tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58615912024-03-09T12:10:11.312+11:00Flexible Learning and Educational Designreflecting on educational design and learning experienceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1168300544321883742007-01-09T10:47:00.000+11:002007-01-09T10:55:44.343+11:00The end of the beginningWell, I've taken the plunge and have been consolidating my weblogs, web presence, etc... so I have rolled over my Blogger blog to edublogs.org.My edublogs weblog is Ed(ge)ucation design: learning about design...from experiencePlease update your feed to: http://edge.edublogs.org/feed/Blogger has served me very well since I started blogging in 2003, but I've been loathe to go to the new blogger Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1167964105464599802007-01-05T13:27:00.000+11:002007-01-05T18:39:30.936+11:00Do you have a project for 2007?If not, then you might like to read Marica's post about Project 365 - it's a project where you take a photo per day and blog it as a visual diary for the year. It's a lovely way to focus your blogging I bet and, judging from Marica's first few days, seems quite effective too! I had started Freire Fridays partly for the purpose of focusing my blogging and making sure I posted at least once Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1167804698567572522007-01-03T17:10:00.000+11:002007-03-06T14:03:22.193+11:00miniSeries: movies for your mobileminiSeries: Episodic adventures for mobile phones The ABC have pulled together some wonderful little movies that are mobile-sized! It costs you to download them to your phone, but you can preview them (in full) online as well. These movies would be good little tasters for your students, especially those studying communications, arts, moving imagery and so on, not to mention potential Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1167801486302520322007-01-03T15:01:00.000+11:002007-01-03T16:23:32.606+11:00New Year resolutions for teaching and learningI don't normally contend with new year's resolutions, but for some reason talk about resolutions insists on wandering into my arc of hearing :o)I've listened to some comments on the local radio and have skipped through articles that share new year's resolutions, most of which are the standard... lose weight, be happier, don't smoke, etc (not that these aren't admirable of course!) ... even Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1165477572917944412006-12-07T18:46:00.000+11:002006-12-18T20:52:38.613+11:00Who's learning about e-learning from whom? (ASCILITE 2006 paper) Slide1.jpg Originally uploaded by margoc. As promised, our short presentation on DELTA. View this Flickr set as a slideshow. I've also included notes in the description of each slide, to give it context. You can access our paper online from the ASCILITE website. Other papers are here.Enjoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1165369380914083332006-12-06T12:40:00.000+11:002006-12-06T12:45:56.870+11:00Reflection on ASCILITE conference themes (DAY 2)Gabcast! On the Move #3- How do we define our educational design and taxonomies within educational design?- Why are we not challenging what e-learning actually means and the e-learning created currently? Are we critiquing the work we do and the work of our colleagues sufficiently?- Where are the students and the student 'voice'?Listen to hear more of my reflections so far from ASCILITE 2006 in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1165284311899744382006-12-05T13:05:00.000+11:002006-12-05T13:05:12.026+11:00ASCILITE 2006 delta team reunited! ASCILITE 2006 delta team reunited! Originally uploaded by margoc. End of day one saw the DELTA (Designing Electronic Learning and Teaching Approaches) team reunited in a short presentation about the professional development experiences the DELTA development and evaluation supported.It was a great experience to present with most of the team once again, and we ran the presentation as we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1165197933106613582006-12-04T13:05:00.000+11:002006-12-04T16:30:11.453+11:00Uni of Sydney preASCILITE 2006 Uni of Sydney preASCILITE 2006 Originally uploaded by margoc. Photo taken on Sunday, pre-ASCILITE conference at the beautiful grounds of Uni of Sydney, Camperdown.Wonderful to meet up with colleagues from around Australia and New Zealand, to share work tips and news from 2006! It's a buzz so far and we're barely into day 1!So far, the first session of papers has looked at the use of role Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1164776141863763212006-11-29T15:55:00.000+11:002006-11-29T15:59:59.213+11:00Developing a mobile learning strategy?Mark van 't Hooft at Mobile Learning Redefined « Ubiquitous Thoughts (via Leonard) points to some work by Mike Sharples and others re-examining mobile learning; what it means, what it requires and what strategies might be employed to develop mlearning approaches further.I was drawn to the three foci quoted below outlined by van 't Hooft :Mike Sharples wrote a nice piece about this in October 2005Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1164419106744438272006-11-25T12:37:00.000+11:002006-11-25T12:45:06.906+11:00Group work: why not ask your students?This via Stephen Downes... Konrad has been reflecting on the use of group work after some feedback from teachers, parents and students at school. Image: Lilia Efimova English 8, 2006-07 » Group Work: Good or Bad? In this link you can read some points about the pros and cons of group work as year 8 students explain. Some of the points from the students that stood out for me: maybe Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1164417086971882882006-11-25T12:03:00.000+11:002006-11-25T12:14:15.023+11:00Student voices: dealing with real issuesReality Check - information on youth mental health Here's a step in the right direction. Students helping themselves help each other. Found this in the weekend Canberra Times (25/11/2006, News p.13). Students have helped develop a website exploring and exposing the ins and outs of body image. Karin MacDonald, Brindbella MLA helped launch the website recently, along with editor of Lip Magazine,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1162510862407229392006-11-03T10:33:00.000+11:002006-11-08T18:28:57.646+11:00Movember - all for men's healthUmmm, What is Movember??? At the start of N(M)ovember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants known as Mo Bros then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their moustache and along the way raise as much money and awareness about male health issues as possible. Our FLS team are going to participate, starting with Col (onya Col!) - you can check out his mo Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1161843346009198792006-10-26T16:08:00.000+10:002006-10-26T16:17:52.736+10:00Welcome to the News at Seven!Quick one today (as I finish off an essay!)...News at Seven is a neat way to present RSS news feeds audiovisually, which can also link to bloggers comments (in this example at least). This is a project from InfoLab, Northwestern University in the US.And for learning? How about a student "newspaper" or student project updates, or learning activities in the workplace, as well as local community Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1161312729099285972006-10-20T12:47:00.000+10:002006-10-20T12:52:09.130+10:00Freire Friday: Censorship, community, control and cat fightsOne of the characteristics of oppressive cultural action which is almost never perceived by the dedicated but naive professionals who are involved is the emphasis on the focalized view of problems rather than on seeing them as dimensions of a totality. -- Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1972, p.111). <!-- PProtector --> It was reported in the news earlier this week that YouTube Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1161242267635723762006-10-19T17:17:00.000+10:002006-10-20T12:54:30.560+10:00Exploring the possibilities of weblogsGabcast! On the Move #2This was an example phonecast to demonstrate both the capabilities of using weblogs with mobile devices and to illustrate the powerful sense of immediacy of the tools and the actions taken in using the tools.<!--break-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1160729051537234882006-10-13T18:40:00.000+10:002006-10-13T18:54:45.180+10:00Freire Fridays: leadership through dialogueThe correct method for a revolutionary leadership to employ in the task of liberation is, ... not 'libertarian propaganda'. Nor can leadership merely 'implant' in the oppressed a belief in freedom, thus thinking to win their trust. The correct method lies in dialogue.- Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1971, p.42Even the tiniest revolution makes a difference. It's communicating them for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1160446569299130982006-10-10T12:09:00.000+10:002006-10-10T12:16:09.413+10:00WOW - art on your skin WOW program Originally uploaded by margoc. I joined Lynsey for WOW, a spectacularly festive feast of fabric, faces, frenetic dancing feats and fancy facards! (Fffffhew!)If you haven't yet travelled to New Zealand, Wellington especially, then this is the best excuse for a trip, if you ever needed one! I can't recommend this cultural event enough! :o)We were even warmed up to the show by a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1160442978890610552006-10-10T11:09:00.000+10:002006-10-10T11:45:37.186+10:00Haiku, mobile learning and the practice of writing"Mmmm, you could create a form of mobile-audio Haiku though," continued that voice in my head.Long conversationsbeside blooming irises -joys of life on the roadMatsuo BashoSeeking - Walking the streets (Sept 26th, 2006)Marica at Seeking reflects on the use of audioblogging, after my spending time in Wellington with her and her colleagues at the Open Polytechnic of NZ. I was particularly drawn to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1160353131096083272006-10-09T10:18:00.000+10:002006-10-09T10:18:51.106+10:00On the Move #1Gabcast! On the Move #1<!--break-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1160182694599749542006-10-07T10:53:00.000+10:002006-10-07T10:58:14.623+10:00Blended learning: an RSS metaphorThe only true voyage . . . would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to see the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to see the hundred universes that each of them sees. ?Marcel ProustBlended learning -- blended learning -- blended learning?For so long now we've considered blended learning to be the most useful way to draw together online and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1159924591353347812006-10-04T11:10:00.000+10:002006-10-04T11:16:31.483+10:00OLT Conference 2006 : Learning on the MoveWhilst I was in New Zealand last week, my colleague Leonard attended the OLT Conference in Queensland, where he presented our paper, Learner-centric design of digital mobile learning.We received the Best Paper Award! Thanks to the reviewers and the conference chairs for their support! Mobile Learning » Learner-Centric Design of Digital Mobile Learning Other OLT2006 papers can be accessed Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1159859754813510392006-10-03T17:09:00.000+10:002006-10-03T17:15:54.883+10:00Brainstorming the interactive podcasting idea 24012006(039) Originally uploaded by mobology. Alexander Hayes captured a lot of the brainstorming we did about the interactive podcast idea. You can listen to a couple of podcasts we did to simulate how an interactive podcast might work, using Audacity.At the end of the day I discussed the idea with Marica and Lynsey and lots of questions surfaced, mainly around the idea of rights of theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1159839811692403942006-10-03T11:37:00.000+10:002006-10-03T11:43:31.946+10:00Interactive podcasts - asynchronous audio activities?Could we design "interactive" podcasts? This was an idea we explored in Wellington, New Zealand as part of the FLNW Open Conference. Check out this recording below. interactive podcasts - blip.tv (beta) (thanks to Leigh for this recording). I envisaged something like this because being a somewhat kinaesthetic learner, I like to 'do' as I listen and read things. So for me, being able to interruptUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1159570723347517512006-09-30T08:58:00.000+10:002006-10-03T12:00:45.000+10:00Friday Sept 29: Farewell Wellington, NZIn this audio post I recall my experiences in Wellington for the week, feeling that it's all gone too fast, but that I'm left with a sense of things just beginning.Some key points I discuss in this post include:the torrent of visual metaphors for learning I see around me as I record this post,the possibilities for further conversations about developing networks and knowledge sharing, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861591.post-1159419569022372112006-09-28T14:59:00.000+10:002006-10-03T12:46:32.720+10:00Thursday Sept 28, Blogs and learning - a conversation (eFest 2006)Thursday September 28, saw Marica and I run a conversation on 'blogs and learning' at eFest 2006, Wellington NZ. This audio post (below) explores our initial reactions and reflections about the session just after it had finished.We set up the session details on this wiki page and have invited session participants to continue the conversation, to explore the idea of using blogs in learning Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0