nt learnscope showcase - truths from the trench
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A presentation showcasing some of the uses of e-learning tools within my classes at Charles Darwin UniversityTRANSCRIPT
NT E-Learning Showcase
Truths from the Trench
Do Today’s Technologies
Really Deliver?
Bill Wade – October 26, 2007
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Truths from the Trench
Slides available at:http://slideshare.net/billwadecdu
URLs at: http://del.icio.us/wcwade tag NTShowcase
Secondlife Feed & Discussion with LimitlessinfinityYou can join this discussion in SL - just Teleport to:Boracay (220, 136, 22) (9:00 CST / 9:30 am AEST)
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My Top Ten Gems from Yesterday
Because there is a greater good … on creative commons & use of Flickr
Expertise is not embodied in a
single person … don’t have to be a technology expert
Networks are more powerful
than the node Learning is a network formation
process Isn’t “vegafitti” great?! … on
group pooling in Flickr
And it’s free … on use of Flickr The world’s my community Social proprioception occurs
through a network … on implications of Twitter
There’s always a give and take
with these technologies, you’ll either see the yin or you’ll see the yang
Can’t judge from the outside
looking in. Be there … with a child-like wonder!
Source www.ponddoc.com/WhatsUpDoc/FengShui/YinYang.html retrieved Oct 26
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My Context / Experiences
Northern Canada – the Northwest Territories,
-40 Celsius, 8 months of the year
a small town of 3,000 / 80% Indigenous
situated among a total population of about 50,000, a place about 1/3 the size of Australia.
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Yup, the Web is Growing
Every week I’m learning something new and more frequently I have to sheepishly admit, “nope, haven’t really used that one yet,
new applications emerge almost daily … Take a look at this http://go2web20.net
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All those identities … and roles
Yeah, I feel overwhelmed at times too …
keeping connected …
finding balance … juggling multiple identities and roles …
time is finite, yet the technology options endless …
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Share my stories …
They are good ones, they are Australian stories, they are what I call truths from the trench …
Anecdotes and qualitative evidence of social networking at CDU
Do today’s technologies deliver?
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Do today’s technologies deliver?
Webcrawl … For URLs … tag NTShowcase from del.icio.us/wcwade
blogs ‘n wikis in action, virtual spaces and leverage the second life platform to network in realtime
Let’s go see
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CAETN Workshops …
Deliver workshops at a distance via dynamic blogging http://asprsocialnetworking.blogspot.com/
More dynamic presentations, publish postings when ready and use browser refresh.
Audio streamed and recorded through Eliminate.
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Gathering Evidence for VET
Certificate III in Multimedia
Overcoming logistical barriers
How to supervise an apprenticeship when you have to teach on the same day
Meet Jake … Switched onto blogging!
http://apprenticejakec.blogspot.com/
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Blogs that support classroom delivery
http://dsgn133bwade.blogspot.com/
Sample Metaphors podcast …
Running virtual classes concurrently with a blog to stream video and audio
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Maintaining Group Networked Delicious Accounts
Student share URLs and links to valuable resources http://del.icio.us/2D3DCDU
Minipresentations and Video tutorials
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Online Blogger Accounts to develop E-Portfolios
Facilitate both “developmental” and a “reflective” practice amongst advanced graphic design students. http://dsgn133marisa.blogspot.com/
Developmental & Reflective
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Leveraging Flickr & Sets
Teaches ways for graphic designers to upload and share their proposed responses to a design brief http://www.flickr.com/photos/68693739@N00/sets/72157602695461364/ Working with clients at a distance …
Multiple freelance designers all working from different locations
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Using Flickr Badges to Showcase
Student work and samples on a “representational” style E-Portfolio … http://dsgn133michael.blogspot.com/
Representational
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Using VET Virtual Tools
Get students collaborating and sharing what they are doing in multimedia and film …
Led up to development of an online webzine for PUMP Video. http://vetvirtual.external.utas.edu.au/pumpvideo/
Collaborating, sharing inter-state from Tasi to the Top End
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What a Fantastic Year!
And yet, folks … what happened last Friday? I’m referring to MobilizeThis … our showcase event. http://mobilizethis.wikispaces.com
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Are we safe out there?