Dial M for Learning: mLearning ideas

Time and work have overtaken me so I’m suspending this blog for a while – maybe indefinitely. However, it will remain active so you can search for intersting items already posted. You can access free resources and events at the LearnTel site. I’ve had to remove the ability to comment due to spam. You can contact me through the LearnTel website or Email Me

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Videoconferencing Tips - specific information about videoconferencing

On The Nodes – lots of general stuff about learning technologies

I’ve just returned from Online Educa Berlin. The holiday season is upon us so there’ll be no more postings until late January.

Have a safe & happy festive season.

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Apologies for my absence for a couple of weeks. We’ve been organising and then attending the Global Summit: Technology Connected Futures.

It was a frenetic event with lots of idea exchange between Provocateurs, Thought Leaders & Delegates. I’ll pick up some of the themes over the coming weeks.

In the meantime I’ll direct you to some good thoughts from bloggers who were doing their stuff live from the Summit:

• Jude Connell’s blog
• Leigh Blackall’s blog

You can access the podcasts and other resources.

Enjoy.

An interesting video interview from George Mason University.

School Talk host Nadjia Varney interviews George Mason University Professors Kevin Clark and Brenda Bannan-Ritland on how they educate using modern instructional technology and instructional design. Other topics discussed include digital equity and the digital divide. Clark and Bannan-Ritland share their opinions on Community Technology Centers.

More information & access the video.

The Global Summit 2006 promises to stir debate with questions such as:

• Are today’s students so overloaded with information that they are learning in a different way?
• Is our education system so antiquated that it isn’t teaching anything anymore?
• Are educational institutions government funded dictatorships?

George Siemens, a Provocateur for the Summit, and Canadian based leading theorist on the changing nature and needs of learning believes so. Siemens believes the role of ICT in education is one of support, stating “ICT and education do influence (and drive) each other. Our real challenge is one of creating a compelling vision for education, learning, and knowledge in our society today. And then to leverage the tools at our disposal in making that vision a reality.”

George Siemens will be one of the leading thinkers and educators from around the globe sharing their ideas for the development of technology connected futures at the 2006 Global Summit. Read a pre-summit interview with George Siemens.

More information & registration for the Global Summit, 17-19 October, Sydney.

I’m not sure how I stumbled across this site, but it has a long list of web links that you might find useful. Everything from Academic Integrity to Writing Learning Objectives. I haven’t checked them all out so I can’t vouch for everything listed – a few were a little dated, but most I looked at were useful and, of course, led me to other interesting places.

See Faculty Development Associates.

Some interesting trends have been searched out by Ron Edwards at the Ambient Connection blog.

Two Australian cities in the Top10 – you’ll have to go look for yourself – I’m not giving it away

The Learning Technologies conference program has been posted on the website.

8 – 10 November 2006
Mooloolaba on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast, Australia

This year’s theme explores the concept of Learning Partnerships and how these can enhance and support our teaching and learning communities.

The Conference Program runs on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th November. On Wednesday 8th we will be hosting optional extra 90-minute Workshops.
More information & online registration

You can view the following presentations online:

• Charles Jennings, Reuters: The Business Imperative to Take Learning to the Workforce
• Gordon Bull, Vodafone: Gordon highlights some of the ways mobile technology will be used in the future as part of our daily lives and explore the implications for learning
• Wolfram Spoenlein, Motorola: Intelligent Learning: Matching Technology with Real Customer Needs
• Donald Clark, Epic Co-Founder and Former CEO: Simulation Environments for Learning
• Fabrizio Cardinali, Giunti Labs: The Future is Here, It’s Just Not Equally Distributed…
• Stephen Clee, Datmedia: Technology Showcase: Datpresenter for Streaming Video to Mobile
• Jonathan Shaw, 7 City Learning: Technology Showcase: Interactive ’smart’ Email to Mobiles for Performance Support
• Jonathon Levy: The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be: Why The Next Generation of Online Learning Resets Everything to Zero!
• Dick Davies, Ambient Performance: Technology Showcase: Forterra Systems Immersive 3D Virtual World for Performance Rehearsal
• Nigel Paine, BBC: Developing for Readiness: BBC success with Wikis, Blogs & Podcasting
• Dr. Gilly Salmon, University of Leicester: Technology Showcase: Profcasting – Podcasting Research – what are students find of value?
• Expert Panel: Implementation, Implementation advice from expert practitioners
• Ron Edwards, Ambient Performance: Realizing the Performance Potential

Dates & information for Moving Learning 2007 are available.