Dial M for Learning: mLearning ideas

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

Join us for the ninth Learning Technologies conference to investigate new & emerging learning technologies & their use.

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

Come and forge some new learning partnerships and attend a variety of presentations, workshops and social activities that will provide an excellent opportunity to extend your knowledge, expand your thinking and create new contacts.

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

A great blog with experiences, curriculum thoughts, new resources, and technology rants related to K12 videoconferencing.

Contains many, many resources for those using videoconferencing in the school sector – and some info relevant to other education sectors.

I highly recommend spending some time roaming around this resource.

17-19 October 2006, Sydney. AUSTRALIA

Global Summit 2006 will promote the strategic development of technology connected futures. It will be a workshop and think-tank that will focus on connectedness and learner engagement, as well as research into the use of ICT in education and training.

The Summit will provide a forum for the sharing of information and ideas and the opportunity to establish a network of international alliances to address issues of common concern.

More information & registration

In answer to the questions raised last week at AITD – I’ve consulted a higher authority & have the following answers.

RE: Reverting to previous versions of your work: Wikis are NOT about working collaboratively on documents – they are collaborative webpages – NOT documents.

RE: Can you track who made an edit? Yes. You click on details and you can see who said what and when.

Don’t forget to try out the AITD wiki.

Podcast Alley has the most extensive listing of podcasts on the web – in a range of categories. It ranks podcasts based on the number of votes they receive each month.
The Education Podcast Network lists a wide range of topics in all subject areas. Most of the producers of these programs are educators.
Educational Podcasting is a UK directory that lists podcasts for educational use – suitable for use by children and young people at school, college and elsewhere. The directory also lists podcasts produced and published by pupils, young people, and educators.

Please share any good podcast directories through Comments.

The websites I referred to for information & resources on Communities of Practice are:
Nancy White’s Full Circle Associates
Etienne Wenger’s Communities of Practice site
CPsquare – the Community of Practice on Communities of Practice.

Please add any resources you know of via the comments box.

There are numerous places that you can set up a free blog – just run a search engine on ‘free blog software’ and you’ll have thousands to choose from. Here are a few I know of.
I can highly recommend Edublogs.org – free educational blogs for both you and your students.
Other more general options are:
Blogger – one of the longest running and now owned by Google.
MSN Spaces – of course Microsoft have a solution.
LiveJournal – they also have a paid version with more features.

I’m currently enjoying a few technology podcasts.

Digital Planet by the BBC. You can download and/or subscribe at their site.

NPR has numerous podcasts on a variety of topics. I’m currently enjoying NPR Technology but plan to try out a few more.

And lastly, The World’s Technology Podcast keeps me up to date on global technology of all sorts.

Our very own Learning Technologies User Group (LTUG)has just launched its first two podcasts thanks to the efforts of Anne Bartlett-Bragg. You can access these at the LTUG blog

I’m still searching for good educational podcasts – so stay tuned. Please list your favourites through Comments.