Month: October 2005
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Stories from Steve Jobs
I just finished listening to the 15 minute commencement address Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University in May 2005, downloadable for free from Stanford on iTunes. Wow. Podcasting really is “infomation” rather than “automation,” to use the parlance of Alan November. It allows us to do things with technology that we simply couldn’t do otherwise.…
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Podcast16: eLearn 2005 – Podcasting as Disruptive Transmediation
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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Linking in online presentations
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
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?
“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
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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Wales’ principles for eLearning Design, 1:1 Failure in Cobb County
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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Next-gen Content Management
“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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Evolution of the Role of Faculty in Higher Education
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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Blogging eLearn 2005
Anyone attending the eLearning conference can include the following line of code at the end of their blog post, so Technorati will automatically index the posts with others from the conference: <div class=”technorati”>Technorati Tags: <a href=”http://www.technorati.com/search/elearn2005″ rel=”tag”> elearn2005 </a></div> Technorati Tags: elearn2005 Technorati Tags: elearn2005