Carol Daunt attended the education.au event last Friday 4 August – here’s her review: I attended the education.au seminar So what’s changed? in Sydney yesterday. As expected, there were some thought-provoking points of view from Phillip Adams and James Farmer. And it was interesting to hear about some of the projects being undertaken by Futurelab…
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Podcast lectures…and the list grows…
The list of podcasting implementations is growing rapidly in educational institutions…here’s another report of university initiatives from the Sydney Morning Herald: "Podcast lectures a hit with conscientious university students" . Looks like the student feedback is positive – based on the reports from this article.I rather like this comment (right at the end of the…
Read MoreBlackboard patents e-Learning Technolgoy
Blackboard have been awarded patents on technologies related to… "… internet-based education support systems and methods. The patent covers core technology relating to certain systems and methods involved in offering online education, including course management systems and enterprise e-Learning systems. In addition, patents corresponding with the U.S. patent have been issued in Australia, New Zealand…
Read MoreSocial Software being adopted by the Australian Government
Today’s Australian IT covered this story on the adoption of social software technologies into the public services: "THE federal government may tap the vast pool of social resources behind blogs and websites such as Flickr and Wikipedia to boost its online information services.The Department of Finance’s lead information technology body, AGIMO, has begun experimenting with…
Read MorePlogs – from Amazon
I’ve just logged on to Amazon and was told I now had a Plog! What’s a Plog????Well, having just read an article in the UK Times about Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom’s blog (he’s based in North Wales), I thought it might be something to do with police-blogging! (He is considering podcasts – which have been…
Read MorePodcasts, profcasts – research in Higher Ed
I spent an engaging afternoon at the University of Leicester on Tuesday (11th July,2006) with Gilly Salmon and her team, Ming Nie & Palitha Edirisingha – thanks for your time guys!!! For those of you who already know Gilly’s work with e-Moderating & e-Tivities, then you will be excited to find out what Gilly is…
Read Moree-Learning Consultant needed
I’ve been receiving quite a number of requests for e-Learning contract consultants lately – most of them are based in Australia and often in Sydney – and I haven’t had the time to go through all my contacts and make introductions for the clients – so – Im going to publish these requests. If you…
Read MoreDis-Un-Connectedness
I love being able to get away for extended periods of time and still appear to be at work in Sydney! However, achieving this means I’m reliant on some degree of connectivity on a regular basis… after all, I might be in Europe but I’m not on holidays and there are a couple of cohorts…
Read MoreMembers’ Musings: Productive Reflection at Work
The latest podcast is the recording from the Trainer’s Network meeting at UTS, 12th May – Productive Reflection at Work, presented by Professor Dave Boud. The audio of the presentation can be a little quiet in some areas as Dave moved away from the microphone, I have done my best to edit this – quality:…
Read MoreChanging Worlds – slides from lecture
I’ve received a number of requests about recordings and / or slides from the Changing Worlds – Can Education Adapt to a net Generation – so – here is a link to the presentation (PDF format – 6.5mb). Lyn tells me a recording has been made and will be available soon on the UTS website…
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