Travelling is a key part of my life, having worked in the airline industry for so long, it’s just in my blood. I guess this makes me tolerant of all sorts of challenges…. airlines delays, lost baggage, adaptor plugs etc etc –Â I tend to take so much for granted as just part of the…
Read MoreBlogTalks Reloaded – the book
Now available!Thomas Burg and Jan Schmidt have gathered a collection of papers based on presentations from the BlogTalk Reloaded conference in Vienna, 2006 and published them into the lastest in the BlogTalk book collection. My copy has just arrived in Sydney (sometimes a challenge to get things from Austria – I think the postal workers…
Read MorePresentation 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…
Read MoreThe 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"…
Read MoreLearning 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…
Read MoreBook Survey Results…
The LTUG Book Survey has closed… and here’s a brief overivew of what people are reading: By Marc Prensky: Don’t Bother me Mom – I’m Learning!Our reviewer said: Positive guide for parents concerned about their kids’ video and computer game playing. In "Don’t Bother Me Mom—I’m Learning!" Prensky maintains that kids "are almost certainly…
Read MoreVirtual 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…
Read MorePaolo Friere – 10th Anniversary
Today, May 2nd, marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Paulo Freire. Freire’s work continues to inspire educators across the world, and new Institutes, books and courses emerge to review and re-invent his work. Below are a collection of some of these resources: On video Culture, Politics & Pedagogy: A Conversation with Henry Giroux…
Read MoreMentorNet continues to grow!
MentorNet, the mentoring program for young women entrepreneurs, is rapidly expanding… The 3rd program launches tomorrow with another cohort of entrepreneurs preparing to build their businesses! We’re also starting to attract some attention in the media – which is great! Here’s a link from Atlassian’s blog… Even though I would still say we’re in the…
Read MoreCeBit – 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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