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FrontPage. C3MS project-based learning model. This article or section is incomplete and its contents need further attention. Some sections may be missing, some information may be wrong, spelling and grammar may have to be improved etc. Use your judgment! Author: Daniel K. Schneider, TECFA, University of Geneva 1 Definition This article is Part 1 of the TECFA SEED Catalog. It is a summary of Conception and implementation of rich pedagogical scenarios through collaborative portal sites: clear focus and fuzzy edges and Conception and implementation of rich pedagogical scenarios through collaborative portal sites. The C3MS project-based learning model is a project-oriented design that engages students in frequent content-production as well as collaboration through collective activities.

Since the emergence of web 2.0, we also can argue that webtops would support a C3MS 2.0 variant of the model. 2 The model 2.1 Activity-based and production-based teaching Our own common denominators are: The teacher's role in a C3MS design Overview. Note taking. 1 Definition Note taking (or notetaking) is the practice of writing down pieces of information in a systematic way. DSchneider has the impression that Note taking includes the following: Taking notes in a lecture or a discussionTaking notes in a lecture + processing/annotating/rewriting these notesTaking notes from reading / on the Web in some systematic way.

See also: literature review (since before and during a literature review, you may engage in note taking) and Methodology tutorial - finding a research subject 2 Note taking methods 2.1 The Cornell method The "Cornell method" has been designed for classroom note taking and it includes post-processing. According to the TNTT Wiki (retrieved, 17:17, 15 September 2006 (MEST)) The Cornell method is probably the most useful method for students at university. SQ3R is a note taking method from readings According to Note taking skills - from lectures and readings website (retrieved 13:17, 2 March 2009 (UTC)): 2.3 Concept maps and mind maps 2.4 Charting. Remember Everything | Evernote Corporation.

Category:Research methodologies. How to Clip, Sort, and Cite the Entire Web with Zotero. How to Cite Twitter and Facebook, Part II: Reference List Entries and In-Text Citations. [Note 10/18/2013: Please view an updated and expanded version of this post at by Chelsea Lee Previously I talked about how to cite Twitter and Facebook posts or feeds in general, which you can do quite easily by mentioning the URLs in text (with no reference list entries required). Today I address some of the issues pertaining to citing particular posts, which require both reference list entries and in-text citations.

As you may have noticed, the Publication Manual does not give specific guidance on how to do this. This is an evolving area, and blog discussions will be considered as we create guidelines related to these new references sources for future APA Style products. What to do in the meantime? Below are examples of one approach to citing tweets and Facebook updates. First, here are screenshots of my examples from Twitter and Facebook (click to enlarge): One last issue is retrievability. What’s Next. Free Ebooks Download and PDF Search Engine for ebooks, books, documents, tutorials, user manual etc.

PDF Search Engine | pdf download | free ebooks - pdfdig.com. The Research Process. Docstoc – Documents, Templates, Forms, Ebooks, Papers & Presentations. SysAdmin. GreatPDF - The great PDF document and ebook search engine. Methodology tutorial - design-oriented research designs. This article or section is incomplete and its contents need further attention. Some sections may be missing, some information may be wrong, spelling and grammar may have to be improved etc. Use your judgment! Page created by Daniel K. Schneider, 7 October 2008Last modified by WikiSysop, 4 August 2009 This is part of the methodology tutorial 1 Introduction Further complimentary reading: see the design methodologies category for a list of design-related articles in this wiki. 2 Key elements of a design-oriented approach Design sciences existed for a long time, e.g. in architecture and engineering, but only somewhat recently instructional design and educational technology researchers started to making an explicit claim for the necessity of design-oriented research. 2.1 The global picture Typical ingredients or steps of design research can be summarized with the following picture (Pertti Järvinen, 2004) Doing design-oriented research means to investigate at least one of the dotted lines. e.g.