Education.au Seminars

Your wishlist for 2009

KerryJ — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:18:24 +0000

The holiday season is fast approaching — and Education.au wants to
give you the presence(s) you want for the 2009 seminar programme.

Tell us who you feel are the outstanding educators harnessing
technology in ways that are getting real results for learners.

Whom do you think are the people creating game-changing technologies,policies and/or methodologies that will benefit learners and educators
across sectors and around the world?

Who are the people behind the online tools or technologies you use to
make your teaching and learning journey richer and more exciting?

What organisation/institution/association/authority is getting the
sorts of outcomes you want and has people whose brains you want to pick?

Get your wish list in to us by Friday, 28 November — either by leaving
a comment on this blog post, or sending an email to:
gputland@educationau.edu.au

Mind over matter: the science of work - part 2

KerryJ — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:21:07 +0000

In the final podcast from the Mind over matter seminar, Dr. Martin Westwell, Director of the Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century looks at research around:

Risk and ambiguity - and why technology causes minds to meltdown
The science of creativity - and the difference between imagination and innovation
And future technologies that could repair damaged brains and change the way we interact with technology - and each other - forever.

If you would like to look at the slides he used to illustrate his points during this session, you’ll find them on the special section of the education.au site set up for this event - http://educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/home/mind_over_matter

Mind over matter: the science of work - part 1

KerryJ — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:51:44 +0000

As you listen to this podcast - wrap your brain around these questions:

What will a productive workforce look like in the future?
How and when can feedback kill a creative work environment?
What is virtual distance and how can we bridge it?

Join Dr. Martin Westwell, Director of the Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century as he presents current research on these issues that are going to affect how we prepare learners for work and how to get the best out of people currently in the workforce.

This podcast references the previous episodes - so make sure you listen to those first to get the most out of this one.

And if you WERE at the session, you missed out on a passionate online discussion taking place. Make sure to check out the Cover it Live blog archive - http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/seminar/2008/08/22/participate-in-the-mind-over-matter-seminar-here/
Scroll to 2:02 (the Cover it Live tool thinks we’re on daylight savings).

Mind over matter: the science of learning - part 2

KerryJ — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:17:53 +0000

Categorisation, executive function and assessment are on the brain food menu in the second part of the Mind over Matter seminar. Professor Martin Westwell, Director of the Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century presents research on the what affects learners ability to learn.

Mind over matter: the science of learning - part 1

KerryJ — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:56:36 +0000

Want some new brain connections? This podcast of Professor Martin Westwell, Director of the Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century will change your mind as you explore how minds are changing.

In this first of four podcasts from the day long seminar “Mind over matter”, Dr. Westwell provides an introduction to neuroscience without the brain bits and explores the research into how technology is changing the brains of our young people and ourselves.

Live blogging “cast” of seminar about to start

KerryJ — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:50:58 +0000

We’re due to start live blogging from the Mind over Matter - How technology is changing our brains and the brains of our students - seminar. Come join us!

Participate in the “Mind over Matter” seminar HERE

KerryJ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:30:50 +0000

If you can’t make it to Sydney to participate in the “Mind over Matter” seminar with Dr. Martin Westwell — find out how technology is affecting our brains by joining me online, right here, from 8:45 am AEST (go here to find the time in your city).

I’ll be using a tool called “Cover it Live” and will be summarising the presentations via text as well as injecting images, slides and links on the fly. You can join in by commenting as the blogging progresses and, if you have questions during the Q&A time, you can post them here and I’ll ask them for you.

There will be breaks at 10:30am to 11am, noon to 1pm, and 2:30pm to 3pm. The day wraps up at 4pm. I’ll endeavour to post count down timers — but we all know that technology can go astray.

As a backup, I’ll use Twitter (http://twitter.com/kerryank) and am available on Skype - kerryjskype - but check here first for announcements.

The tags for blogs, photos, flickring, etc. are mind_matter_sem and eduauseminars.

Mind over matter - wireless access, tagging and more

KerryJ — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:41:38 +0000

Technology is changing your brain - and the brains of your learners. So where does that leave education? Are we adequately preparing learners for the workforce of the future?

Make sure you and your brain don’t miss out on the Mind over Matter seminar in Sydney on Tuesday, 26 August. If you haven’t registered yet — you have until close of business this Friday, 22 August to grab a spot.

If you have registered — there are a few accounts available for free wireless access, but we need to know if you want/need it by NOON ACST tomorrow (Wednesday 20 August). Send an email to sbradley@educuationau.edu.au
For you bloggers, Tweeters, Flickr-ers and taggers — the tags for the day are mind_over_matter and eduauseminars

If you and your brain can’t make it to the event - we will be Live Blogging all day on this blog — starting from 9am AEST. You can not only get a summary of the presentations and discussion, but can ask questions and make comments live during the event. The results will be archived. We’ve done this for past events such as the National E-portfolio Symposium - see the archive on my education.au KerryJ’s blog site.

Mind over matter: Dr. Martin Westwell

KerryJ — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:42:54 +0000

Dr. Martin Westwell is the Director of the Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century and former Deputy Director of the Institute for the Future of the Mind at Oxford University. In this interview with KerryJ, he discusses the impact technology has on the wiring of our brains, explodes a few myths about muiltaskign and provides an overview of the upcoming education.au seminar Mind over matter: how technology matters in Sydney on 26 August 2008.

Building an Australasian Commons

dbullen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:46:22 +0000

This conference brought together an eclectic mix of people from across disciplines of studies, countries and areas of work and government. The Creative Commons Australia team organised the free one-day symposium to explore the emerging Australasian Commons.The day was also significant in that Creative Commons (CC), in association with Creative Commons Australia, officially announced the release of the Case Studies Project. At the conference the project was announced with the launch of the booklet of some of the global case studies. The project invites the CC Community to go to the wiki and share stories about how they use CC on a daily basis. It is definitely worth a look as it highlights the multitude of fantastic ways CC is changing the way we are accessing and providing access to information.

A series of short case studies from Australia were presented at the conference including:

The Queensland governments GILF project. GILF - Government Information Licensing Framework - the project is set to lead the world in establishing a new approach to public sector information licensing

youdecide2007 a nonprofit citizen journalism initiative led by the Creative Industries faculty at QUT

The exciting Pool Project - an ABC project, which is still in Beta at the moment. Pool is a collaborative/creative place/space for people to share digital stories - a multimedia experience aimed at opening up the media sharing space. The project works with Radio National - finding out what producers needs are in the new world - while engaging with a young audience.

The day also included reports from CC Jurisdictions in Australasia by:

Jane Hornibrook and Louise O’Brien, CC Aotearoa New Zealand
Prof Chunyan Wang, CC China Mainland
Rami Olwen, CC Jordan.

The two panel presentations: Creative Commons and Education and Creative Commons and Music provided a springboard for discussions in the nine separate workshops. The workshop leaders provided a facilitated report - with the outcome of these discussions providing the Creative Commons Australia team with significant work and challenges to continue with. A great day with lots of great networking, good food and entertainment completing the day.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

e-Portfolio Symposium - 4

KerryJ — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:31:45 +0000

In this final of four podcasts from the National e-Portfolio Symposium held 11 June 2008 in Adelaide, South Australia, Suzanne Curyer, Manager of Career Services for education.au, shares the pre-symposium survey findings.

Visit the e-Portfolios section of the education.au web site for more resources relating to this event.

e-Portfolio Symposium - 3

KerryJ — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:30:40 +0000

In the third of four podcasts from the National e-Portfolio Symposium held in Adelaide on 11 June 2008, Wendy Harper, the Associate Director of Teaching and Learning Support Services at the Queensland University of Technology provides an overview of the Australian e-Portfolio Project and shares the higher education sector experience.

Visit the e-Portfolios section of the education.au web site for more resources relating to this event.

e-Portfolio Symposium - 2

KerryJ — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:28:55 +0000

In this second of four podcasts from the National e-Portfolio Symposium held in Adelaide on 11 June 2008, Allison Miller, Project Manager, e-Portfolio Business Activity, Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) gives us the VET perspective on e-Portfolios.

Visit the e-Portfolios section of the education.au web site for more resources relating to this event.

e-Portfolio Symposium - 1

KerryJ — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:27:08 +0000

In this first of four podcasts, Jerry Leeson, Business Solutions Manager for education.au takes us through current and emerging models for e-Portfolios.

Visit the e-Portfolios section of the education.au web site for more resources relating to this event.

The other three will be following in rapid succession - sorry to flood you like this, but we promised to get all of these up today!

Digital Education Revolution - Mark Pesce, Gerry White and audience

KerryJ — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:07:15 +0000

In the final podcast from symposia “The Digital Education Revolution Realising the Possibilities, Managing the Realities” - Mark Pesce and Gerry White take questions from attendees and discuss the implications of technology, the revolution and what needs to happen to support educators.

Digital Education Revolution - Shelagh Whittlestone 2

KerryJ — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:05:43 +0000

In this fifth of six presentations from the symposia “The Digital Education Revolution Realising the Possibilities, Managing the Realities” - Shelagh Whittlestone, Branch Manager of the Digital Education Revolution (DER) task force in Canberra looks at what comes next.

Digital Education Revolution - Michael Cowling

KerryJ — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:03:59 +0000

In this fourth of six from the symposia “The Digital Education Revolution Realising the Possibilities, Managing the Realities” - consultant Michael Cowling shares the impressive work that Aberfoyle Park High School (8-12) does in integrating elearning technologies into their teaching practice.

Digital Education Revolution - Garry Putland

KerryJ — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:01:14 +0000

In this third of six podcasts from the symposia “The Digital Education Revolution Realising the Possibilities, Managing the Realities” - education.au General Manager Garry Putland presents on the mind shifts that need to occur to enable schools to effectively integrate ICTs.

Digital Education Revolution - Mark Pesce keynote

KerryJ — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:13:16 +0000

In this second of six podcasts from the symposia “The Digital Education Revolution Realising the Possibilities, Managing the Realities” - futurist and co-inventor of VRML Mark Pesce introduces us to the mindset of “Those Wacky Kids” and why traditional educational is no longer relevant to them.

Digital Education Revolution - Gerry White, Shelagh Whittlestone

KerryJ — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:32:29 +0000

In this first of six podcasts from the symposia The Digital Education Revolution “Realising the Possibilities, Managing the Realities” - ICT Consultant Gerry White opens the day and introduces Shelagh Whittlestone, Branch Manager of the Digital Education Revolution (DER) task force in Canberra. Shelagh gives an overview of the aims of the DER initiative.

Assessment of mlearning - an Irish perspective

dbullen — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:06:30 +0000

Gavin Cooney, CEO Learnosity presented his paper - Use of Mobile Phones for Language Learning and Assessment for Learning, a Pilot Project - at the mlearn conference in Melbourne. Gavin outlined the work the company has undertaken with the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NCCA) to assist with the assessement of Irish language skills. The paper co-written by Gavin Cooney and Katrina Keogh from NCCA for the mlearn conference is available on the Learnosity site.

What is really interesting is that this is not just about assessing student learning but providing the opportunity for students and teachers to really engage in the learning cycle using adaptive formative e-assessment. For example,

Students are encouraged to podcast their responses so they can be involved in a review process of their language learning
Exemplary answers from student can be easily used as learning examples for other students

The assessment is all voice based with the ability for the system to use voiceprint, i.e ability for the system to know who is talking.

67% or students and teachers stated students had made progress in speaking as a result of participating in the project.

95% of students enjoyed using the technology.

Learnosity has been working with the NSW Board of Studies since 2002 in the area of e-assessment.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Devices + Desires: researching the pedagogy of mobile learning

dbullen — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:48:34 +0000

Professor Angela McFarlane delivered the opening keynote presentation at the mlearn conference - making the connections in Melbourne 17 October 2007.

The presentation provided participants at the conference with an overview of the work in progress that Angela McFarlane is undertaking with 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools in the UK, funded by BECTA.

The project is working intensively with teachers, with the research looking at:

what happens to teachers and learners when handheld devices enter their lives
making sense of what is happening
what pedagogical changes might take place.

Emerging themes from the research include:

Question of mobility, eg motivation level of students to take work away with them, questions of ergonomics (the stylus for PDAs not easy to use - students replacing stylus with pens + pencils which were easier to hold and use but not good for the PDA screen)
Question of choice - relates to autonomy and ownership
Ready store of prior work as an aid to reflection
Ready access to a range of applications in a range of places.

Issues which have emerged from the research to date have included:

“shoehorning” learning into technology doesn’t work
potential for learning with devices is not yet being fully exploited
need to teach students about meaningful file name conventions and choices about archiving
need to build in iteration, ie going back and using information that has been stored and saved for further reflection.

McFarlane’s observation from her research is that - Effective teachers use technologies effectively.

Angela McFarlane referred to Hilda Kruger’s flowchart of technology supported activites. See link to Kruger’s map of technologies supporting academics to include resources that might contribute to information literacy.

The following link is to Angela McFarlane’s keynote presentation at Building Learning Communities in Boston MA, July 2007. In the address Angela discusses online communities of learning.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

mLearn Melbourne 2007 - making the connections

dbullen — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:23:05 +0000

The 6th Annual International Conference on Mobile Learning - making the connections - is on in Melbourne 16 - 19 October. If you want to be at the conference but you can’t attend you can join some of the presentations via the live Elluminate sessions - follow the link to the program for details.

Charlie Schlick, Product Manager - Nokia is keynote speaker for Thursday 18 October - The Mobile Lifestyle: How the fusion of the mobile and the Internet have changed the way we live, learn, and play.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Howard Rheingold - ASLA Conference

dbullen — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:57:43 +0000

This podcast features Howard Rheingold’s keynote presentation at the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) Biennial Conference - Hearts on Fire - held in Adelaide 2-5 October.

Howard’s presentation at the ASLA conference provided participants with a journey through the evolution of human communication and the ability to organise collective action. Outlining how the development of the ability to communicate, coordinate, organise and build - new forms of economic production emerged.

The narrative Howard Rheingold builds provides a range of different examples to show the potential of collaboration and social networking. He also talks about the challenge of literacies in the future - “to introduce people to the broad interdisciplinary understanding of how we do things together.” It is this challenge where he sees that librarians have a major role to play in linking disciplines together.

After listening to Howard Rheingold’s presentation - watch - Information R/evolution - a short video by Michael Wesch (you will probably remember seeing another video Wesch produced Web 2.0…The Machine is Us/ing Us) - the video provides a representation of the development of information and communication - the final frame of the video asks us - the viewer - if we are ready for the Information R/evolution.

Another video on YouTube by Michael Wesch, which is definitely worth a look at is A Vision of Students Today

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Fireside chat with Howard Rheingold

dbullen — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:56:11 +0000

This podcast features the fireside chat with Greg Black, CEO education.au and Howard Rheingold at the education.au seminar - A vision for the future - held in Melbourne Tuesday 2 October.

The chat covers a range of topics including:

critical issues for maximising the benefits of ICT for learning
strategies for mainstreaming innovative practices
and insight into Howard Rheingold’s personal aspirations.

During the chat Greg Black invites Howard to elaborate further on any issues from his keynote presentation in the morning. In doing so Howard talks further about the historical movement from writing through to the printing press and the internet and the changes this has made to collective action today. He goes on to say how the merging of the internet, the mobile phone and the digital computer is making things possible that we wouldn’t have imagined a few years ago.

Howard also talks about important trends to keep our eye on - ways in which people are doing things together in new ways.

The last question from a participant at the seminar asked what his next book might focus on if he was to write a next book - Howard’s answer - Cooperation and collective action.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Panel presentation

dbullen — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:39:54 +0000

This podcast features the panel presentation at the education.au seminar - A vision for the furture - held in Melbourne, Tuesday 2 October.

The panel was facilitated by Howard Rheingold, the keynote speaker at the seminar.

The panellists were asked to address the following question: How can we best connect and engage with learners in a time of constant change with technology?

Panel members, in order of presentation, include:

Katrina Reynen, Assistant General Manager, Innovationsa, Research and Innovation Division, Department of Education, Victoria
Steve Grocott, CEO Nine Lanterns and Secretary of eLearning Victoria
Calvin Taylor, PhD Student, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Vivienne Blanksby, Program Leader e-Works, Australian Flexible Learning Framework.

David Cummings, who presented prior to the panel discussion, is also a panel member. (David Cummings, Head of Flexible Learning Unit, Staff College, Victoria University)

Following is a brief synopsis of the questions which were asked of the panellists.

Question 1: How can we bring Web 2.0 functionality into a managed learning environment? Panellist responses from - David Cummings, Steve Grocott and Howard Rheingold.

Question 2: How could authentic assessment, maybe eportfolios, work in the context of informal learning with the issues of credentialling. Panellist response from Steve Grocott.

Question 3: Where do you see the predominant space and place where people will operate in the next generation will be in relation to where things are happening in the voactional sector? Panellist responses from Vivienne Blanksby and Katrina Reynen.

Question 4: What is the current thinking on laptops for primary and secondary students in terms of personal ownership and transporting them to and from schools? Panellist response from Katrina Reynen.

Question 5: What is the panels view on a blended approach to learning which includes a mixture of online Web 2.0 technology and hard copy text books. Panellist responses from David Cummings, Steve Grocott, Vivienne Blanksby, Calvin Taylor and Howard Rheingold.

Question 6 from Howard Rheingold to the panellists and participants at the seminar: What are your experiences with using blended and Web 2.0 learning media that have been very successful and have:

engaged students
inspired them to learn.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

David Cummings - an Australian perspective

dbullen — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:04:13 +0000

This podcast features David Cummings’ presentation at the education.au seminar - A vision for the future - held in Melbourne, Tuesday 2 October.

David Cummings is the Head of the Flexible Learning Unit, Staff College, Victoria University. The Flexible Learning Unit provides services, programs and development resources to support teachers and academics at Victoria University to create innovative teaching and learning experiences using multimedia and communication technologies.

David’s presentation has a focus on:

What students want to support them in their learning
What students are doing
How can practitioners make learning a better experience for students.

Access the PowerPoint presentation accompanying David’s presentation.

Access David’s presentation notes.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Q + A session with Howard Rheingold

dbullen — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:47:55 +0000

This podcast features the question and answer session which followed Howard Rheingold’s keynote presentation at the education.au seminar in Melbourne, Tuesday 2 October.

Following is a brief synopsis of the questions which were asked of Howard.

Question 1: What is your prediction for what the workforce is going to look like in 20years time.

Question 2: How can university lecturers best work with the wide ranging cultural backgrounds of students that they teach?

Question 3: What are the issues in relation to the walled garden and an open community online? What is the role of the politician online?

Question 4: What are some of the pathways by which digital immigrants may be able to best access the social networking and public spaces created by social networking that digital natives use?

Question 5: How could we best progress understandings and policy within an organisation as it struggles to adopt the use of Web 2.0 as part of its infrastructure when often people within the organisations have side stepped or jumped over Web 2.0 tools and moved straight into Second Life and other third world environments?

Question 6: Can you elaborate on what schools can do to educate and ensure students have the skills for the 21st Century?

Question 7: What sort of institutions do you think might be required to really support those businesses who are fuelled by people who are embracing social networking?

Question 8: On the issue of open architecture and open systems - how do you think these different movements will play out over the next decade.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Howard Rheingold Melbourne 2 October - Keynote presentation

dbullen — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:38:20 +0000

This podcast features Howard Rheingold’s keynote presentation in Melbourne on Tuesday 2 October.

In this presentation Howard Rheingold talks about the two phenomenon which are becoming very important when we bring the world of education and the world of the internet together. These phenomenon include the:

Critical reading skills necessary in the era of the search engine as the internet has shifted the focus of responsibility for determining the authority of the text from the publisher and the library to the reader.
Need for an education based rather than a regulation based response to the moral panics over young people being online.

Howard Rheingold also says that in an age of participatory media it is essential for education to teach students the connection between citizenship and media literacy skills. By learning how to use media production and distribution technologies students will be able to develop a public voice about issues they care about.
deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Tagging the education.au seminar

dbullen — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:51:24 +0000

If you are blogging or publishing materials about the education.au seminar, A vision for the future I invite you to use the tag eduausem2007. Using this tag will make it easier to capture everything by people who might be blogging, using flickr, indexing material on digg, technorati, or del.icio.us at the seminar.

The keynote speaker for this seminar is Howard Rheingold - who first identified the impact of the internet in his groundbreaking book ‘The Virtual Community’.

Having forecast the explosion of the internet years before it occurred, Howard Rheingold is now predicting that the most important innovation for the information age in the near future will not be hardware or software but social practice.

For further information about the seminar go to www.educationau.edu.au/seminar/future

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Meeting Howard…..

dbullen — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:36:31 +0000

Howard Rheingold has been working in the online world since the 1980’s, ‘….looking for new ways to connect with other people’. Last week I met Howard at the eDayz conference in Adelaide where he delivered his first keynote at the eDayz conference in Adelaide (his last visit to Australia was over 10 years ago).

Check out Michael Coghlan at Podding Downunder - Michael shares a few thoughts on Howard’s plenary session at eDayz.

Howard also delivered two workshops at the conference on the second day. At the workshop, I attended, he introduced himself to participants as a lifelong learner - inviting everyone to join in a conversation about the nuances of teaching and learning. He shared his recent experience of learning how to produce video and the connections he had made with people along this journey - giving us a look at some of the products of this work. Howard also shared some of the hazards and pitfalls of developing video.

What was particularly special about this workshop was the way in which Howard Rheingold also set the backdrop for the conversation between participants. He had shared a story about his learning journey and then invited others to comment - to join in the conversation. The stories connected, digressed, elaborated, agreed, built on the conversation around teaching and learning - leaving behind plenty more to talk about.

Howard showed a small snippet of a video about teaching and learning in Second Life - it would be great to watch the whole thing.

Don’t miss out on meeting and hearing Howard Rheingold - he will be the keynote speaker the education.au seminar in Melbourne - Tuesday 2 October

deebo-Deanne Bullen-educatiion.au

Join the discussion

dbullen — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:40:17 +0000

Don’t miss out on the last education.au seminar for 2007 - A vision for the future. The keynote speaker for the seminar is Howard Rheingold, the author of Smart Mobs.

The program for the day will include a panel discussion and debate that Howard Rheingold will facilitate. The members of the panel will have representation from across the sectors of education. The panel will also include student representation.

The question that will be addressed by panellists is - How can we best connect and engage with learners in a time of constant change with technology?

To join the group, A vision for the future, and participate in the discussion you need to be registered with edna.
If you are not yet registered with edna then follow the instructions below:

* Please go to http://www.groups.edna.edu.au and click on Register (top right corner of the page)
* Complete the details and submit the form and then await an email that allows you to confirm your registration.
* Then go back to http://www.groups.edna.edu.au and log in

Our group is at http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/rheingold

Once you are logged in put the URL of the group in the Address Bar

Once you are a member of the group you should always be able to get in through http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/my so that is a good address to bookmark.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

A vision for the future

dbullen — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:10:10 +0000

Howard Rheingold is the keynote speaker for the next education.au seminar on 2 October 2007 at the Atlantic Group, Shed 14 Central Pier, Melbourne Docklands.

He is the well known author of Smart Mobs and many other books which have contributed significantly to the conversation around the evolution of societies - with many of his forecasts for the future confirmed. An interview with Howard by Roland Piquepaille on ZDNet in 2006 - Emerging Technology Trends - provides an insight into Howard’s observations and thinking.

The Smart Mobs website and weblog provides further information about topics and issues discussed in Howard Rheingold’s book Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution.

Howard Rheingold teaches at the Berkeley School of Information (Participatory Media/Collective Action) and Stanford Communication Department (Virtual Community/Social Media).

For further information about the seminar go to: www.educationau.edu.au/seminar/future

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Fireside chat with danah boyd

dbullen — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:47:35 +0000

This podcast features the fireside chat, at the education.au seminar Melbourne Wednesday 8 August, with danah boyd and Mark Pesce.

The conversation led by Mark Pesce, provided an opportunity to discuss in further detail issues danah had spoken about in her keynote presentation. Questions from Mark and further questions from participants at the seminar also explores danah’s observations of the Australian context.

deebo-DeanneBullen-education.au

Panel discussion - Melbourne 8 August

dbullen — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:17:46 +0000

This podcast features the panel discussion at the education.au seminar held in Melbourne Wednesday 8 August.

The panel was facilitated by Mark Pesce - an educator, writer, inventor and engineer.

The panellists for this discussion included:

danah boyd - keynote speaker at the seminar

Jennifer Wilson - Managing Director of HWW

Tai Kerlin, Year 10 student, Flora Hill Secondary College Victoria

Kim Parker, Year 10 student, Flora Hill Secondary College.

Participants at the seminar particularly liked the inclusion of the students on the panel:

Really thought the two school students were both wonderful and illuminating.

Enjoyed contributions of students Tai and Kim - a reality check.

Like the idea that students are represented and excellent to hear student perspective.

Informative panel session, great to have personal experiences from young people on the topic.

Year 10’s were brilliant.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

Jennifer Wilson - presentation Melbourne seminar 8 August

dbullen — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:26:42 +0000

This podcast features Jennifer Wilson’s presentation at the education.au seminar in Melbourne, Wednesday 8 August at the RACV Club Melbourne.

Jennifer is currently the Managing Director of HWW a specialist content aggregation, syndication and digital publishing company.

Christina Thurn, Walt Disney Internet Group, describes Jennifer as “one of the best minds in the mobile business. She is well known as a respected voice for her in-depth analysis of the digital content industry, and is also highly regarded for her unique ability to build complex content systems that not only work, but are simple and easy to use.”

Jennifer was invited to extend her presentation at the Melbourne seminar after feedback from participants at the Brisbane seminar on Monday 6 August;

Would have liked a longer session from Jennifer Wilson - who was superb.

Jennifer Wilson - very useful information on local context.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

danah boyd Melbourne 8 August - Keynote presentation Part 2

dbullen — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:08:51 +0000

This podcast features the second half of danah boyd’s keynote presentation at the RACV Club Melbourne on the 8 August.

Feedback from participants at the seminar are a testament to the depth of understanding danah communicates in her presentation:

Really, really excellent. I came to hear danah boyd and was not disappointed.

Fantastic - danah is engaging and expertly knowledgeable.

Best seminar day I have ever attended - great mix of keynote and discussion. Learnt more at this event than any other one day I have spent anywhere in the world.

Wonderful, eye opening. danah answered questions and gave background to the development of MySpace and Facebook which gave me an understanding I did not think possible.

It provided a global perspective on the issues facing schools and educators with respect to filtering and engaging students with the technologies available.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

danah boyd Melbourne 8 August - Keynote presentation Part 1

dbullen — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:17:11 +0000

This podcast features danah boyd’s keynote presentation, delivered to a packed house at the RACV Club Melbourne on Wednesday 8 August.

Note: Because the keynote presentation is an hour long we have edited it into two parts to assist with access for some users who may have difficulty downloading the complete presentation.

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au

danah boyd - Panel discussion - part 3

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:27:19 +0000

The panel portion of the day included danah boyd, Mark Pesce, Jennifer Wilson and two students - Elliott Blesdoe, a university student from Griffith University and Kristian Simento, a year 12 student from St. Peter’s Lutheran college.

Because the panel portion of the day went for an hour, we’ve divvied up the podcast into 3 sections. This is part 2.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

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danah boyd - Panel discussion - part 2

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:25:39 +0000

The panel portion of the day included danah boyd, Mark Pesce, Jennifer Wilson and two students - Elliott Blesdoe, a university student from Griffith University and Kristian Simento, a year 12 student from St. Peter’s Lutheran college.

Because the panel portion of the day went for an hour, we’ve divvied up the podcast into 3 sections. This is part 2.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

Subscribe to our feed: http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/seminar/feed.

danah boyd - Panel discussion - part 1

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:24:26 +0000

The panel portion of the day included danah boyd, Mark Pesce, Jennifer Wilson and two students - Elliott Blesdoe, a university student from Griffith University and Kristian Simento, a year 12 student from St. Peter’s Lutheran college.

Because the panel portion of the day went for an hour, we’ve divvied up the podcast into 3 sections. This is part 1.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

Subscribe to our feed: http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/seminar/feed.

danah boyd - Jennifer Wilson presentation

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:17:15 +0000

The presentation made by Jennifer Wilson, recently appointed to be the head of innovation at ninemsn. Jennifer is a recognised authority on mobile phones, audiences, social networks and how people share. She’s been named a top 40 digital marketer by BRW magazine.

She talks about generation C and the expansion of networks as part of education.au’s 2007 seminar series featuring danah boyd.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

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This session took place at the Brisbane at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Monday, 6 August.

danah boyd - Mark Pesce presentation

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:03:10 +0000

The presentation by panel facilitator Mark Pesce, the father of Virtual Reality Markup Language is also a writer, lecturer, honorary lecturer at the University of Sydney and a regular judge on the ABC’s “New Inventors” program.

He talks about social networks and privacy as part of education.au’s 2007 seminar series featuring danah boyd.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

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danah boyd Q&A - part 3

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:31:54 +0000

After danah boyd spoke, the enthusiastic audience members had their opportunity to ask questions.

There was a real buzz of excitement throughout the day and the questions asked during this session will really get you thinking!

Because the Q&A session ran for 55 minutes and 27 MB can be too much for some, we’ve broken the presentation into 3 chunks of roughly 9 MB each. This is part 3.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

Subscribe to our feed: http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/seminar/feed.

This session took place at the Brisbane at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Monday, 6 August.

danah boyd Q&A - part 2

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:29:41 +0000

After danah boyd spoke, the enthusiastic audience members had their opportunity to ask questions.

There was a real buzz of excitement throughout the day and the questions asked during this session will really get you thinking!

Because the Q&A session ran for 55 minutes and 27 MB can be too much for some, we’ve broken the presentation into 3 chunks of roughly 9 MB each. This is part 2.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

Subscribe to our feed: http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/seminar/feed.

This session took place at the Brisbane at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Monday, 6 August.

danah boyd Q&A - part 1

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:28:21 +0000

After danah boyd spoke, the enthusiastic audience members had their opportunity to ask questions.

There was a real buzz of excitement throughout the day and the questions asked during this session will really get you thinking!

Because the Q&A session ran for 55 minutes and 27 MB can be too much for some, we’ve broken the presentation into 3 chunks of roughly 9 MB each. This is part 1.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

Subscribe to our feed: http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/seminar/feed.

This session took place at the Brisbane at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Monday, 6 August.

danah boyd keynote - part 3

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:01:08 +0000

danah boyd spoke to a group of more than 150 people in Brisbane at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Monday, 6 August.

There was a real buzz of excitement throughout the day and people were saying they couldn’t wait to hear her presentation again – so here it is!
Because it was an hour long and 27 MB can be too much for some, we’ve broken the presentation into 3 chunks of roughly 9 MB each. This is part 3.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

danah boyd keynote - part 2

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:59:20 +0000

danah boyd spoke to a group of more than 150 people in Brisbane at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Monday, 6 August.

There was a real buzz of excitement throughout the day and people were saying they couldn’t wait to hear her presentation again – so here it is!

Because it was an hour long and 27 MB can be too much for some, we’ve broken the presentation into 3 chunks of roughly 9 MB each. This is part 2.

If you were there (or will be going to the Melbourne event) and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

danah boyd keynote - part 1

dbullen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:57:28 +0000

danah boyd spoke to a group of more than 150 people in Brisbane at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Monday, 6 August.

There was a real buzz of excitement throughout the day and people were saying they couldn’t wait to hear her presentation again – so here it is!

Because it was an hour long and 27 MB can be too much for some, we’ve broken the presentation into 3 chunks of roughly 9 MB each. This is part 1.

If you were there and are blogging, uploading photos, etc. please make sure to use the tag eduausem2007 so that your contributions will flow on through the various pipes available and feed others.

Interview with danah boyd

dbullen — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:05:49 +0000

This podcast features an interview with danah boyd.

danah is the keynote speaker at the next education.au National Seminar being held in:

Brisbane Monday 6 August

Melbourne Wednesday 8 August.

The interview with danah explores:

the main messages she would like to communicate on her visit to Australia

and

the opportunities social networking offer teachers, educators and people working with young people.

Register now for the seminar and receive 10% early bird discount. This offer closes 5pm, 29 June 2007. Your name will also go into the draw to win an iPod when you register for the seminar.

For more information about the seminar go to http://www.educationau.edu.au/seminar/network or go directly to register online at https://secure.educationau.edu.au

deebo-Deanne Bullen-education.au