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July 21, 2009

Web 2.0 and Wisdom

In this article, Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies
at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, draws from literature from multiple disciplines to argue that research infrastructures should be used in an attempt to generate "wisdom." The article then proposes how Web 2.0 research tools build the capacity for wise advice.

Technologies that facilitate generating knowledge and possibly wisdom Educational Researcher (38)4. 260-263. DOI:10.3102/0013189X09336672
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February 19, 2008

Work Together While Apart

Collaborating with colleagues across great distances is becoming easier and easier with technology. Faculty at the University of Minnesota are using UMConnect to deliver lectures while traveling to conferences. Teams of staff and faculty write reports together and discuss dissemination techniques for grant projects. Graduate students stay connected with advisers while conducting research abroad. As broadband speeds become ubiquitous in the US, high-speed connections allow close to real time collaboration across great distance.

There are many technologies at the University that can help students, faculty, and staff work together from afar.

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