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Bookmarks for January 13th through February 4th

Carol — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:21:54 +0000

These are my links for January 13th through February 4th: Auckland University campus goes smoke-free | Stuff.co.nz:Students and staff at Auckland University can no longer slip outside for a quick puff. The university has become a smoke-free campus, inside and outside, and smoking has been banned, even in areas once designated as smoking areas. BBC News – Hi-tech [...]

Worth-a-read: BECTA The impact of digital technology

Carol — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:12:21 +0000

A review of the evidence of the impact of digital technologies, on formal education. Includes sections on what the evidence says, and challenges for the future.

This could be the best spent 3 minutes of your teaching career

Carol — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:23:54 +0000

Thanks to Susan Sedro for alerting me to this:

C4LPT Learning Tools Directory 2010 restructured

Carol — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:14:27 +0000

I’m a great fan of Jane Hart’s Learning Tools Directory which she started in 2006. For 2010 she has completely revised the structure, reflecting how things have changed over the last 4 years. Go have a look, but in brief here are the 12 new categories (taken from Jane’s blog post) Instructional Tools Tools for creating, delivering, managing [...]

Worth-a-read: What I Learned from Teaching Adult Learners Online

Carol — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:08:23 +0000

Blake, Denise A (2009) What I Learned from Teaching Adult Learners Online. eLearn Magazine. Dec. http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=105-1 Abstract: One summer, I was asked to take over an online course (in a master of education program) that had already begun. I accepted the job, but with hesitation. I knew the course material because it was within my field of [...]

Merry Christmas

Carol — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:55:56 +0000

A friend in the UK sent me this today. I immediately had to find my partner and show it to her. Yes it captured my attention all right. And I went off to look at the web site mentioned at the end of the video. Now if more of our teaching could be like that. Grab and keep [...]

This week’s tweets from KiwiCarol

Carol — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

EduBlog Awards 2009 are underway. See how to nominate at http://edublogawards.com/the-edublog-awards-2009/ # Dilbert on Twitter http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-24 # Edinburgh Uni to offer graduation in 2nd Life for distance students http://tinyurl.com/yetdf5f # Freedom of information or just plain offensive? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8377902.stm # Google reader to allow favicons in subscription lists http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2009/11/let-your-subscriptions-personality-come.html # C4LPT Guide to Social Learning has been updated http://c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/ # 20+ Brand [...]

This week’s tweets from KiwiCarol

Carol — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Paper submissions for next year's DEANZ conference (25-28 Apr) extended until Fri 11 Dec http://www.deanz.org.nz #deanz2010 # Are you tweeting from Hawkes Bay NZ? Let me know and I will add you to my list http://bit.ly/1ja4zU # Where To Upload And Share PowerPoint Presentations: Guide To The Best Online Services http://tinyurl.com/leegdh # free way to create crossword puzzles [...]

100 Top Tools for Learning

Carol — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:57:04 +0000

The 2009 list is out from Jane Hart at the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies. As always this makes a great read. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 View more documents from Jane Hart. As Derek Wenmoth has commented, the lack of the main proprietary LMSs in the list is notable. The top 10 tools are Twitter Delicious YouTube Google Reader Google Docs WordPress SlideShare Google [...]

This week’s tweets from KiwiCarol

Carol — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Gt wk in Rarotonga. Napier flight delayed. Stuck in Auckland airport. #