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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Importance of Structuring Information and Resources within Shared Workspaces during Collaborative Design Learning
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Nicol, David; Littlejohn, Allison; Grierson, Hilary – Open Learning, 2005
This paper investigates how the organization or structure of information and resources in shared workspaces influences team sharing and design learning. Two groupware products, BSCW and TikiWiki, were configured so that teams could structure and share resources. In BSCW the resources were structured hierarchically using folders and subfolders…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Skills, Information Literacy, Cooperative Learning
Virtual Worlds: Relationship between Real Life and Experience in Second Life
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Anstadt, Scott P.; Bradley, Shannon; Burnette, Ashley; Medley, Lesley L. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Due to the unique applications of virtual reality in many modern contexts, Second Life (SL) offers inimitable opportunities for research and exploration and experiential learning as part of a distance learning curriculum assignment. A review of current research regarding SL examined real world social influences in online interactions and what the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Distance Education, Social Work, Constructivism (Learning)