September 2010
22 posts
iWebKit – Make a quality iPhone Website or Webapp →
“iWebKit is a file package designed to help you create your own iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad compatible website or webapp.”
Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of... →
320 pages or so, but it features a free PDF download version.
RIM unveils PlayBook tablet to compete with iPad →
Very interesting to see the differing approaches that vendors are taking with Tablets. This is all the more reason to spend time investigating the market for the option that best suits your usage…
RIM Gets Into the Tablet Game, Throws Out the... →
RIM unveils PlayBook tablet with dual-core CPU,... →
ReactionGrid →
I particularly want to have a look at the browser-based option for this system.
PechaKucha 20x20 →
“Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, [PechaKucha] rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes…
MUD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Wikipedia article on MUDs or “Multi-User Dungeons.” MUDs are the basis for MOOs, or “MUD, object oriented.”
MOO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Wikipedia article on MOOs “A MOO (MUD, object oriented) is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users (players) are connected at the same time.”
Presence Revisited: Imagination, Competence, and... →
Research paper. “Presence is the sense of being caught up in the representations of virtual worlds. Drawing on social and literary theories and on ethnographic fieldwork, this paper examines the ways…
Assessing through Roleplay, Elizabeth Rosser,... →
Elizabeth Rosser from Foundation Studies at UNSW discusses educational use of roleplay in assessment.
Home : Inform →
HTC - Products - HTC Desire - Overview →
HTC Desire review -- Engadget →
Notes from the Creative Commons Road Show →
Here are the notes I took during today’s Creative Common’s Road Show at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts. Many thanks to everyone who made this session possible and to the presenters for…
Technology and Restoration of Voice →
This afternoon I attended a faculty forum on assessment that was intended to start a dialogue on the nature and purpose for assessment. Why we do it; how we do it; why it needs to change to suit the…
iPad Enterprise Deployment Guide: Everything... →
Matterhorn Overview | Opencast →
This appears to be an open source alternative to Lectopia.
My Office →
Lisa Lane has started a fun little meme with an Impressively annotated photo of her in her office (I’m assuming this is at work). To me this is a really nice example of taking a photo and adding…
iPad goes under the gauntlet at universities this... →
Ars Technica article on research programs looking at iPad use in higher education.
teachwithyouripad - home →
Wiki devoted to use of iPads in education.
The Trial Of The iPad Begins - Victoria Department... →
Announcement of new project. This is something to watch.
July 2010
8 posts
Introduction to Wikispaces navigation options and... →
This tutorial introduces the basic Wikispaces navigation options and discusses how to use page histories and member edit histories to track contributions to the wiki over time.
Creating Embeddable Slideshows with Flickr →
This video was inspired by a question from a colleague. It demonstrates how to use Flickr to create dynamic image slideshows that can be embedded a variety of different websites and content…
Using Netvibes to Connect a Network of Blogs →
I’ll update this post with additional details when time permits. In the meantime, the links to the components I used in this demonstration are:
Google Docs – …
BuddyPress for Building Community Websites →
This video was initially intended as a brief demonstration and update for a few people to help bring them up to speed on the R&D I’m currently engaged in, however it ended…
November 2009
27 posts
OgreCave.com - Reviews - Faery's Tale →
Review of Faery's Tale - RPGnet →
Green Ronin Online Store: Faery's Tale Deluxe →
Role-Playing Games for Kids →
Threshold concept: A lens for examining networked... →
“This poster proposes an approach, which uses threshold concepts as a lens through which academic developers can examine their practice in order to explain why it has been so difficult to inspire…
Addressing the Big Picture →
I’m not sure whether I’m going to be able to articulate this train of thought properly, but there’s been a series of issues that have been endlessly replaying in my head all morning that I need to…
BBC - Digital Revolution Blog - Howard Rheingold... →
Interview with Howard Rheingold regarding virtual communities and modern communications
Publications - The impact of digital technology -... →
A review of the evidence of the impact of digital technologies, on formal education. Includes sections on what the evidence says, and challenges for the future.
Internet Vices - Patrick Moberg →
Brilliantly witty cartoon commentary on the miscellaneous “vices” of different social media platform. Draws a parallel between different tools and different drugs.
Blogs, Reflection and Learner-Centred Design →
In reading a recent post on the Tomorrow’s Professor blog regarding “Learning Through Structured Reflection,” I’ve been once again reminded of my passionate belief in the importance of leaving…
Learning Through Structured Reflection «... →
Nice overview on the significance and value of reflection. Would be discussing how this process could be undertaken with blogs, and in turn the discursive opportunities that would then emerge via…
Tagul Tag Cloud using TechTicker →
Posted via web from Mike Bogle
Tomorrow’s Professor →
Thanks to a colleague of mine, I have just caught wind of a new blog called Tomorrow’s Professor, which is worth highlighting for a few very important reasons.
According to the header, …
Students in tuition hike protest expect police... →
Tuition Hikes: Protests in California and... →
Social Media and the NSW Rural Fire Service →
This time a year is a very significant time in Australia – especially the portion I live in. Bush fire season marks the period in the year when heat, dead leaf litter, wind, and…
What is Leadership in Education? →
Leigh Blackall has raised a very important point in the wake my posts today regarding the idea of “assuming a position of leadership” in education, which continues to resonate quite strongly…
Survey of Academic Opinion on eLearning →
As mentioned previously, one of the first orders of business I would like to investigate in my new role is a survey of existing practice in FASS and the gathering of faculty feedback and opinion…
Taking a Job in the Faculties →
The big news today, which I subtly alluded to in my post on change agency, is the fact I’ve been seconded to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UNSW as their one and only educational…
Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day: Top 100 Tools... →
“Here is the final list of the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009, compiled from the contributions of 278 learning professionals - from education and workplace learning - worldwide.”