Dial M for Learning: mLearning ideas

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.

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.