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Want to Get Your Content Out There? Put it on Wikipedia.

Museum 2.0

Over the past few years, they've worked hard to make their rich content more accessible both through digitization and programs. The people who want that content may not be in the same city as the museum nor even aware of the museum's holdings. When people want knowledge, their first stop might not be a search engine.

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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

The problem lies in thinking of editing as a process of correction — where a better, more knowledgeable, or more experienced writer fixes the shortcomings in a draft. Instead editing is, or should be, a collaboration — where multiple perspectives combine to shape content so that it can better connect with audiences. Fair enough.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

There are two types of media we will look at here: direct and indirect content. Direct Content. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Indirect Content. Why Social Media?

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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia.

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xAPI vs SCORM: Understanding E-Learning Standards

Gyrus

This article is here to give you the lowdown on SCORM (that’s Sharable Content Object Reference Model for those playing along at home) and xAPI (also known as Experience API or Tin Can API—because “Tin Can” sounds cooler). SCORM, or Sharable Content Object Reference Model, is a set of technical standards for e-learning software products.

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xAPI vs SCORM: Understanding E-Learning Standards

Gyrus

This article is here to give you the lowdown on SCORM (that’s Sharable Content Object Reference Model for those playing along at home) and xAPI (also known as Experience API or Tin Can API—because “Tin Can” sounds cooler). SCORM, or Sharable Content Object Reference Model, is a set of technical standards for e-learning software products.

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xAPI vs Scrom: The Future of E-Learning Standards Explained

Gyrus

This article is here to give you the lowdown on SCORM (that’s Sharable Content Object Reference Model for those playing along at home) and xAPI (also known as Experience API or Tin Can API—because “Tin Can” sounds cooler). SCORM, or Sharable Content Object Reference Model, is a set of technical standards for e-learning software products.