Technology to make lectures and presentations interactive
It’s not always easy to engage a large audience interactively in a learning session. Yet we know that active learning and engagement improves understanding, prompts reflection, provides feedback so...
View ArticleFree courses and online CPD resources
It’s amazing how much continuing professional development you can do for free. The web has always been a great place for sharing knowledge and expertise, and there are new ways to do this appearing...
View ArticleFree webinar on mobile learning
Tuesday 21st October 11 am – noon BST. Seminar title: Mobile technologies for education in development contexts – challenging the obvious, with John Traxler, Reader in Mobile Technology for e-Learning...
View ArticleFree international webinar on mobile learning
Yesterday I posted on the Reach Further blog for Blog Action Day on how Online communities bring the world together to share I talked about ELKS, the community of expertise for the UN-GAID run by BDRA...
View ArticleMy new HTC TyTN II
I’ve been {playing with} learning to use my new PDA/wonderphone: the HTC TyTN II (winner of several Best PDA and Smartphone awards). It has two cameras (both video cameras), voice recorder, music,...
View ArticleDecisions on the mobiles and PDAs
OK, so it’s taken me a while to make the decision! My colleague has purchased a Nokia 95 (as recommended in this blog by James Clay). I am about to play with this one, and if I like it I’ll buy it! HTC...
View ArticleMobile learning – issues and opportunities
Having just been interviewed about mobile learning for the new WolF project, I thought I’d jot down some of my thoughts! Good examples of mobile learning: There are several good examples of podcasting...
View ArticleFinal reflections on the ALT-C conference #1
I was looking through my notes from the ALT conference and realising that I hadn’t quite finished reflecting on the sessions. It seems unfair that the later sessions should miss out on reporting. I...
View ArticleHow they do mobile learning in Japan…
This is a 2D barcode of the URL of the ELKS community. Apparently these barcodes are all the range in Japan where people use their web-enabled mobile phones to read them and then surf to the URL. They...
View ArticleTensions between personal space and social space in mobile learning
The session on mobile learning by Dr Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Dr John Cook, Professor Tom Boyle, Mr John Traxler was very interesting. Agnes and her colleagues were good presenters. I did, however, find...
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