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2008 year end Vox Pop - interesting times

May you live in interesting times.  Whether or not this is an actual ancient Chinese blessing/curse - 2008 was certainly full of interesting moments in time.
Feel like sharing some of yours?
Log into edna Groups, Pop over to the E-learning Insights Vox Pop Group, newly re-located to http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2090 and use the Wimba Voice Board to answer […]

Blogging- it’s a conversation: Episode 20 (E-learning Insights)

Sue Waters, editor of the Edublogger and high profile blogger in her own right leads this discussion on effective blogging. 
This hour’s worth of audio (27.8 MB) from an online discussion held in Live Classroom, includes tips for more effective blogging, examples of how to stimulate comments and conversations and how to overcome some of the […]

Managing your online footprint: Episode 19 (E-learning Insights)

With the rapid pace of change in technology and teaching, no ONE person can know it all. Thanks to networks of friends and colleagues, no one person has to know it all.
Using the internet to establish your online presence or digital footprint and then building a network is the subject of this keynote address by […]

Vox Pop 2: Social media – balancing the risks and opportunities

Calling teachers, principals and administrators – it’s time your voice was heard (literally) on the next E-learning Insights Vox Pop.
Studies from Australia and the United States show that children as young as 8 years old are getting online to explore virtual worlds, set up online identities, chat in chat rooms and share photos and videos.
With […]

edna turns 10: Episode 13 (E-learning Insights)

Share four insights into education network Australia’s (edna’s) past, present and future and the paralell journey of e-learning in Australia. We hear from current education.au CEO Greg Black, former CEO Gerry White, General Manager of Business Development Garry Putland and edna Communications Officer Kerrie Smith.

SkillSoup:Episode 12 (E-learning Insights)

The Australian National University’s SkillSoup podcast launched in February 2007 with the aim of helping new students transition into higher education studies.  Dr. Megan Poore of ANU’s Academic Skills and Learning Centre gives an overview of the SkillSoup story and offers her perspective on podcasting as a communications and education tool.

edna Workshops: Episode 7 (E-learning Insights)

A new breed of edna workshop is coming to a capital city near you in 2007. From new edna features to incorporating new technologies, Kim Edgar of education.au gives us an overview of what’s on offer.

2006 Global Summit Wrap Up:Episode 2 (E-learning Insights)

In this episode, Gerry White of education.au shares some of the initial findings from the feedback provided by participants of the 2006 Global Summit held 17-19 October in Sydney.
The Summit provided for a unique level of interactivity and generated outcomes beyond the podcasts, presentations and papers of the presenters.
Currently the input from conference participants is […]

2006 E-learning benchmarking results: Episode 1 (E-learning Insights)

An interview with Ian Phillips of I & J Management Services, the organisation that conducted the 2006 E-learning Benchmarking Survey (http://e-learningindicators.flexiblelearning.net.au ) on behalf of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au)
This national survey on the use of e-learning canvassed all TAFE institutes, private and enterprise training providers, adult and community education providers and VTE in schools providers.  […]