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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Free Stanford tool enhances collaborative learning in classes focused on reading, writing - ALEX SHASHKEVICH, Stanford University
Lacuna, a free online annotation platform developed at Stanford, promotes collaborative learning and interdisciplinary conversations. The platform is being used at higher education institutions around the world. An online annotation tool developed at Stanford is helping students and researchers with reading, writing and fostering an exchange of ideas in the fields of humanities and social sciences. Lacuna is an online platform that encourages interdisciplinary conversations and peer-to-peer learning. Developed in 2013 by researchers in Stanford’s Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), Lacuna is an online platform that encourages interdisciplinary conversations and peer-to-peer learning.
http://news.stanford.edu/2017/06/22/annotation-tool-helps-students-beyond-stanford/