Archive for September, 2006
September 25th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Our City Podcast - Teacher Resources. ‘You are probably interested in having students podcast, but often don’t know where to start. You want to podcast, but aren’t ready to commit to producing regularly. You want an example for students to follow. You also want students to have a good reason to podcast and to have an audience. Also, you want your students to produce something they are “experts” on. Our City Podcast was designed to help you with all of this! Our City Podcast is a collection of individual podcasts by students from different cities.’
Educational podcasting for teaching and learning. ‘You can freely access educational content from different podcast channels which, together, contain over 3500 podcasts. We are accredited by BECTA as a registered content provider for Curriculum Online. All of the podcasts listed in our podcast directory are “family friendly podcasts”, sourced world-wide and are good examples of educational podcasting in audio, enhanced and video formats to support teaching and learning.’
Podcasting in Education
Technorati Tags: Educational Podcasting, Podcasting Resources, Educational Technology
September 25th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Create-A-Scape. ‘The Create-A-Scape website is provided by Futurelab, with the support of the DfES and HP Labs, to enable teachers and students to create mediascapes as easily as possible and to find all the resources they need to make them in one place. We hope that you find everything you need to create your mediascapes, including all of the software, step-by-step guides, and inspiration to get you started in using them in school. Create-A-Scape was inspired by Futurelab prototype research projects which demonstrated the enormous potential of mobile technology for learning. Futurelab identified a significant need for a tool of this type among educators and, with support from the DfES and HP Labs, turned the idea into a learning resource that is freely available to everybody.’
Technorati Tags: Create-A-Scape, mLearning, Futurelab, Educational Mobile Technology
September 25th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Spend/Thrift: Online MBA programs come of age. ‘The Global Executive MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business is a top-rated program for midcareer professionals. As with many other master of business administration programs for executives, the price tops $115,000, applicants have more than 10 years of work experience, and they arrive from the four corners. What sets this program apart? It is almost completely Internet-based. In 18 months of instruction, students participate in person in 10 weeks of residencies. For the rest of the time, they study off-site, follow CD- rom lectures on their own time, participate in interactive discussions and virtual information sessions, and perform case studies from a distance with the colleagues they met in residence - all while continuing their careers.’
All Business Schools - Your Guide to Business Education and Careers. ‘All Business Schools is a comprehensive online directory of accredited business degree programs and business career resources. Our mission is to help you find the degree and education resources you’ll need to realize your personal goals.’
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Your MBA Online
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Technorati Tags: Online MBA, Distance Education, Online Courses
September 24th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
e-Learning Design can be Better - Donald Clark of Ufi Tells Kineo. ‘There’s no question that what separates the good from the great in e-learning is the quality of design – and there’s not that much great design around. So says Donald Clark, board member of Ufi, in a new podcast interview with Kineo. Kineo, the leading rapid e-learning company, conducts regular podcast interviews with leaders in learning and technology. Donald Clark, an industry veteran and ex-CEO of Epic well known for his direct and uncompromising views, is as insightful and controversial as ever in this week’s podcast interview, available now on the Kineo website. Why is so much of e-learning such a disappointment? That was just one of the questions posed by Stephen Walsh, Kineo partner, to Donald Clark. At the core of his answer: poor quality design. As he put it: “Much e-learning is based on staid and outdated models…it’s a shame that so many e-learning designers have gotten stuck in a rut. Gagné, the man who said you have to have learning objectives at the start of every course? If that’s your view, you don’t deserve to be listened to. We know a lot about how the brain works: attention grabbing, cognitive overload, memory…but hardly any of that is taken seriously…instead the industry slavishly follows 50 year-old models”.’
Donald Clark Interview. ‘Donald Clark, Board Director of Ufi and well-known e-learning figure, shares his ever-colourful views on all things e-learning this month.’
Kineo - Rapid E-Learning and Consultancy. ‘Kineo is dedicated to excellence in learning. Our purpose: to help you transform how you and your organisation learn.’
Technorati Tags: Kineo, Donald Clark, elearning
September 21st, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Online Degree Reviews - Unbiased Online Degree Review. ‘Steve Rawlinson, a software and web developer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada created www.OnlineDegreeReviews.org in his spare time in response to the lack of information about online degree programs available on the Internet. The website officially launched on Tuesday, July 25, 2006. OnlineDegreeReviews.org gives the ability to current and former students to post reviews of online education programs, and rate the program based on several criteria, including the professors, educational materials, use of technology, and overall value. Current and former students to online education now have a place to offer their knowledge of online degree programs to potential students. OnlineDegreeReviews.org allows the user to easily add to its every growing list of colleges and programs. The biggest challenge will be to receive contributions from students and have them write a review, but as the website states “How valuable would a review of your program have been to you before you enrolled? What costly mistakes might you have avoided?”
Online Degree Reviews Blog
September 21st, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
The eLearning Network - A window on the world of e-learning. ‘ The eLearning Network provides leadership and good practice in the use of all aspects of applying technology to learning. The primary objective of the eLearning Network is to be the foremost source of information and guidance for professionals governed by professionals. The eLearning Network is a) A trusted source of knowledge and advice; b) An independent perspective and c) A window on the world of e-learning.’
Conference: The Whole Show – Right Here, Right Now, London, September 29th 2006. The one day conference will involve collaborating to develop a piece of e-learning from scratch during the day. The objective is to take a simple, self-contained learning need, and create an e-learning solution in one of eight groups led by design and development specialists. Each group will be challenged to create a distinctive version of the ‘project’, working with different goals, target groups and development tools (some with fully-functioned authoring systems and some with the commonplace Rapid Development tools that reside on everyone’s desktop).’
September 21st, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Xstreamulator. ‘Xstreamulator is an automated streaming application developed by Jeremy Littler of the Digital Media Projects Office. With Xstreamulator, it is possible to live webcast (i.e., stream) lectures from the PT classrooms at Ryerson, and from remote locations (e.g., home/office). Depending on hardware capabilities, Xstreamulator can webcast audio, video and even desktop content. Xstreamulator also supports the live insertion of images and PowerPoint slides.’
Digital Media Projects Office. ‘The Digital Media Projects Office (DMP) provides Ryerson faculty, staff and graduate students with assistance in the production and use of multimedia technologies for teaching and learning. Our goal is to support the effective use of new media for instruction, working in partnership with faculty and staff as they explore and use educational technology.’
September 21st, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Digital technology goes to class. ‘Move over, PowerPoint - there’s a new technology on the education scene. Podcasting is the next must-use classroom tool, experts say. It’s cutting-edge, it’s far-reaching - and it allows busy students to study on the go.
“One benefit to podcasting is the ability for students to bring it with them,” says Stephanie Goetz, the learning technology support specialist at Ryerson’s Digital Media Projects Office. Apple has even gone so far as to create a business around educational podcasts. A number of Canadian and U.S. universities have enrolled in iTunes U, a system that allows institutions to keep their digital educational content in one easy-to-access place. Stanford and Carleton universities are among those using its services, but Ryerson is hesitant to adopt the system because it might require students to buy iPods, Goetz says.’
Podcasting Makes the Grade. ‘While podcasting has been around for less than a decade, its popularity has grown tremendously in the last few years. After Apple began adopting the technology in 2003, podcasts from a seemingly endless variety of sources became available at the click of a mouse button. Podcasting is also gaining ground in the education market as a means to capture and distribute class lectures at institutes of higher learning. In the Fall of 2005, the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) campus undertook a pilot run of recording devices and distribution methods to see if podcasting was suitable for their learning environment. In the calendar year 2004, the Hart Hall Media Distribution Lab at UC Davis checked out 17,307 recordings of campus lectures, all of which were on cassette tape. There was an obvious demand for the recordings but, given the advancement of digital technology, was there a better way to record and distribute them?’
