Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-340780 2009-11-07T09:47:43+00:00 A daily item of e-learning interest selected by Jane Hart of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies TypePad Last chance to vote for your Top Tools for Learning 2009 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c887753ef0120a65f85c5970b 2009-11-07T09:47:43+00:00 2009-11-07T09:53:20+00:00 If you are a learning professional (e.g. educator, L&D manager, trainer, vendor, etc) then you are invited to help me build the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 list. The basic information I need is your name, an optional picture), brief details of your role as a learning professional, and the names of your 10 top tools for learning - i.e. for your own personal learning or for creating learning for others. There are a number of ways to contribute:... Jane Hart
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If you are a learning professional (e.g. educator, L&D manager, trainer, vendor, etc) then you are invited to help me build the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 list.

The basic information I need is your name, an optional picture), brief details of your role as a learning professional, and the names of your 10 top tools for learning - i.e. for your own personal learning or for creating learning for others.

There are a number of ways to contribute:

  • TWEET me - @c4lpt - the names of your Top 10 tools
  • EMAIL me - jane.hart@c4lpt.co.uk - the names of your Top 10 tools - and if desired add a sentence or two about each one describing why you have chosen it and how you use it.
  • WRITE a blog post with your list - and then tweet or email me the URL

I will be closing for contributions at 8 A.M. (GMT) Sunday, 15 November 2009. 

Shortly after that I will release the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 list - both as a webpage and a slide presentation on Slideshare.

At the time of writing this post, there have been 247 contributions.

 Learning Technologies 2010 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c887753ef0120a65f7ab2970b 2009-11-07T08:42:13+00:00 2009-11-07T08:42:34+00:00 The conference programme for the 2010 Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition has now been announced. The conference takes place 27-28 January 2009 at Olympia, London. The keynote speakers this year are Lord Puttnam, Prof Stephen Heppell and Josh Bersin, and there is a impressive line up of other speakers - all put together by Donald Taylor, the Conference Chairman. This year the presentations take place over 4 tracks Track 1: Learning Technology Track 2: Learning Strategy Track 3: Learning Issues... Jane Hart

The conference programme for the 2010 Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition has now been announced.  The conference takes place 27-28 January 2009 at Olympia, London.

The keynote speakers this year are Lord Puttnam, Prof Stephen Heppell and Josh Bersin, and there is a impressive line up of other speakers - all put together by Donald Taylor, the Conference Chairman.

This year the presentations take place over 4 tracks

  • Track 1: Learning Technology
  • Track 2: Learning Strategy
  • Track 3: Learning Issues
  • Track 4: Learning Together

I am very pleased to have been invited to participate again, and this time I will be active in two sessions: Communities and Learning (in T1), and Collaboration tools (in T4).

Full information about the conference and exhibition at the website:  Learning Technologies 2010

And of course to keep up to date with what''s happening, follow @LT10uk on Twitter.

Looking forward to meeting you - or catching up with you again - in January.

 Embedding Google Wave into Blackboard tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c887753ef0120a6b04041970c 2009-11-06T10:05:15+00:00 2009-11-06T10:05:15+00:00 I've posted a couple of times now (here and here) on useful Google Wave resources. Martin Hawksey, E-Learning Adviser at JISC RSC Scotland North and East, has now sent me two links to postings he has written on the MASHe blog on how to embed Google Wave into Blackboard: Embedding Google Wave into Blackboard - Here is an explanation of how you can embed Google Wave (and some other services like etherpad and mindmeister) into Blackboard Blackboard Wave Integration -... Jane Hart

I've posted a couple of times now (here and here) on useful Google Wave resources. 

Martin Hawksey, E-Learning Adviser at JISC RSC Scotland North and East, has now sent me two links to postings he has written on the MASHe blog on how to embed Google Wave into Blackboard:

  1. Embedding Google Wave into Blackboard - Here is an explanation of how you can embed Google Wave (and some other services like etherpad and mindmeister) into Blackboard
  2. Blackboard Wave Integration - Blackboard demonstrated integration of a wave discussions into Blackboard at EDUCAUSE09. There is a live demo of this if you have a Wave preview account.  Links and screenshots available here.
All Google Wave articles (and some other new ones) can be found in the Reading List in the C4LPT Library.
 Windows 7: The complete guide tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c887753ef0120a6acd21c970c 2009-11-05T18:54:39+00:00 2009-11-05T18:54:39+00:00 Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft, is now available, and I've just come across this guide, from Silicon Alley Insider: Windows 7: The Complete Guide. I think I'm going to upgrade - after XP, Vista was disappointing. Anybody have any experiences of Windows 7 to share? Windows 7 website is here Jane Hart

Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft, is now available, and I've just come across this guide, from Silicon Alley Insider: Windows 7: The Complete Guide.

I think I'm going to upgrade - after XP, Vista was disappointing.  Anybody have any experiences of Windows 7 to share?

Windows 7 website is here

 Can anyone help with this? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c887753ef0120a6571e27970b 2009-11-05T17:31:11+00:00 2009-11-05T17:31:11+00:00 I received this email today. Can anyone help with some suggestions? My 46 year old daughter suffered three strokes this year, and now has aphasia. She has shown some improvement from therapy, but has significant brain damage, and I wondered if you might have suggestions for tools we might use to help her recapture some of her lost vocabulary. Singing is one approach that has helped her find a word when she couldn’t find it by speaking. Please leave any... Jane Hart

I received this email today.  Can anyone help with some suggestions?

My 46 year old daughter suffered three strokes this year, and now has aphasia.  She has shown some improvement from therapy, but has significant brain damage, and I wondered if you might have suggestions for tools we might use to help her recapture some of her lost vocabulary.  Singing is one approach that has helped her find a word when she couldn’t find it by speaking.

Please leave any ideas in the comments section below or email me at jane.hart@c4lpt.co.uk.  Many thanks

Learn.Genetics tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c887753ef0120a651f641970b 2009-11-04T08:44:25+00:00 2009-11-04T08:48:15+00:00 Philip told me about this educational site: The Genetic Science Learning Center is a science and health education program located in the midst of the bioscience research being carried out at the University of Utah. Their mission is to make science easy to understand and to do this they provide two freely accessible websites: Learn.Genetics delivers educational materials on genetics, bioscience and health topics. They are designed to be used by students, teachers and members of the public. Teach.Genetics provides... Jane Hart

Philip told me about this educational site:

The Genetic Science Learning Center is a science and health education program located in the midst of the bioscience research being carried out at the University of Utah.   Their mission is to make science easy to understand and to do this they provide two freely accessible websites:

  • Learn.Genetics delivers educational materials on genetics, bioscience and health topics. They are designed to be used by students, teachers and members of the public.
  • Teach.Genetics provides resources for K-12 teachers, higher education faculty, and public educators. These include PDF-based Print-and-Go™ activities, unit plans and other supporting resources. The materials are designed to support and extend the materials on Learn.Genetics.

Learn.Genetics

[Learn.Genetics is featured in our Showcase at the main C4LPT site]

 Middlespot tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c887753ef0120a6a39a6f970c 2009-11-03T10:54:14+00:00 2009-11-03T10:54:14+00:00 In October 2008 I wrote a posting about Middlespot, Scott has now emailed to update me with the new features and functionality they've added to middlespot.com, as well as their complimentary tool mashtabs. He writes:"With a middlespot.com mashtab you can collect webpages, images, music, videos, web widgets, files, documents, code, and more in one central spot. You can add, annotate, cluster, layer, pan, resize, tweet, embed and share the content you've collected. "The real uniqueness to middlespot is the flexibility... Jane Hart

In October 2008 I wrote a posting about Middlespot, Scott has now emailed to update me with the new features and functionality they've added to middlespot.com, as well as their complimentary tool mashtabs. He writes:

"With a middlespot.com mashtab you can collect webpages, images, music, videos, web widgets, files, documents, code, and more in one central spot. You can add, annotate, cluster, layer, pan, resize, tweet, embed and share the content you've collected.

"The real uniqueness to middlespot is the flexibility of the interface.   middlespot's user interface is based on a borderless work surface that you can populate with anything you like. You'll recognize similarities in navigating this work surface just like you magnify, pan, and improve resolution when using programs like google maps."

Here are a couple of mashtab examples:

Here's a quick video of how the interface works:

Middlespot