Becta – the UK Government’s lead agency for ICT in education – has released their latest edition in the Emerging Technologies for Learning series (Volume 3). Not surprisingly, they have again selected a diverse range of authors and issues. (If you haven’t read Vol 1 or 2 – make sure you do!) In the Foreword…
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Social Media – edition 3
Trevor Cook & Lee Hopkins have just released their 3rd Social Media: or "how we stopped worrying and learnt to love communication".This is a really valuable introduction to social media in the organisational context – with an Australian perspective.I have used the previous editions with small/micro business owners – they love it – it manages…
Read MoreAdult Education & Training – new text
Hot off the press is Adult Education and Training – edited by Dr James Athanasou. Here’s what the publisher says: "Adult Education and Training arose from a major project to advance the field of adult learning in Australia. It is a collaborative effort that brings together some of the most well-known international and leading Australian…
Read MoreBlogTalks Reloaded – the book
Now available!Thomas Burg and Jan Schmidt have gathered a collection of papers based on presentations from the BlogTalk Reloaded conference in Vienna, 2006 and published them into the lastest in the BlogTalk book collection. My copy has just arrived in Sydney (sometimes a challenge to get things from Austria – I think the postal workers…
Read MoreBook Survey Results…
The LTUG Book Survey has closed… and here’s a brief overivew of what people are reading: By Marc Prensky: Don’t Bother me Mom – I’m Learning!Our reviewer said: Positive guide for parents concerned about their kids’ video and computer game playing. In "Don’t Bother Me Mom—I’m Learning!" Prensky maintains that kids "are almost certainly…
Read MoreApril Survey – What are you reading?
The April survey is focusing on reading from a professional development perspective – and no, it doesn’t have to just be books…!The survey ends 30 April – and it only has 2 questions – so let’s find out what everyone’s reading and perhaps expand our own reading list further when we get the results in…
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Mike Newman – author of Teaching Defiance has just let me know about a new website he has created to provide free access to couple of his earlier books! You can now access (in PDF format):Maeler’s Regard: Images of Adult Learning, 1999Defining the Enemy: Adult Education in Social Action, 1994The Third Contract: Theory and Practice…
Read MoreThought for the Day….
"A book store is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking" – Jerry Seinfeld… Oh right – then what about the internet….. Powered by Qumana
Read MoreTeaching Defiance….
Here’s a pre-release review of Mike Newman’s latest book "Teaching Defiance: Stories and Strategies for Activist Educations" "This book is for activist adult educators who want to help people make up their own minds and take control of their own lives. It examines how educators can help people identify choices – to agree, question, challenge…
Read MoreHandbook for Bloggers & Cyberdissidents
RSF (Reporters san Frontiers – Reporters without Borders), a French press freedom of rights group – have produced a book (online, PDF format) that provides basic definitions and technical advice on how to to remain anonymous and to get around censorship, by choosing the most suitable method for each situation – and it’s sponsored by…
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