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    About Findability

    As 21st century education adapts to its online future, the edu sector is learning to work under the network laws that make the best study knowledge findable. Findability emerges naturally from educational resources embedded in a network when these 7 elements are present.

    Digital - Educational materials that are printed are outside of the digital online commons where findability arises.

    Unbundled - Findability works bests with the smallest pieces of content, so bundles like curricula, courses, and PDFs stifle findabiity.

    Open - To be findable, content must be open in the one Web global commons, with no barriers of cost, subscription, or copyright.

    SEOed - Search Engine Optimization with keywords and linking attracts search engine spiders and boosts rankings on search engine results pages.

    Juiced - Webpages getting higher search engine page ranks from links by educators judging their content as superior.

    Networked - Nodes of learning content are syndicated (RSS), virally spread, and connected into social networks.

    Mobilized - Nodes of learning content are becoming findable to millions, and potentially billions, of new learners by being optimized for mobile phones.

    The learn nodes posted on this blog are models that show how you can increase findabiity for open educational resources.

  • The LEARN NODE is a tool for creating findability

    The illustration below shows a learn node, which you can use as an educator to make webpages more findable. The top little circles illustrate links out to content nodes related to the subject of the large circle. Bottom left, experts connect to the node affirming its quality - giving it juice. Bottom right, a student connects to the node to learn the subject of its content.

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Learn nodes are like synapses, which are very important

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This image includes a synapse drawing from the Sanger Institute. I have inverted the colors in the drawing because they are striking, and have added a learn node drawing for comparison. The Sanger team studying “Genes to Cognition” observes on the page where the drawing is placed:

The synapse the junction between nerve cells is the most important component of the nervous system. It not only transmits electrical information between neurons, but also is responsible for converting the electrical signals into biochemical changes of long term memory.

Without being “spooky” about assuming what is true for the brain is true for the Net – it is fair to say that it is worth a careful look to see what can be done with Net nodes to improved the quality of learning online. In this blog, I will continue to attempt to create learn nodes that apply network laws, search engine optimization techniques, and a few things we learn from synapses. Educators and experts who use what they know about a subject to create and strengthen Net nodes are doing something very important.

More in early July, when I return from talking about this subject at Microlearning2008.


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