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“The 2010 Horizon Report is the seventh in the series and is produced as part of an ongoing collaboration between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program.

“In each edition of the Horizon Report, six emerging technologies or practices are described that are likely to enter mainstream use on campuses within three adoption horizons spread over the next one to five years. Each report also presents critical trends and challenges that will affect teaching and learning over the same time frame.

“The six technologies featured in each Horizon Report are placed along three adoption horizons that indicate likely time frames for their entrance into mainstream use for teaching, learning, or creative inquiry. The near-term horizon assumes the likelihood of entry into the mainstream for institutions within the next twelve months; the mid-term horizon, within two to three years; and the far-term, within four to five years.”

The 6 technologies described in detail in the body of the report are:

Near-term horizon

• Mobile computing
• Open content

Second adoption horizon

• Electronic books
• Simple augmented reality

Far-term horizon

• Gesture-based computing
• Visual data analysis

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Esta semana, Ray Kurzweil mostrou o seu Blio (Singularity Proponent Ray Kurzweil Reinvents the Book). Segundo ele, um avanço em relação aos demais e-readers. Talvez, mas ainda é muito pouco.

Eu não me animo muito com a forma como estão explorando os e-readers/e-books. De certa forma, vejo os e-readers atuais como um retrocesso no que diz respeito à “liberdade do conhecimento”. É um movimento totalmente contrário ao que estamos discutindo sobre abertura. É mais ou menos como se precisássemos de óculos especiais para ler um livro físico. Além disso, como disse o Ray Kurzweil, considerando o atual estado da arte das tecnologias digitais, são tecnologicamente primitivos.

Em breve, o Google lançará um e-reader com código aberto e vai seu outro oba oba na mídia, o que não significa muita coisa em termos de liberdade, pois vejo que esse discurso de abertura do Google vai nos deixar mais presos do que nos deixou a Microsoft. Para onde estamos indo com esse deslubramento com relação a esses gadgets? Muitas vezes, parecemos índios encantados com as quinquilharia dos europeus colonizadores do Séc. XVI. A propósito, a metáfora da navegação -predatória de culturas- parece que cai muito bem em tempos de internet.

É banal falar isso, mas é nesse contexto, sinistro a meu ver, que o software livre (e hardware) e os Recursos Educacionais Abertos (REA) ganham uma importância crucial para o exercício da cidadania neste início de século.

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The guide is designed to help you know what to expect of blogging’s abilities and limitations, where it fits in the broader context of teaching and learning in higher education, and how to approach implementation. Each section can be used independently to accomplish specific goals, or all units can be used together for a comprehensive process guide.

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Learning 2.0: A Study on the Impact of Web 2.0 Innovations on Education and Training in Europe

The objective of this study is to assess the impact of web 2.0 trends on the field of learning and education in Europe and to see where Europe stands in terms of using web 2.0 innovations in the domain of learning. The rapid growth of social computing or web 2.0 applications and supporting technologies (E.g. blogs, podcasts, wikis, social networking sites, sharing of bookmarks, VoIP and P2P services), both in terms of number of users/subscribers and in terms of usage patterns leads to the fact that the phenomena are also increasingly being used in the educational field and for learning purposes. As it enables different types of learning and teaching settings (formal, non-formal and informal), it is an important driver of innovation in learning.

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Good Practices for Learning 2.0: Promoting Innovation. An In-depth Study of Eight Learning 2.0 Cases

Over the last few years, “Web 2.0” or “social computing” applications like blogs, wikis, photo- and video-sharing sites, as well as online social networking sites and virtual worlds, have seen an unprecedented take up, changing the way people access, manage and exchange knowledge, and the way they con-nect and interact. This trend is accompanied by the emergence of structurally different learning styles, especially among young people. Furthermore, social computing applications are extremely versatile and offer flexible and dynamic learning opportunities that are often more appealing and engaging than traditional learning arrangements. Their potential, therefore, for supporting and facilitating learning processes is considerable.

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The best 5  journals classified were:

The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Journal for Asynchronous Learning Networks
eLearning Papers
Innovate: Journal of Online Education
American Journal of Distance Education

Journals for Computer-Mediated Learning: Publications of Value for the Online Educator aponta os cinco principais jornais acadêmicos na Área de Aprendizagem Mediada por Computador (computer-mediated learning, e traz uma lista completa com as 46 publicações, todas peer-reviewed, que foram avaliadas no estudo.

Apesar das limitações do estudo apontadas pelos próprios autores, essa lista de jornais acadêmicos será extremamente útil aos pesquisadores e estudiosos da Área.

A Revista Brasileira de Aprendizagem Aberta e a Distância é citada pelos autores no final do artigo, em “limitações do estudo”, por ser uma das publicações internacionais que não publicam há mais de um ano, tendo, dessa forma, ficado de fora do escopo da pesquisa.

Os 5 mais pontuados foram:
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Journal for Asynchronous Learning Networks
eLearning Papers
Innovate: Journal of Online Education
American Journal of Distance Education

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