Top Six Mashups for Learning

I posted about learning mashups back in November and with the release of Yahoo pipes, the topic is being discussed again. For those of you who may not know, a mashup is typically a site that pulls together separate data sets, usually from other web sites, and delivers them together in a new way. There are many examples of these sites all over the web. There has been some backlash on the term "mashup" but I don't mind the term at all. I think because it is a great description of what is happening on these sites.

So what are some examples of mashups in elearning? I decided to list the top (turned out to be six) mashups of learning.

1. Personal learning goals mashedup with related content on the web.
2. Personal learning goals mashedup with experiences of domain experts.
3. Clearly defined competencies mashedup with related content on the web.
4. Clearly defined competencies mashedup with experiences of domain experts.
5. Activities you do at work (workflow) mashedup with related content on the web.
6. Activities you do at work (workflow) mashedup with experiences of domain experts.

After writing this it feels really formal. When I say related content, think articles, references, and more formal productions. When I say expereinces, think blog posts, podcasts, and conversations.

What do you think?

Mashups of Elearning

Wayne Hodgins talks about the importance of mashups in his recent blog post as a follow up to his presentation at Learning 2006. I have always loved Wayne's presentations. I have attended many of them over the past 6 years. In this short session Wayne focuses on the key evidence that shows that mashups will most likely play a key role in personalizing education. I think this is a no brainer... Take a moment and go through the slides....




Presentation Slides


Through his framework of compenents, building the case for mashups as a driver of personalization in the learning and training, Wayne has provided insight to a lot of things for me. I used his, right time, right place, right content, and right context a lot of the years. Thanks Wayne.