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Building your PLN on Twitter

Julia Ault — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:09:08 +0000

More »This is Part 2 in my Twitter as a PLN Series. Part 1 describes how to build the toolbox. Part 2 shows how to build effective and productive online relationships using Twitter and HootSuite. Using Twitter as a PLN Part 2 View more presentations from Julia Ault

Experiential learning happens while exploring the Amazon …

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:19:02 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebFor four days, THINK Global School experienced the learning potential of a remote research station in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Being the first high school group to visit Tiputini Biodiversity Station, it was a real honor to …Via thinkglobalschool.org

MIT Expands ‘Open’ Courses, Adds Completion Certificates | Inside Higher Ed

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:18:34 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebRelevance to Adult & Prior Learning?”MIT Expands ‘Open’ Courses, Adds Completion Certificates” | IHE: http://t.co/fUFA45FR via @AddThis…Via www.insidehighered.com

5 Tips for Teachers to Navigate Facebook’s Features and Risks – New York Times

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:18:15 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by Ffynnonweb5 Tips for Teachers to Navigate Facebook’s Features and RisksNew York TimesSchoolBook followed by offering some advice for teachers, and today Facebook’s consultant on education and parent matters provides five concrete tips.Via www.nytimes.com

Study: Professors Like Social Media More Than Other Education …

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:18:04 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebStudy: Professors Like Social Media More Than Other Education Technology | Edudemic The big question raised by the infographic is: 70% of faculty believe that video, podcasts, blogs, and wikis are valuable tools for …Via edudemic.com

Why Social Media Can and Is Changing Education | Into the Driver’s …

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:17:52 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebAs I have immersed myself in the process, and have seen my own staff and school use this [social media] themselves along with students, I have seen some tremendous changes in their practice. The ease of connection needs a driver and …Via www.scoop.it

How to write for the web | Technology-enhanced learning and …

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:17:29 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebThree important questions to ask before writing anything for the web. Who: who are we writing the content for: identifying our target audience; What: what would we like our audience to learn? Why: why would our audience …Via blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk

How to interact Students With Experiential Learning « IT Experts Tips

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:16:59 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebAs a principal, college administrator, or division head, your range 1 priority (immediately after safely obtaining the kids out with the hallways and into a classroom) is to guarantee that learning really requires location in among …Via itexpertstips.bloglines.co.za

Look into the Mirror – 4 tips for learning professionals, by Charles …

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:16:39 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebMake sure any learning intervention you design or develop –whether it involves eLearning or not – is focused on gaining deep engagement with the learner. Experiential learning has far greater impact than any other …Via insights.elearningnetwork.org

NASA Social Media

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:12:31 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebNASA has quite an impressive social media plan in place that has already created quite a social buzz.Via education.ezinemark.com

25 Inspiring Infographics on Twitter | Open Source Technology Blog | Social Media in Medical Education

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:10:22 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebIn this post we have featured 25 inspiring infographics that tells you lesser known facts on twitter.Via www.scoop.it

eFront Learning: Top 10 Free and Open Source eLearning Projects to Watch for 2012

Julia Ault — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:09:07 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebTop 10 Free and Open Source eLearning Projects to Watch for 2012 http://t.co/FTvEfWvQ #edtech #elearning #edchat…Via blog.efrontlearning.net

MIT Online Courses: What Does it Mean? – Wired News

Julia Ault — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:44:53 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by Ffynnonweb Social BarrelMIT Online Courses: What Does it Mean?Wired NewsWhat if a class is more than content and assessment? What if the class is a community of learners? What then? In that case, this MITx is just another tool.Via www.wired.com

Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning …

Julia Ault — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:43:50 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by Ffynnonweb We are pleased to announce the 8th Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning, to take place from Monday, May 21st to Friday May 25th, 2012. Pre-summer school activities are organized all day on …Via beamtenherrschaft.blogspot.com

GoDaddy Pulls its Support from SOPA – PCWorld

Julia Ault — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:42:56 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by Ffynnonweb RTGoDaddy Pulls its Support from SOPAPCWorldBy Grant Gross, IDG News Giant domain name registrar GoDaddy.com has pulled its support from the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act after owners of several websites announced they would take their…Via www.pcworld.com

Credit for Prior Learning – Bellevue University / CorporateLearning.com

Julia Ault — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:42:41 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by Ffynnonweb Bellevue University accepts credit transfers from all types of prior learning. You may already be ahead of the game!Via ht.ly

GoDaddy pulls its support from SOPA – Computerworld

Julia Ault — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:41:20 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by Ffynnonweb Digitaltrends.comGoDaddy pulls its support from SOPAComputerworldBy Grant Gross IDG News Service – Giant domain name registrar GoDaddy.com has pulled its support from the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act after owners of several websites…Via www.computerworld.com

Social Media in Higher Education – Recommended Guidelines for Instr…

Julia Ault — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:38:22 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by Ffynnonweb Via Scoop.it – E-Learning-Inclusivo (Mashup) My Geekery in a NutshellTwitter: @itjilEmail: jil@wrightbrainedsolutions.comLinkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/itjilBlog: itjil.blogspot.com… …Via…Via juandomingofarnos.wordpress.com

E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning PhD Cohort 2 – Lancaster University |

Julia Ault — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:37:48 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by Ffynnonweb E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning PhD Cohort 2 – Lancaster University – Check out these Learning…Via edteck-lms.org

TwitLonger — When you talk too much for Twitter

Julia Ault — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:35:13 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by FfynnonwebTwitLonger is the easy way to post more than 140 characters to Twitter http://t.co/7jxUIAPO…)…Via www.twitlonger.com

Why our best social networks aren’t on computers

Julia Ault — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:22:51 +0000

More »Via Scoop.it – TEL by Ffynnonweb I HAVE been giving a lot of thought to our social networks as Christmas approaches. Not the Facebooks and the Twitters, mind you, but those other, underappreciated social networks which form the foundation of our community.Via belfastmediagroup.com

Ffynnonweb Tutorials and Guides wiki

Julia Ault — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:45:49 +0000

More »The aim of the new Ffynnonweb Tutorials and Guides Wiki is to build and develop a comprehensive online resources repository of teaching and training materials ‘in the cloud’ for Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). Topics include Mobile Learning - including a page on QR Codes and comprehensive tables of iPad/iPhone apps for different uses (education, business etc) PebblePad Tutorials [...]

JISC Content Resources

Julia Ault — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:58:56 +0000

Juliadesigns’ Flickr photostream

Julia Ault — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:45:26 +0000

More » Juliadesigns’ photostream on Flickr. Added a bunch of photos from the National Botanic Garden Wales and my own humble small garden

Gwella 2011 report now available

Julia Ault — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:44:40 +0000

More » by Derek Morrison, 7 June 2011 The Gwella Report 2011 takes stock of the background and progress of the last three years of this well-received programme in the Welsh HE sector. To assist future access and retrieval of the document a permanent link to this posting has been placed in the “Reports” section of [...]

Gwella briefings now available

Julia Ault — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:43:46 +0000

More » by Derek Morrison, 13 June 2011 Thank you to the Welsh HEIs that have produced briefings about their different initiatives. I have now packaged them up in single zip file which can be downloaded below. Each HEI that has contributed one or more briefings has a separate folder within the zip file. To assist [...]

What is Information Literacy?

Julia Ault — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:35:32 +0000

More » via infolitlib20.blogspot.com Posted via email from Ffynnonweb on Posterous

Explore the amazing TEDxTalks video collection: 7,000+ videos, now findable

Julia Ault — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:32:18 +0000

More » via feedproxy.google.com Posted via email from Ffynnonweb on Posterous

Teachers and librarians: we need to work together

Julia Ault — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:30:54 +0000

More » This week in Cambridge I visited the Education Faculty to meet a group of trainee science secondary school teachers and a group of early years trainee teachers. The teachers were attending their last formal teaching session of the year and for the science teachers it was a web 2.0 training day. The primary teachers [...]

100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner (College@Home)

Julia Ault — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:24:46 +0000

More »This is an excellent set of resources from collegeathome.com that you can use to cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is. For those unfamiliar with the term, a learning style is a way in which an individual approaches learning. Many people understand material much better when it is presented in one format, [...]

Conference/Workshop Report Feb – Apr 2011

Julia Ault — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:17:24 +0000

More » The full report has been uploaded to the Learning Enhancement Initiatives wiki or you can download the pdf file here. confreportfeb-apr_ja.pdf Download this file

A snapshot of the life of an Ed-Tech…

Julia Ault — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:47:15 +0000

More » I have just completed my regular TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning) update for work and thought it might perhaps be of wider interest in terms of the variety of tasks involved. My role as Technology Enhanced Learning Officer involves a combination of the following duties: Local Systems Administrator for the VLE (Blackboard Learn 9.1) Local [...]

Beatles Story Albert Dock

Julia Ault — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:35:12 +0000

More » A very enjoyable time was had last week after the #jisc11 conference in Liverpool – more about that in later posts – when I took a few days break to relax and get back in touch with family and friends. I also took a few photos of landmarks etc, when I was there!

Brand consolidation..

Julia Ault — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:55:07 +0000

More » Is Spring in the air? Sadly not quite yet down here in West Wales, but nonetheless I have decided that the imminent end of Winter and potential start of Spring is a good time to refocus and channel my online energies more productively than has hitherto been the case. Not only do I intend [...]

How are Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) having an effect on Education?

Julia Ault — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:10:31 +0000

More » From Rliberni’s Blog: Radical Language via rliberni.wordpress.com Brilliant insight into using Twitter as your PLN via #edchat – held every Tuesday on Twitter

Learning and Teaching Innovation grants « JISC RSC MASHe

Julia Ault — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:25:28 +0000

More » JISC recently announced the funding call for Grant 04/08: Learning and teaching innovation (LTIG). These are small up to £50k one year projects giving institutions the opportunity to explore projects to support teaching and learning at the more innovative/high risk end of the spectrum. This is the 6th call for this particular type of [...]

Mind Mapping – Paul’s E-Learning Resources

Julia Ault — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:03:28 +0000

More » via sites.google.com Paul’s E-Learning Resources is a veritable goldmine of useful information for you to browse

A snapshot of my TEL activities Jan – Oct 2010

Julia Ault — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:17:24 +0000

More » A summary of a range of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) related events and activities that took place between January and October 2010. It covers conference reports from: JISC RSC Wales Roadshows: Jan – April 2010 Blackboard Northern Europe Teaching and Learning Conference April 2010 SALT Conference: May 2010 The JISC Innovation Forum: July 2010 [...]

Training Teachers in use of technologies for learning

Julia Ault — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:26:32 +0000

More » Training teachers in effective pedagogic practices of use of technologies for learning Read more at www.pontydysgu.org See this Amp at http://bit.ly/abK6xs

Using Twitter as a PLN: Part 1 Building the toolbox

Julia Ault — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:58:53 +0000

More » via slideshare.net Posted via email from SWW TEL Picks

iPad and Kindle Reading Speeds (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)

Julia Ault — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:42:41 +0000

More » Jakob Nielsen‘s Alertbox, July 2, 2010: iPad and Kindle Reading Speeds Summary: A study of people reading long-form text on tablets finds higher reading speeds than in the past, but they’re still slower than reading print. Many companies are betting big that electronic book readers will be one of the main ways people read [...]

BigBlueButton

Julia Ault — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:21:31 +0000

More » via bigbluebutton.org An Open Source alternative to Elluminate for web conferencing in Higher Education. Posted via email from SWW TEL Picks

Learning communities: Case studies: Twitter for Learning

Julia Ault — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:31:27 +0000

More » via helenwhitehead.com Excellent post by @helenrf with useful information on case studies where Twitter has been used in Academia in a formal or semi-formal way. Posted via email from SWW TEL Picks

eXe, The eLearning XHTML editor – WikiEducator

Julia Ault — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:28:46 +0000

More » via wikieducator.org Further info and resources on eXe can also be found on this blog page Using eXe to create web pages (Learning Technology Development at Edgehill University) Posted via web from SWW TEL Picks

TweetDeck Training Videos

Julia Ault — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:30:41 +0000

More »You can find a set of TweetDeck training videos as part of the teachertrainingvideos.com site. Many more free training videos are also available on the site. I use TweetDeck daily and can highly recommend it as a ‘cant live without’ app which brings me useful and relevant resources for both work and home!

Ebook: Twitter For Beginners | Social Media DIY Workshop

Julia Ault — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:27:26 +0000

More » via socialmediadiyworkshop.com Posted via web from SWW TEL Picks

Zotero for Referencing

Julia Ault — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:53:30 +0000

More » via zotero.org Posted via web from SWW TEL Picks

Apple – iTunes U – A wealth of knowledge from top institutions.

Julia Ault — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:33:07 +0000

More » via apple.com Posted via web from SWW TEL Picks

Facebook to Link Profiles and Pages

Julia Ault — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:27:42 +0000

More » Read more on Mashable Posted via web from Ffynnonweb on Posterous