Following on from the previous post, Gartner’s top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for organizations in 2011 may also be of interest. ‘Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential [...]
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Gartner’s top 10
November 16th, 2010 · Comments Off · Tools & applications, Trends
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Using clickers in the classroom
November 1st, 2010 · Comments Off · Connections & collaboration, events, Learning & teaching, UNFED
UNFED notes 29th September 2010 Sorry this is late being posted as I was away – thanks to Xinni for hosting the meeting and compiling the notes Belinda Many regular participants were on leave. But, we still managed to attract more than a dozen people with ASB’s presentation on clickers and Niki’s readers’ digest on [...]
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Learning to Teach Online: Development Resources Available
October 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · Resources, Showcasing Teaching
Earlier this year, Simon McIntyre and Karin Watson, COFA, presented a Connections seminar on their Learning to Teach Online project. The project is designed as a free professional development resource for teachers from any discipline worldwide. It aims to help them better understand online learning and teaching, and to help them get starting in developing [...]
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Wikipedia & Higher Education Links
October 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Resources
Go to the TELT Diigo group to see a number of interesting articles and resources about Wikipedia: http://groups.diigo.com/group/web2_unsw/search?what=wikipedia Diigo is a social bookmarking site. You can read about it- including a ‘how-to’ guide on how to join etc here: http://telt.unsw.wikispaces.net/Social+bookmarking
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ECAR study of undergrad. students & IT
October 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Research, Trends
The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2010 is now available online. Since 2004, the annual study has asked undergraduate students ‘about the technology they own and how they use it in and out of their academic world’. Excerpt from the Key Findings conclusion: ‘Our study suggests that mobile computing is on the [...]
Top 100 tools for learning in 2010
October 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · Resources, Tools & applications, Trends
Thank you to Jane Hart for her Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 list. The list is the result of input from 545 people worldwide who shared their top tools. Top100 Tools for Learning 2010 View more presentations from Jane Hart.
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Next week: Investigating the Impact of Technology-enabled Learning and Teaching (TELT) on Student Participation and Student-to-Student Dialogue in Large Lecture Classes
October 12th, 2010 · Comments Off · Research, Showcasing Teaching
Dr Katrina Moore, FASS 18 October, 12.30 – 2pm Learning & Teaching Workshop (Room 416), Level 4 Mathews Building This workshop will explore the role that online discussion forums can play in facilitating dialogue and interaction among students in large lecture classes. Findings from a research project currently underway in a 2nd-year FASS course will [...]
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Exploring the affordances of the online learning tool, UNSW Wikispaces, in enhancing the group assessment experience for both students and tutors
September 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off · Research, Researching Learning and Teaching, Resources, Uncategorized
Helen Caple (EMPA) & Mike Bogle (TRC/FASS) In this seminar Helen and Mike reported on the initial findings from a small research project investigating the large enrolment course experience in relation to group assessment and online learning tools, in particular UNSW Wikispaces. You can view their slides here: Helen Caple & Mike Bogle Slides You can read [...]
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Call for Papers TECHNARTE 2011
September 21st, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Virtual reality, interactive architecture, artificial life, nano-art, robotics or augmented reality, just to mention a few, are some of the diverse and innovative subjects that constitute the program of <http://www.technarte.org/> Technarte this year. Technarte is a unique conference that merges art and technology and that in 2011 will celebrate its 6th edition, on the 19th [...]
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George Siemens on role of new media in learning & more
September 8th, 2010 · Comments Off · Debates, events
You might like to listen to the recent LearnCentral online interview by Steve Hargadon with George Siemens on the role of new media in learning, systemic change, social media and networked learning, elearning, “connectivism,” and more. George Siemens is Founder and President of Complexive Systems Inc., a research lab assisting organizations to develop integrated learning [...]