This podcast is a rebroadcast of my presentation today at the Vancouver eLearn 2005 World Conference on eLearning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education. This is a remixed version of my keynote for the TECSIG conference on October 13th, with more of a focus on the implications of podcasting in higher education contexts. Program
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I had nice conversations with several people following my presentation on podcasting today, but one of the most thought provoking was with Dr. Terence Cavanaugh of the University of North Florida. We discussed the importance of instructors including links to additional resources in multimedia presentations that are posted online. Going beyond just source citations, external
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Creating Sustainable E-Learning Infrastructures – Moving Beyond the Course as the Unit of Instruction an eLearning 2005 keynote presentation by David Porter Executive Director BCcampus.ca dporter at bccampus.ca Presentation is available as both: PDF: www.sfu.ca/~davidp/ecosystem.pdf Breeze preso: present.bccampus.ca/ecosystem (I GOT STARTED TAKING NOTES LATE, ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE PRESO) Harnessing community effectively BC Campus has
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“You expect me to remember what?”: Knowledge Retention in Computer-based Training with Adult Learners An eLearn205 presentation by Doug Reid, University of Wollongong, Australia; D. Michele Jacobsen, Larry Katz, University of Calgary, Canada Were looking at trying to improve retention levels for adult learners – studying learners that wanted to use MS Outlook better -
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Technology for Advanced e-Learning an eLearn2005 presentation by Vladimir Uskov, Bradley University, USA Abstract: In 2001-2004, the InterLabs Research Institute at Bradley University (Peoria, IL, USA) hosted the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) CCLI-EMD grant # 0196015 on design, development, and testing of advanced online educational materials (OEMs) in Information Technology (IT) area. This paper describes
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A Post-Secondary Teaching Scenario for “Tomorrow” an eLearn2005 presentation by Leon Combs, Kennesaw State University, USA Abstract: This paper will present a scenario for a teaching method that would be appropriate “tomorrow” in any discipline or setting (government, industry, university, etc.) at a post-secondary level. A 1976 publication of five basic “psychological principles” for effective
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“If we know then what we know now” eLearn2005 preso by Patricia McGee, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA; Jashoda Bothra, Cicso Systems, Inc., Canada; Jennifer Gurrie, WebCT, USA; Ameeta Jadav, The Art Institute of Atlanta, USA Here because of research in next generation content management systems (CMS) Now involved in national study
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Next preso here: “Evolution of the Role of Faculty in Higher Education” – question: how will technology impact the faculty role? part of “If we know then what we know now” eLearning2005 preso faculty role is impacted by – email, discussion boards, bulletin boards, chat rooms – web based research (Google it) – applications for
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I have been sitting by Mark Sheppard, who is the Senior Education officer for the Ontario Smart Systems for Health Agency. He maintains 2 different blogs: His personal blog: Mixed Moss from a Rolling Stone eLearning blog: Mark’s eLearning Space Small world, Mark actually has a family connection to my hometown of Manhattan, Kansas and
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The Use of Blogs in Teaching, Knowledge Management, and Performance Improvement an eLearn2005 presentation by Minjuan Wang, San Diego State University, USA Abstract: The number of web logs (‘blogs’), or online personal journals, is on the rise. While this trend may reflect a human propensity for self- indulgent introspection, it may also be propelled by
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The article in last Friday’s Dallas Morning news, “We’re failing: Texas is losing teachers and students with its high-stakes tests” is politically slanted due to its source, but none-the-less right on target and worth reading. The author, Chris Bell, is a Democratic contender in the Texas gubernatorial race. This statement is 100% on target: But
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I just had a wonderful conversation with a man named Dirk from Belgium, who works for an adult education school there. I was fascinated to learn that by regulation, at least 50% of all the adult education hours in their programs are required to be face to face. Apparently this pedagogy is based on the
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Never Worry About Transfer Again: Strategies for Converging Learning and Work an eLearn2005 Wednesday keynote presentation by Allison Rosett, San Diego State University arossett@mail.sdsu.edu http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/ARossett/Arossett.html I want to talk about our work in a way that is a little bit different Transfer is everything (my belief) – also believe when you are doing a keynote
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I have made numerous modifications and additions to my paper presentation today, “Podcasting as Disruptive Transmediation,” that I am giving later this afternoon here in Vancouver at the eLearn 2005 World Conference on eLearning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education. Someone at the conference asked me to address IP (intellectual property) and podcasting, so
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According to this article in today’s WebProNews, Stanford University is embracing podcasting. Visit the site “Stanford on iTunes” (http://itunes.stanford.edu) and link to (apparently) iTunes only feeds for: Heard on Campus Global Issues: Stanford Initiatives Music Faculty Lectures Sports Books and Authors Amy Bellinger is not willing to say educators have a professional obligation to embrace
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