One for your diaries…. In February next year DEHub and ODLAA are bringing together academics who are engaged in pedagogical research to work to collaboratively address key issues in the field. The Education 2011-2021: Global challenges and perspectives of blended and distance learning summit is described as an opportunity for this connecting, sharing and co-building [...]
Education 2011-2021 Summit
September 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Events
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George Siemens on role of new media in learning & more
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · 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 [...]
ePortfolio ALTC news and opportunities
September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Learning & teaching, Research, Trends
Gillian Hallam from QUT has sent through the following news for those with an interest in ePortfolios… The Australian ePortfolio Project (AeP) was funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) to undertake a two stage research project: Stage 1 – ePortfolio use by university students in Australia: Informing excellence in policy and practice [...]
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Wikispaces seminar
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Learning & teaching, TELT news, Tools & applications
Just in case you are not subscribing to the Connections blog… The following upcoming seminar might be of interest. Exploring the affordances of the online learning tool, UNSW Wikispaces, in enhancing the group assessment experience for both students and tutors with Helen Caple, School of English, Media and Performing Arts and Mike Bogle, FASS Wednesday [...]
Interested in facilitating online?
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Courses, Learning & teaching
Thanks to Mike Bogle for his post pointing out the new offering of Facilitating Online. It’s probably not too late to enrol. The course is described as follows: ‘Facilitation is a rare and valuable skill to have. It is a service that is often used in conferences, debates, panels and tutorials, or simply where groups [...]
The world is open
July 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Events, Learning & teaching, TELT news, Trends
Thanks to Stephan Ridgway from TAFE Sydney Institute for recording and editing last week’s presentation by Dr Curtis Bonk titled “The Flat World has Swung Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education”. The session recording is long but an excellent introduction to the current state of e-learning internationally. It covers Curt’s recently released book of [...]
E-assessment workshop
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Issues, Learning & teaching
Victor Callan from UQ will be running a workshop – What’s happening in E-assessment? What does a good E-assessment tool look like?- in Sydney on 24 June 2010 from 1.30 – 4.00 pm While the workshop is likely to have a VET-bent the topic is relevant to all sectors. Victor will be discussing the findings [...]
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Wikis and agile teaching
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Debates, Learning & teaching, Opinion, Tools & applications
Following the interesting session run by Belinda Allen at our last UNFED meeting I came across this post by Matthew Allen – Should you use a wiki for teaching and which one? which is worth sharing given where we’re at with our wiki pilot here at UNSW. Wikis support what Matthew refers to as ‘agile [...]
Moodle tool guide for teachers
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Learning & teaching, Resources, Tools & applications
Thanks to colleague Mark Smithers at RMIT for pointing out Joyce Seitzinger’s Moodle tool guide for teachers : useful for identifying the ‘best tool for the job’ if Moodle is the online space of choosing.
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Blogging examples in Higher Ed
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Connections & collaboration, Tools & applications
A very big thank you to Jim Groom over at UMW for his series of four posts outlining some examples of educational blogging on UMW Blogs. And thank you also to Mike Bogle in FASS for initiating the contact. UMW is a useful model for us here at UNSW as we move through our pilot [...]
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