h2o teaching lists
March 14, 2008
From Harvard, H20 is an initiative to bring together teaching, course syllabi and students from around the world.
It works around the idea of playlists, in some ways similar to using groups in Citeulike or Connotea, but with the emphasis much more on teaching and the use of a range of media. As their website says “An H2O Playlist is a series of links to books, articles, and other materials that collectively explore an idea or set the stage for a course, discussion, or current event.” Savage Minds looked at it long ago in 2006, and decided that “H2O looks like a great (and simple) way to create a community sharing reading suggestions”, since when its moved on, although is still in beta form.
The whole site looks well done and well resourced, so this looks like a good and potentially succesfully innovative use of the internet in school and university teaching. Not only that, but its got a very jazzy video and its incites you to ‘go with the flow’. Why not?
Video plays automatically. To stop it, right click and deselect ‘play. It might entertain you the first time, but eventually the music will grate
Video removed as it grated too much, but it’s still available at the H20 website
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