Removed from Jay Cross’ email list…!

I received an email this morning… from Jay Cross’ Internet Time Group … and right there, in the first line was… "Dear AnneI am removing your name from my mailing list….." Gulp… what had I done wrong??NOTHING!Because you need to read on…. "In fact, I am destroying the entire list.Newsletters cause more annoyance than good,…

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Future Directions in Literacy: International Conversations 2007

Future Directions in Literacy: International Conversations 2007 Conference, to be held on Monday to Thursday 3 -6 September,  in Sydney. The significance of this conference has been recognised by the Australian Government, who is sponsoring it as a National Literacy and Numeracy Week initiative. The purpose of the conference is to promote meaningful and productive…

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Presentation blog

I’ve added a sub-blog to this one where I’ll add my presentations and papers from conferences and additional references – it’s called Presentations (how original!). There’s not masses there right now – just give me a little time to add the previous papers.First up is the IQPC Instructional Design for Effective Learning presentation and additional…

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The end of “e”-Learning!!

Vale "e"-Learning!Long live Learning! So – it’s finally happened! I’ve been banging on about this (my students will be heard sighing with relief) for a couple of years now – explaining the issues with prefixes before the -Learning word and the implications and restrictions it causes…And now…. here’s the first strategic deletion of the "e"…

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Learning Technologies 2007

Call for Papers: We invite you to join us at this year’s Learning Technologies Conference (LT2007) 14-16 November on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast.   The theme for LT2007 is: TelePresence: Enabling Learning Communities   The website is now live and Call for Papers is open – abstracts due by 15th June. We are seeking 30-minute presentations…

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Virtual Worlds & 3D learning

Wow – did you miss Sean Fitzgerald’s webinar yesterday??If you did – you really did miss something sensational! Thanks Sean for putting so much time and effort into the preparation – and also the supporting wiki resource to accompany the webinar!! I’ve been trying to resist getting into the Virtual Worlds … at least until…

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CeBit – Blogger Zone

CeBit arrives in Sydney next week (1 – 3 May, 2007) – it’s always a huge event and almost overwhelming as you meander through the exhibition. I’ve just received an invite from Hugo Ortega to a new intiative – the Blogger Zone… "…a more Blogger friendly environment. Knowing that B/Vloggers love to be surrounded by…

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Virtual Worlds and 3D in Online Education: Webinar

LTUG  webinar: 3 May, 2007 There is currently an explosion in the number of online 3D virtual worlds. This development could even be heralding the next evolution of the Internet – the 3D web. In this webinar we will explore the following: What are online 3D virtual worlds? How are educators using these 3D environments…

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April 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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Web Conferencing Survey results

The LTUG March 2007 survey has closed – the full results are available at the LearnTel survey blog.In the meantime, here are some highlights:76% of respondents have tried web conferencing – that’s quite a dramatic shift I believe from just 12 months ago, where I was constantly coming across people who had not participated or…

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