Podcast? CourseCast?

I’ve been reviewing the use of podcasting in higher education contexts recently – partly for one of my UTS Subjects (e-Learning Technologies) and partly out of interest to review how higher ed could inform organisational learning contexts…. A current article in Campus Technology "Academic MP3s – is it time yet? " overviews the growing number…

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** Reminder ** Learning Pathways Webinar **

Just a reminder that if you’re intending to participate in the live webinar with Jean Clendinning on Wednesday 29th March – please register NOW! And remember….it’s 3.30pm SYDNEY time – AND we’re still on Daylight Savings! Queenslanders – please note – we’re still 1 hour ahead of you!

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Daylight savings dilemas….

Are you aware that if you live in the eastern States of Australia that you are NOT getting that extra hour of sleep back this weekend?Were you also aware that your computer doesn’t know this? What am I babbling on about?Daylight savings !!!!!Daylight savings is NOT finishing this weekend (as usual – as scheduled –…

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Global Affiliate webinar

Join the first Global Affiliate webinar to hear about latest trends and applications of educational technology in various countries.Speakers:Opening comments from Dr. John Flores, Marcie Powell and Russ Colbert, USDLADr. Deborah Harrison: USDLA, Center for Distance Learning Research, UnitedStatesDr. Takeshi Tamura: JeLA, Kobe Institute of Computing, JapanCarol Daunt: LTUG, Executive Officer & LearnTel, Australia/New ZealandMike…

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e-Learning Pathways webinar

Following the podcast from Jean Clendinning, here’s the information about the upcoming webinar:Date: 29th March, 2006Time: 3.30 – 4.30pm (Eastern Daylight Savings time – Sydney local time) The Pathways is a flexible framework for developing e-Professionals to accommodate new and emerging trends in learning particularly in "e" space. The Pathways is applicable in Australia, it…

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You’ve got mail – and we want a reply now…

This article appeared in the Australian Higher Education supplement 8th March: You’ve got mail and we want a reply now. "email has brought down the ivory tower. No longer can academics exist on a higher, seemingly inaccessible plane, aloof from the day-to-day worries, real and imagined, of the student body…." "As more fee-paying students populate…

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More conferences of interest…

Now – this is assuming you’re heading to Vienna for BlogTalk Reloaded 2-3 October. Here are a couple more good reasons: DREAM – Informal Learning and Digital Media: Constructions, Contexts, ConsequencesDate: 21 – 23 September 2006Odense, Denmark Learning is distributed across a range of sites and settings, and media and ICTs hold important stakes in…

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Polycom rocks….

Yeah – my Polycom camera and software arrived on Friday – yippeeee! (Thanks Steve!!!)Haven’t had a chance to load it all up yet – have allocated Thursday for that! And right as my camera arrives – here’s a great case study about Polycom technology: Video Conferencing and Music Performance Education – Around the world with…

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It’s not about freedom of speech….

I picked this article up from the SMH today "Chinese professor sues blog host" – it reports on a Chinese professor who was not amused when he read some comments from one of his students. "So when the operators of the hosting website refused to remove the offending language, he decided to sue them for…

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