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= Annotate the Web and Map Ideas With Your Peers = | = '''Annotate the Web and Map Ideas With Your Peers ''' = | ||
Drop by and learn how to combine ''collaborative web annotation'' with several forms of ''ideas' mapping'' | Drop by and learn how to combine ''collaborative web annotation'' with several forms of ''ideas' mapping'': a different way to lear with peers, online and with free Web resources.<br> | ||
*Contact: Michelle Bachler [m.s.bachler at open dot ac dot uk]<br> * Team: Simon Buckingham Shum, Anna De Liddo, Michelle Bachler <br> * Hosts: Knowldge Media Institute, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK<br> * Proposed 'space' or theme: Peer Learning Lighthouse <br> * Status: to be confirmed <br> | *Contact: Michelle Bachler [m.s.bachler at open dot ac dot uk]<br> * Team: Simon Buckingham Shum, Anna De Liddo, Michelle Bachler <br> * Hosts: Knowldge Media Institute, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK<br> * Proposed 'space' or theme: Peer Learning Lighthouse <br> * Status: to be confirmed <br> | ||
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Our primary goal is to have people playing with Cohere, an open source Web Annotation and Knowledge Mapping tool. | Our primary goal is to have people playing with Cohere, an open source Web Annotation and Knowledge Mapping tool. | ||
Viewed through the lens of contemporary social web tools, Cohere sits at the intersection of <br> | Viewed through the lens of contemporary social web tools, Cohere sits at the intersection of <br> | ||
*web annotation (e.g. Diigo; Sidewiki), | *web annotation (e.g. Diigo; Sidewiki), | ||
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*mindmapping (e.g. MindMeister; Bubbl) | *mindmapping (e.g. MindMeister; Bubbl) | ||
It tries to combine the most of those technologies to provide online lifelong learners with a way to map their ideas while at the same time browsing and annotating OERs and other free Web resources. <br> | It tries to combine the most of those technologies to provide online lifelong learners with a way to map their ideas while at the same time browsing and annotating OERs and other free Web resources. <br> | ||
*We aim to invite people to test and play with Cohere | *We aim to invite people to test and play with Cohere | ||
*We aim to collect useful hints, suggestions and usability feedback from learning geeks and knowledge mapping amateurs | *We aim to collect useful hints, suggestions and usability feedback from learning geeks and knowledge mapping amateurs | ||
*We also hope to engage with developers and to discuss both the API and the Open Source code body as a whole.<br> | *We also hope to engage with developers and to discuss both the API and the Open Source code body as a whole.<br> | ||
=== Who should come? How many? For how long? (audience) === | === Who should come? How many? For how long? (audience) === | ||
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They will highlighting and annotate Web pages, make connections between other people's annotations, and craft a map of their thoughts. | They will highlighting and annotate Web pages, make connections between other people's annotations, and craft a map of their thoughts. | ||
They will also be asked if they want to give usability feedback and suggestions by recording a small 2 min video. | They will also be asked if they want to give usability feedback and suggestions by recording a small 2 min video. | ||
=== What will you / they have at the end? (outputs) === | === What will you / they have at the end? (outputs) === | ||
We will get useful usability test and feedback in order to improve the Cohere interface and user experience.<br>Participants will learn about new ways to interact with the Web as a "notebook", use network visualizations to<br>search and explore their notes and exploit bookmarking to organize them.<br>Participants will take home leaflets, and printed exercises, together with a fun interaction with the Cohere's team! | We will get useful usability test and feedback in order to improve the Cohere interface and user experience.<br>Participants will learn about new ways to interact with the Web as a "notebook", use network visualizations to<br>search and explore their notes and exploit bookmarking to organize them.<br>Participants will take home leaflets, and printed exercises, together with a fun interaction with the Cohere's team! | ||
=== Additional background and context === | === Additional background and context === | ||
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Cohere is developed in KMi, by the Hypermedia Discourse Team leaded by Simon Buchnigham Shum.<br>It is one of the learning innovation technology developed within the Open Learning Network Project ([http://olnet.org/ OLnet]).<br> | Cohere is developed in KMi, by the Hypermedia Discourse Team leaded by Simon Buchnigham Shum.<br>It is one of the learning innovation technology developed within the Open Learning Network Project ([http://olnet.org/ OLnet]).<br> | ||
Cohere was one of the 10 finalist of the Mozzila Firefox competition [http://design-challenge.mozillalabs.com/jetpack-for-learning/ Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge].<br>Please visit this site for more info on the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Education/Projects/JetpackForLearning/Profiles/Cohere Mozzilla competition submission]<br>Or go to the [http://cohere.open.ac.uk/index.php Cohere Website] to try it on! | Cohere was one of the 10 finalist of the Mozzila Firefox competition [http://design-challenge.mozillalabs.com/jetpack-for-learning/ Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge].<br>Please visit this site for more info on the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Education/Projects/JetpackForLearning/Profiles/Cohere Mozzilla competition submission]<br>Or go to the [http://cohere.open.ac.uk/index.php Cohere Website] to try it on!<br> | ||
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=== Related links === | === Related links === | ||
http://cohere.open.ac.uk | http://cohere.open.ac.uk | ||