Learning - Educational Technologies

Latest News Archive September 2008

E-learning, workflow learning, just-in-time learning, virtual classrooms and the world of education at a distance. Educational technologies are the new frontier for ay instructional designer: Blogs, RSS, wikis, collaboration systems, e-learning tools, presentation software, simulation tools, real-time videoconferencing, online classrooms.

Online Video Interview: How To Prepare Yourself For It   Getting ready for an online video interview? Find out how to set up your computer, webcam, lights and microphone for a perfect online video interview. Though for a geek this may be simple stuff, if you are not a technically skilled person or if you have... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 30

Best Web-Based Image And Photo Editors - Sharewood Guide   Web-based image editors are online tools that anyone can use to easily modify, resize, edit and crop digital photographs or graphics files, without needing to download and install any software. Photo credit: Pixlr Interface Digital image editors, are typically free, and, in most cases, do not even... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 29

Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Sep 27 08   Is virtual learning better than classroom face-to-face instruction? Are the benefits for learning at a distance as effective as those obtainable from a traditional in-class curriculum? Tough to say. Different researchers report different experiences and given sometimes the shallowness of their investigation or the limited numbers... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link George Siemens - eLearnSpace -- September 27

Online Collaboration Tools - New Technologies And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Sep22 08   Want to have a video conference with up to 8 people at cost zero? Need to send huge files without worrying of their size? I have the collaboration tools you need right here. Photo credit: Vlad Kochelaevskiy In this collaboration tools digest here the best tools and services... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 22

Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Sep 20 08   Understanding the concept of "information funnels" is critical to anyone passionately dedicated to become a successful independent web publisher. This is it. Photo credit: Teemu Arina I am indeed glad that George Siemens, who weekly authors these insightful digest, has himself chosen to point to the relevance of... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link George Siemens - eLearnSpace -- September 20

Peer To Peer: Using P2P Technologies For Collaborative Work - A Video Interview Michel Bauwens   I have had the honor of recently having as a house guest Michel Bauwens, the P2P philosophy evangelist, who, while based in remote Thailand, travels around the world to explain and divulge what peer to peer is really all about. Photo credit: Robin Good Peer to peer is... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 17

Live Events Strategy: Mashing Up Physical Conferences With Online Extended Events - Live Events Become X-Events   A new class of powerful, inclusive, popular and engaging events liberated from the straitjacket of space-time by the convergence of usable new media technologies is ushering at your door: X-events are next. Photo credit: XLucas But let me explain myself better: Online (and offline) events should not be... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 16

Online Collaboration Tools - New Technologies And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Sep15 08   Sending large files is much less of an issue nowadays, thanks to a growing number of web services dedicated just to this, that we have also recently covered. But lo and behold, surprises never end for for us technology explorers: in this issue I have included... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 15

Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Sep 13 08   "The growing complexity of technology and tools for designing learning leaves us at an interesting point: should educators/trainers become technologists? Or should the tools of design become so easy to use that technical skills are minimal? Or do we move the technology to specialized design teams... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link George Siemens - eLearnSpace -- September 13

Collaborative Review Tools: Share, Edit And Review Visual Documents And Video In Real-Time - Sharewood Guide   Collaborative review tools represent a new group of web-based collaboration tools designed specifically to facilitate and support any visual review process. From graphic design approval sessions, to creative visual brainstorms, collaborative review tools provide the relevant context and technical toolset needed. From collaborative highlighting, to annotating... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 11

Record Any Audio From The Web And Listen To It Offline, From Your USB Drive, Wherever You Are: The CarCast System   CarCast is a new hybrid Internet audio capture, playlist library and automatic audio synchronization system which allows you to take just about any audio track you hear on the Web to your portable and car-friendly USB music player. If you are looking for an easy and... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 10

Best Video Conferencing Tools That Anyone Can Use - VideoConferencing Sharewood Guide   Video conferencing tools allow you to use your standard webcam and broadband Internet connection to have multi-party videoconferences. Once reserved only to high-end and very costly proprietary hardware systems, videoconferencing tools and services have sharply grown in number and they now offer multiple useful alternatives that... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 8

Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Sep 6 08   Are media and technology making you dumber? Do you feel socially distanced from what you really care about due to your increased use of technologies? We search Google and think we have acquired knowledge. We blog and think we have subjected our ideas to peer... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link George Siemens - eLearnSpace -- September 6

Online Collaboration Tools - New Technologies And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Sep01 08   If you want to increase the effectiveness with which you collaborate with your geographically dispersed team-mates this new set of online collaboration tools should come in handy. Among the new collaboration tools I have selected for you this week: a co-browsing facility, a new way to... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Robin Good -- September 1

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