Web 2.0 and Public Health Systems
Last week I had the opportunity to give a presentation with Cynthia Lamberth to the National Public Health Leadership Development Network (NLN) on the use of Web 2.0 tools in public health training and adult education. While the term “web 2.0″ is quickly becoming a cliche, collaborative uses of web technology are in their infancy in public health, local government, and in public health workforce development. The following tools and links were mentioned in the presentation:
Sloan Consortium: blended learning in higher education
Connectivism and connective knowledge online course
Resources for facilitators
Online tools mindmap
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October 3, 2009 at 5:37 am
Another Opensource Learning Suite that I have read about is called ‘Dokeos’.
URL: http://www.dokeos.com/.
October 12, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Greetings,
My name is Barbara O’ Brien and my blogging at The Mahablog, Crooks and Liars, AlterNet, and elsewhere on the progressive political and health blogophere has earned me the notoriety of being a panelist at the Yearly Kos Convention and a featured guest blogger at the Take Back America Conference in Washington, DC.
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Thanks,
Barbara O’ Brien
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