Posted in Conversations, Final Post, Innovation and Change, Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2007
Since June 2006 Connections and Conversations has been the primary communication channel for NSW LearnScope. It has encouraged and supported critical reflection and debate around e-learning matters, highlighted new resources and concepts, and provided exposure to a diverse and rich range of thinking and ideas.
In NSW we have actively pushed boundaries and buttons to support [...]
Posted in Innovation and Change, Tools and resources on Dec 21st, 2007
In 2005 a number of us worked on an inter-state LearnScope project with Feral Arts in Brisbane.
They have been exploring tools and issues around digital storytelling and place for many years.
Today thanks to Kathie Warren I revisited their website and discovered the progress they have made.
How beautiful is this.
[screengrab from Place Stories website]
I hope [...]
Posted in Conversations, E-learning issues, Innovation and Change on Dec 19th, 2007
Among hundreds of sites, I requested Ning to be unblocked for TAFE users here in NSW. I’d forgotten about it - written off as another victim of the ether. But then yesterday I received this reply….
Colleague
You have requested access to www.ning.com or a social networking group established at this site. Currently the DET matrix does [...]
Posted in Conversations, Culture, Innovation and Change on Dec 4th, 2007
Facebook seems to getting a lot of bad press of late. Social advertising and the move by Mark Zuckerberg to open it up to outside programmers to spam the network with widgets clearly gets up the nose of many users, yet it remains the #1 choice for many.
I’ve come across this Slideshare presentation which offers [...]
Posted in Innovation and Change on Nov 21st, 2007
[image: Bob Aubuchon]
I’ve been reading a couple of articles on Innovation from InnovationLabs which are worth a read.
The first Building the Innovation Culture, looks at an approach to innovation focusing on encouraging a distributed network to form inside the organization that takes on the role of much of the innovation work. Individuals connected to [...]
Posted in Conversations, Innovation and Change on Nov 19th, 2007
You’d be surprised (or maybe not) how often I hear from creative yet frustrated teachers who feel like they are in a no-win position and in a downhill spiral. They are angry and depressed and burning out fast. Their achievements are not celebrated and their innovative practices are not recognised or accepted. As a general [...]
Posted in Conversations, Innovation and Change on Nov 15th, 2007
I recently came across John Perry Barlow’s Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace written 11 years ago. It’s worth sharing here and a moment to ponder….
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of [...]
Posted in Innovation and Change, Virtual Worlds on Nov 2nd, 2007
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It struck me on Friday at the ‘Elearning07′ NSW LearnScope and other Framework projects Showcase how many people were immersed in and engaged with the use of Secondlife, one of many virtual connection platforms ripe for educational use.
I’d like to acknowledge the tireless and and amazing work and persistence of Jo [...]
Posted in 2006teams, 2007 teams, AFLF, Champions, Conferences, Conversations, Culture, Downloads, E-learning issues, E-learning pedagogy, Final Report, General news, Innovation and Change, Just for fun, Leadership, Open Web, PLE, Podcast, Postcards from the field, Social Software, Team Mobile, Team pedagogy, Team virtual, Tools and resources, Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0, Workshops, knowledge, m-learning, u-learning on Oct 23rd, 2007
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A brilliant example of a 2007 NSW LearnScope poster ready for printing.
It arrived today from Steven Cutmore and team as a PDF document attached to an email.
Perfect for printing.
It clearly articulates the who, what, where, why and when for the project. It tells the journey and shows the clients to whom [...]
Posted in Conversations, Innovation and Change, u-learning on Oct 21st, 2007
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Ripper post from Alan Levine.
I’m personally not affected by such bans on MySpace and Facebook as they are blocked in my managing organization.
That is the reality.
However, and perhaps these spaces are the new face of business and even perhaps a great number of employers are using these online social networking spaces [...]