Digital Dialogues

Download the eBook Copyright: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. It may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that the original author is credited. MARC Download the entire book Select a Chapter DownloadFRONT MATTER DownloadTABLE OF CONTENTS DownloadFOREWORD DownloadCONTRIBUTING AUTHORS Download INTRODUCTION PART ONE: Advances in Mobile Learning DownloadChapter 1Current State of…

<p>Rain Storm in Sydney from Anne Bartlett-Bragg on Vimeo.</p> Shame we aren’t capturing some of this water for re-use – instead it just floods into the Harbour! (And so does all the rubbish from the gutters!)

via slideshare.net Slides from the Atlassian webinar today – presented by James (@Chieftech) & me! Recording of the webinar will be available in a couple of days on the Atlassian TV site http://www.atlassian.com/tv/?product=&category=customer

CURTIN University of Technology has introduced a new mobile student support website modelled on sites at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University in the US. Curtin Business School student Tim Cousin with CurtinMobile. CurtinMobile was developed as part of the West Australian university’s C2010 curriculum project and student retention strategy. Chief information officer Peter…

I haven’t managed the time to fully review all my notes and papers from the Learning Technologies 2008 conference – so instead, I’ve captured a few snippets – or classic comments from the presenters – powerful, meaningful and just plain fun! From George Siemens: "What happens when the tools of control shift from the educator…

Sea Shepherd's Steve Irwin left Brisbane today The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's fifth Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign to the Southern Oceans to defend whales from the Japanese whaling fleet started today! "This year's campaign has been named Operation Musashi in reference to the legendary Japanese strategist, Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) known as a great samurai warrior,…

Learning Technologies 2008 ( 5 – 7 November)  in Mooloolaba, Queensland,  is now but a distant memory as we hurtle towards Xmas.If you missed the conference (don’t let that happen again!) – here are some of the links to follow the action: The conference community is still live on Ning – visit it here. Speaker…

There is an increasing disconnect between learners – students or workers – and their technology expectations.Most people expect (and some – Gen Ys – often demand) to be able to use the same applications they have access to at home, in their workplace or educational institution.Janet Clarey – from Brandon Hall research – sums it…

At Headshift Australia we’ve launched a new initiative: Social Software Executive Mentoring.The concept was informed by the number of requests from learning and development practitioners who wanted to extend their knowledge about learning strategies with social software, had specific workplace contextual needs, and wanted to learn more – but in a less structured way than…