki Student Notebook « Kuehleborn’s World Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:23:21 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-3263 [...] a more complete description follow the link to this Blog-entry or Lister’s own public demo [...] […] a more complete description follow the link to this Blog-entry or Lister’s own public demo […]

]]> http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-3263 Comment on Student notebook workflow, demo and screencast. by wwweblernen » Wann habe ich selbst das letzte Mal “e-Learning” gemacht? (Blog-Carnival#2) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/a7zM9gBvrQE/ wwweblernen » Wann habe ich selbst das letzte Mal “e-Learning” gemacht? (Blog-Carnival#2) Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:03:07 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-661 [...] Ich habe kürzlich mal zufällig ein hübsches Applet gesehen, in dem man die Brown’sche Molekularbewegung sehen konnte. Und gerade erst habe habe ich ein kleines Stück JavaScript in einer echten eLearning-Lektion gelernt (wie man ein TiddlyWiki Plugin baut). Den Link habe ich auf einen Blog-Kommentar hin vom Entwickler bekommen, der spontan die Lehrer-Rolle übernahm (hier). Übrigens gibt es übrigens auch ein großartiges TiddlyLearning-Projekt. [...] […] Ich habe kürzlich mal zufällig ein hübsches Applet gesehen, in dem man die Brown’sche Molekularbewegung sehen konnte. Und gerade erst habe habe ich ein kleines Stück JavaScript in einer echten eLearning-Lektion gelernt (wie man ein TiddlyWiki Plugin baut). Den Link habe ich auf einen Blog-Kommentar hin vom Entwickler bekommen, der spontan die Lehrer-Rolle übernahm (hier). Übrigens gibt es übrigens auch ein großartiges TiddlyLearning-Projekt. […]

]]> http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-661 Comment on Student notebook workflow, demo and screencast. by Andrew Lister http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/RwekPMr6rLU/ Andrew Lister Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:00:26 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-606 Pat raises a couple of interesting points. First: 1. "While faculty have never monitored/edited student notes, it is worth considering how the availability of various tools and content might affect teaching and learning. " It is interesting to consider the possibility of requiring students to submit notebooks for grading. Interesting, but daunting for my large lecture course, because of the amount of reading that would be involved. But in a seminar setting, that would be a potentially fruitful form of evaluation. Are students able to explain the main points? Can they see connections between different parts of the course? Are they finding interesting objections and problems? Some professors already do this kind of notebook evaluation in written form. What would the hypertext version of this exercise add? What about assigning students to groups, and asking them to collaborate on the creation of course notes, and a collective response? 2. "As these SN mature in both content and functionality it seems likely that students will aggregate and distribute these materials. While this has always been the case (my fraternity had “Class Files” and, more formally, students could buy Classnotes from the Student Union.) However these traditional methods lacked the availability and portability found through digital media." Right. I haven't been worried about this because the focus of my course is on thinking about rather than just with concepts, on mapping the logical structure of arguments, and assessing them. I try as much as possible not to make the course a list of points or bullets, which students must then simply repeat in order to earn their grade. (Slide presentation software can perversely encourage this "unordered list" approach to teaching) So if students have access to lots of notes, but haven't read the texts, and haven't understood the ideas, they will not (I hope) do well on tests, which require them to explain distinctions and connections between ideas and the various steps of various arguments. Pat raises a couple of interesting points. First:

1. “While faculty have never monitored/edited student notes, it is worth considering how the availability of various tools and content might affect teaching and learning. ”

It is interesting to consider the possibility of requiring students to submit notebooks for grading. Interesting, but daunting for my large lecture course, because of the amount of reading that would be involved. But in a seminar setting, that would be a potentially fruitful form of evaluation. Are students able to explain the main points? Can they see connections between different parts of the course? Are they finding interesting objections and problems? Some professors already do this kind of notebook evaluation in written form. What would the hypertext version of this exercise add? What about assigning students to groups, and asking them to collaborate on the creation of course notes, and a collective response?

2. “As these SN mature in both content and functionality it seems likely that students will aggregate and distribute these materials. While this has always been the case (my fraternity had “Class Files” and, more formally, students could buy Classnotes from the Student Union.) However these traditional methods lacked the availability and portability found through digital media.”

Right. I haven’t been worried about this because the focus of my course is on thinking about rather than just with concepts, on mapping the logical structure of arguments, and assessing them. I try as much as possible not to make the course a list of points or bullets, which students must then simply repeat in order to earn their grade. (Slide presentation software can perversely encourage this “unordered list” approach to teaching) So if students have access to lots of notes, but haven’t read the texts, and haven’t understood the ideas, they will not (I hope) do well on tests, which require them to explain distinctions and connections between ideas and the various steps of various arguments.

]]> http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-606 Comment on Student notebook workflow, demo and screencast. by Kuehleborn’s world http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/4BWKxZCBGAg/ Kuehleborn’s world Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:08:42 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-605 [...] a more complete description follow the link to this Blog-entry or Lister’s own public demo [...] […] a more complete description follow the link to this Blog-entry or Lister’s own public demo […]

]]> http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-605 Comment on Student notebook workflow, demo and screencast. by Patrick Masson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/LEDy_KHlg2Q/ Patrick Masson Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:54:03 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-602 Great demo of not only a specific teaching and learning technique and supporting tool, but how OER and PLE are entering our campuses as bottom-up, emergent, discovery and deployment. I think this exemplifies several issues currently under discussion within online education communities: - Personal Learning Environments: More and more faculty and students are employing free and open resources, such as blogs wiki's, etc. to extend their online courses beyond what is offered by their campus (the internally managed LMS). Imagine the SN as a portal for external references, links to other students SN pages, etc. While faculty have never monitored/edited student notes, it is worth considering how the availability of various tools and content might affect teaching and learning. At the same time how does the adoption and use of externally managed resources by faculty and students affect campus policy, resourcing and decision-making? It seems like Andrew is providing functionality that would traditionally be provided by centralized campus services. I believe this trend will only increase within courses. - Open Educational Resources: As these SN mature in both content and functionality it seems likely that students will aggregate and distribute these materials. While this has always been the case (my fraternity had "Class Files" and, more formally, students could buy Classnotes from the Student Union.) However these traditional methods lacked the availability and portability found through digital media. - Sharing, use and reuse: Both the content and technologies demonstrated here seem ripe for co-creation, modification and distribution. What responsibilities are there for managing this? Great demo of not only a specific teaching and learning technique and supporting tool, but how OER and PLE are entering our campuses as bottom-up, emergent, discovery and deployment. I think this exemplifies several issues currently under discussion within online education communities:
- Personal Learning Environments: More and more faculty and students are employing free and open resources, such as blogs wiki’s, etc. to extend their online courses beyond what is offered by their campus (the internally managed LMS). Imagine the SN as a portal for external references, links to other students SN pages, etc. While faculty have never monitored/edited student notes, it is worth considering how the availability of various tools and content might affect teaching and learning. At the same time how does the adoption and use of externally managed resources by faculty and students affect campus policy, resourcing and decision-making? It seems like Andrew is providing functionality that would traditionally be provided by centralized campus services. I believe this trend will only increase within courses.
- Open Educational Resources: As these SN mature in both content and functionality it seems likely that students will aggregate and distribute these materials. While this has always been the case (my fraternity had “Class Files” and, more formally, students could buy Classnotes from the Student Union.) However these traditional methods lacked the availability and portability found through digital media.
- Sharing, use and reuse: Both the content and technologies demonstrated here seem ripe for co-creation, modification and distribution. What responsibilities are there for managing this?

]]> http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-602 Comment on Student notebook workflow, demo and screencast. by Notebook Demo Here « Andrew Lister http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/5dHQXFBoeoU/ Notebook Demo Here « Andrew Lister Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:38:42 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-601 [...] Demo Here By andrewdlister Saq has just released the notebook demo . You can download a copy of a course notebook synced to a demonstrating wikispace, and see how it [...] […] Demo Here By andrewdlister Saq has just released the notebook demo . You can download a copy of a course notebook synced to a demonstrating wikispace, and see how it […]

]]> http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-601 Comment on Student notebook workflow, demo and screencast. by Using a Wiki for Distance Learning « Daretoshare http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/MTMx_kNICtk/ Using a Wiki for Distance Learning « Daretoshare Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:23:55 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-600 [...] http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#more-49 [...] […] http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#more-49 […]

]]> http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-screencast/#comment-600 Comment on A busy year and a Student Notebook. by Student notebook workflow, demo and screencast. — Tiddly Learning http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/O-8AZHkJxPw/ Student notebook workflow, demo and screencast. — Tiddly Learning Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:18:41 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2009/02/03/a-busy-year-and-a-student-notebook/#comment-598 [...] ← A busy year and a Student Notebook. [...] […] ← A busy year and a Student Notebook. […]

]]> http://lewcid.org/2009/02/03/a-busy-year-and-a-student-notebook/#comment-598 Comment on A busy year and a Student Notebook. by Notebook Demo Coming « Andrew Lister http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/4RKcj0elUwY/ Notebook Demo Coming « Andrew Lister Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:59:41 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2009/02/03/a-busy-year-and-a-student-notebook/#comment-596 [...] Demo Coming By andrewdlister Lewcid aka Saq Imtiaz of Unamesa is back to blogging, and is announcing the upcoming release of a demo [...] […] Demo Coming By andrewdlister Lewcid aka Saq Imtiaz of Unamesa is back to blogging, and is announcing the upcoming release of a demo […]

]]> http://lewcid.org/2009/02/03/a-busy-year-and-a-student-notebook/#comment-596 Comment on How to: List tiddlers by tags - the filter tipped way. by Sjoerd http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/Swlro357DYg/ Sjoerd Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:19:52 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-574 Thanks for the work! Filtering tiddlers for containing tag X and tag y would really be a great feature. Thanks for the work! Filtering tiddlers for containing tag X and tag y would really be a great feature.

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-574 Comment on Easy sortable tables in TiddlyWiki. by Bob Gray http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/3_lIyZVDO7U/ Bob Gray Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:53:00 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/11/28/easy-sortable-tables-in-tiddlywiki/#comment-358 Hi Saq - very nice! But I did find that I could not make the autosort work in the first column of the table. Any ideas? Hi Saq - very nice! But I did find that I could not make the autosort work in the first column of the table. Any ideas?

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/11/28/easy-sortable-tables-in-tiddlywiki/#comment-358 Comment on How to: List tiddlers by tags - the filter tipped way. by jean-cedric T. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/oyshDPbr4kI/ jean-cedric T. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:56:38 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-205 EXCELLENT, do somebody have the time to report this on the official wiki [[tiddlyWiki Wiki|tiddlywiki.org]] EXCELLENT, do somebody have the time to report this on the official wiki [[tiddlyWiki Wiki|tiddlywiki.org]]

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-205 Comment on New: TiddlerNotesPlugin by Ben Tremblay http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/Y-O9Rx7hrY0/ Ben Tremblay Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:17:06 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/10/26/new-tiddlernotesplugin/#comment-197 I'm trying to work with what I call "non-destructiive contribution" ... like the way MediaWiki allows for reversion. I had hoped Notes would allow visitors to <a href="http://wiki.osmosoft.com/alpha/pardelib" rel="nofollow">my TW</a> to leave anonymous notes ... but not. Nonetheless, this is a nice step forward. --bentrem I’m trying to work with what I call “non-destructiive contribution” … like the way MediaWiki allows for reversion.

I had hoped Notes would allow visitors to my TW to leave anonymous notes … but not.

Nonetheless, this is a nice step forward.

–bentrem

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/10/26/new-tiddlernotesplugin/#comment-197 Comment on How to: List tiddlers by tags - the filter tipped way. by Rob http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/MQod1hYAmeA/ Rob Tue, 13 May 2008 04:50:22 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-182 Nice one, I would like to see an "AND" construct as well, so that I can filter for a list of tiddlers matching "tag one" AND "tag two". :) Nice one,

I would like to see an “AND” construct as well, so that I can filter for a list of tiddlers matching “tag one” AND “tag two”. :)

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-182 Comment on How to: List tiddlers by tags - the filter tipped way. by ocalTW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/c--OCHzV7dw/ ocalTW Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:09:35 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-168 Hi Saq You wrote "What this means is that very soon you should be able, to do something like this: ...". Is it available now or will it be available with TW 2.4.0? Hi Saq
You wrote “What this means is that very soon you should be able, to do something like this: …”.
Is it available now or will it be available with TW 2.4.0?

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-168 Comment on TiddlyWiki Bookmarklets by » TinyURL Bookmarklet FND’s Blag: Just Another Personal Wobsite http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/1B7q0A3Px0Y/ » TinyURL Bookmarklet FND’s Blag: Just Another Personal Wobsite Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:01:21 +0000 http://lewcid.org/tiddlywiki-bookmarklets/#comment-90 [...] by FND Tags: JavaScript bookmarklets Since I frequently use TinyURLs, I’ve come up with a bookmarklet to simplify the process of providing both the TinyURL and the original URL[1]: TinyURL[2] (drag [...] […] by FND Tags: JavaScript bookmarklets Since I frequently use TinyURLs, I’ve come up with a bookmarklet to simplify the process of providing both the TinyURL and the original URL[1]: TinyURL[2] (drag […]

]]> http://lewcid.org/tiddlywiki-bookmarklets/#comment-90 Comment on Jeremy Ruston sells out. by Dave Gifford http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/KZ86RSnXYiE/ Dave Gifford Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:17:59 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/12/14/jeremy-ruston-sells-out/#comment-84 Just to let everyone know, Saq is okay, I heard from him today at the Google groups site. At least...I *think* that was him. It could be someone from Osmosoft pretending to be him in order to make us *think* he's okay... Just to let everyone know, Saq is okay, I heard from him today at the Google groups site. At least…I *think* that was him. It could be someone from Osmosoft pretending to be him in order to make us *think* he’s okay…

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/12/14/jeremy-ruston-sells-out/#comment-84 Comment on Jeremy Ruston sells out. by Dave Gifford http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/_86ERYpHIL0/ Dave Gifford Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:30:27 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/12/14/jeremy-ruston-sells-out/#comment-82 Hmmm...last post was way back on Dec. 14...and Jeremy's response talks eerily about seeing Saq next week...could it be that Jeremy got his WikiMafia lackeys to silence Saq for good? Maybe they ambushed him when he arrived at the offices? Has anyone heard from Saq? Maybe he is tied up in a warehouse or in a trunk somewhere. I sure hope he is okay. Hmmm…last post was way back on Dec. 14…and Jeremy’s response talks eerily about seeing Saq next week…could it be that Jeremy got his WikiMafia lackeys to silence Saq for good? Maybe they ambushed him when he arrived at the offices? Has anyone heard from Saq? Maybe he is tied up in a warehouse or in a trunk somewhere. I sure hope he is okay.

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/12/14/jeremy-ruston-sells-out/#comment-82 Comment on How to: List tiddlers by tags - the filter tipped way. by Curt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/nHQhQFECZ-U/ Curt Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:09:53 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-81 Is there any way to sort using <>? Is there any way to sort using <>?

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/10/23/how-to-list-tiddlers-by-tags-the-filter-tipped-way/#comment-81 Comment on A new direction. by Saq http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForTiddlyLearning/~3/WaES1VkgGm0/ Saq Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:41:52 +0000 http://lewcid.org/2007/10/19/a-new-direction/#comment-80 <strong>Richard: </strong> I've had a look and that is some interesting work you are doing. TiddlyWiki definitely has the potential to be used as a great electronic textbook for students and teachers alike, however it requires significant investment in terms of time to configure it for this purpose. I'm working with a non-profit organization called <a href="http://unamesa.org" rel="nofollow">UnaMesa</a> to try and provide some pre-configured 'templates' for TiddlyWiki that are tailored for different educational uses. This would allow teachers to start using TiddlyWiki without having to learn for themselves how to customize it extensively. It is still early days in this work, but I'm confident that we can provide a very useful service. We are trying to work with as many educators as possible during this work, so that your requirements can drive the direction of our work. So please do feel free to make suggestions as our work continues and I talk about it here. About collaborative writing... we are also looking at this but from potentially two different perspectives. One is that of students collaborating between themselves, and this is where chatter feeds or <a href="http://ripplerap.com" rel="nofollow">RippleRap</a> is an interesting solution. The other approach is focused precisely on collaborative writing for textbook authors. You can read more about some of our work in this area here: http://mixins.projects.unamesa.org http://mixins.projects.unamesa.org/Wikispaces project While the project has greater scope than just textbook authoring, that is one of the areas we are focusing on. I'll be talking a lot more about this work in the days to come. As for the MORE project, we recently updated the wiki infrastructure and location, which is why the links were not working. They have been updated now, and for your convenience: <a href="http://more.unamesa.org" rel="nofollow">MORE project</a> Anyone interested is welcomed to join the wikis for any of the UnaMesa projects and provide feedback via the discussion tab on each page. It is only through collaboration and a community-based approach that truly vialble solutions to problems can be found. Richard: I’ve had a look and that is some interesting work you are doing.

TiddlyWiki definitely has the potential to be used as a great electronic textbook for students and teachers alike, however it requires significant investment in terms of time to configure it for this purpose.

I’m working with a non-profit organization called UnaMesa to try and provide some pre-configured ‘templates’ for TiddlyWiki that are tailored for different educational uses. This would allow teachers to start using TiddlyWiki without having to learn for themselves how to customize it extensively. It is still early days in this work, but I’m confident that we can provide a very useful service. We are trying to work with as many educators as possible during this work, so that your requirements can drive the direction of our work. So please do feel free to make suggestions as our work continues and I talk about it here.

About collaborative writing… we are also looking at this but from potentially two different perspectives. One is that of students collaborating between themselves, and this is where chatter feeds or RippleRap is an interesting solution.

The other approach is focused precisely on collaborative writing for textbook authors. You can read more about some of our work in this area here: http://mixins.projects.unamesa.org
http://mixins.projects.unamesa.org/Wikispaces project

While the project has greater scope than just textbook authoring, that is one of the areas we are focusing on.

I’ll be talking a lot more about this work in the days to come.

As for the MORE project, we recently updated the wiki infrastructure and location, which is why the links were not working. They have been updated now, and for your convenience: MORE project

Anyone interested is welcomed to join the wikis for any of the UnaMesa projects and provide feedback via the discussion tab on each page. It is only through collaboration and a community-based approach that truly vialble solutions to problems can be found.

]]> http://lewcid.org/2007/10/19/a-new-direction/#comment-80