The article I wrote for Campus Technology this month is again about Wikis.  I have experienced that using Wikis for instruction takes effort and intentionality on the part of the instrctor.  In other words, if you set one up, it doesn't mean it will be used :)

The title of the article is: More Challenges with Wikis: 4 Ways To Move Students from Passive to Active

For the entire article, go to:

http://thejournal.com/Articles/2009/10/07/More-Challenges-with-Wikis-4-Ways-To-Move-Students-from-Passive-to-Active.aspx

So, here's the thing...we're all happily enjoying social networking tools for the benefit of social networking   Students and teachers realize the value of connection in learning.  Can we, however, use the concept of social networking as a building block in the learing process - like a step in the development of real, applied learning?  I explore that idea in my latest article for Campus Technology:

Beyond Social Networking: Building Toward Learning Communities

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2009/07/22/beyond-social-networking-building-toward-learning-communities.aspx

This is my latest article for campus technology and can be found at:

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2009/03/25/does-technology-improve-learning-outcomes.aspx

The question for me is not to look at how learning works better with current methods using technology but how teaching MUST change to accomodate new technology's affect and integration into student thinking and use.  In other words re-examine what the learning outcomes should be before really trying to evaluate them.