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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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…
Read MoreAcademics sharing their works – grey literature!
Here’s an….interesting…article from the Australian IT…"Top Down Push for Web" by Brendan O’Keefe 22 Feb, 2006. It’s a report (sort of) from an unnamed conference (could have been library or information focused?) and there’s some interesting comments captured here – they appear to be quite conflicting, so I’m not sure what angle the reporter is…
Read MoreLots on mLearning
Just tidying up my files (and trying to review some of the ones I’d marked as "Read later") and I came across this conference URL!Well – it’s a gem!!! The 4th World Conference on mLearning was held in Cape Town, South Africa in October 2005 – but don’t worry if you missed it…the conference website…
Read MoreCyberslackers….
The SMH ran this article yesterday (17Jan2006): "Study probes web habits of office slackers" .The study conducted by Monash Uni (Melbourne) claims: "Cyberslacking could be eating up as much as a quarter of the time employees spend online – and even more if they have outgoing personalities …" emailing friends was the most popular activity…
Read MoreCIA blogging….
Picked this story up in the SMH this morning: The CIA uncovers a secret: how to look things up on the internet "THE CIA now has its own bloggers. In a bow to the rise of internet-era secrets hidden in plain view, the agency has started hosting weblogs with the latest information on topics including…
Read MoreEverything 2.0
I’ve been meaning to pulling together a post on e-Learning 2.0 – but in the meantime I was rather impressed (and amused) by Sebastian’s Me 2.0 post that refers to Alan Levine’s Me 2.0 collection…here’s an overview of Alan’s collection: * Web 2.0 The Conference (heck I could not even make it to Web 1.0)*…
Read MoreNew Media in SMH
An article in the SMH’s (Sydney Morning Herald) technology feature – Next – New media hands power to the people – talks about the use of new media – specifically podcasting, blogs, RSS, & wikis – with a focus on their application in community contexts. A good example from Phil Cleary (a former federal politician…
Read MoreThe Future of e-Learning
Alison Bickford – RocheMark Lee – Enable Learning, Charles Sturt Uni Mark: a quick tour of m-learning, blogging & RSS….Where does the future of e-Learning lie…? in the content…. in the tools/technology in the people… I reckon it’s in the way people interact with the content through the technology….Mark wouldn’t tell us his opinion! Open…
Read MorePodcasts & Language Teaching
PPS. Have you thought about the value of podcasts for teaching / learning languages? Sebastian recently pointed me to this Spanish novel – both in written form and now podcast! What a great way to practice your language skills. I’ve certainly downloaded it and will be using it in an attempt to keep my fading…
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