The 2009 NMC Symposium on New Media and Learning, the thirteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia, will explore the impact of new media on teaching, learning, research, and creative expression, especially in higher education. NMC Symposium on New Media & Learning http://www.nmc.org/node/6565 The NMC have just advised that my presentation proposal has been […]
Today I conducted a small tour of my research island, Godot, in Second Life. The visitors were all people involved with, or interested in, Psychodrama. As one of the virtual hosts for the event I would like to thank everyone who attended the session. It was nice to have people back on the island. Thanks […]
This is the title of an article in the most recent Journal of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders* and it focuses on the transition years where learners are progressing from experiences of pedagogy to andragogy. Pedagogy is marked by the fact that is is generally the teacher who predetermines what will be taught, plans […]
As an educator working to promote more effective, engaging and creative use of technology in teaching and learning I meet many people who are reluctant to modify their practices. This includes those who are fearful, those who are interested, those who have no interest and those who haven’t a clue. One of the common responses […]
introducing FeedBeater from diffbot on Vimeo.
I stumbled across this little tidbit at cmduke’s EdTechatouille Explaining Collaboration to Learners Explaining Collaboration to Learners I took 10 minutes to watch at Edutopia.org Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age: A New Model for the Workplace – a presentation by Randy Nelson, Pixar University, at the Apple Education Leadership Summit this past April […]
Howard Rheingold’s eye-opening video on the use of video in participatory culture. Technorati Tags: rheingold, video, community, collaboration, elearning
This week I have some more homework… Please share here your stories about your first hours if life in Second Life. Reflect on your experience: How would you describe your first steps? What were the technical issues, if any? What did you feel about the avatar you chose? What was orientation island like? Could you […]
Some other excellent material at these places: ISP-level content filtering won’t workThe ISP giants explain why it’s not a good idea. Brett Winterford and Julian Hill, ZDNet.com.au 30 October 2008 06:04 PM Tags: telstra, iinet, internode, filtering, isp, whitelist, say, hackett video feature Federal Government plans to introduce ISP-level filtering to provide a ‘safer’ internet […]
I have some homework to do. A. I am your friend. I don’t work in education. You are talking to me about the idea that we all learn from each other, in all kinds of contexts, and that this can often be richer than more formal classroom based learning. I am sceptical. Tell me about […]