http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutGoogl/188963
I will be meeting with members of the ELI leadership group next week when I go to the Educause 2010 conference. The scheduling and production of their 7 Things... series is one of the topics that I'd like to discuss with them.
Google Wave is a web-based application that represents a rethinking of electronic communication. Users create online spaces called "waves," which include multiple discrete messages and components that constitute a running, conversational document. Users access waves through the web, resulting in a model of communication in which rather than sending separate copies of multiple messages to different people, the content resides in a single space. Wave offers a compelling platform for personal learning environments because it provides a single location for collecting information from diverse sources while accommodating a variety of formats, and it makes interactive coursework a possibility for nontechnical students. Wave challenges us to reevaluate how communication is done, stored, and shared between two or more people.I wanted to make sure everyone saw this. I spoke with some folks at the Educause Learning Initiative a few days ago and asked about Google Wave. They said that they were within days of releasing their 7 Things... paper on Google Wave. Sure enough, it came out yesterday. Our own investigation of Google Wave will continue though - both because it will provide us with some hands-on experience using the tool and because we will need to personalize what we learn to a Penn State audience. It's good to see what they came up with though.
I will be meeting with members of the ELI leadership group next week when I go to the Educause 2010 conference. The scheduling and production of their 7 Things... series is one of the topics that I'd like to discuss with them.
Thanks, Allan! It would be interesting to understand how we could play a role in some of the 7 Things series. I love that they do this and I love that we work to make it a bit more contextualized to our environment. Google Wave is stirring quite a few conversations -- some think it is a waste and others think it has huge potential. I am guessing it will be what we make of it.