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Monthly Archives: August 2008

a random ramble on e-Portfolios

August 26, 2008 – 9:07 am

Working on a report for e-Portfolios at the moment and it is really interesting to hear the passion and conviction in people when they talk about what an e-Portfolio is. From the JISC e-Portfolio Overview page there is a great little text box which simply states
Fundamentally an ‘e-portfolio’ is the product created […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, Web 2.0, interoperability, e-portfolio, SICTAS | Comments (1)

the week that was

August 22, 2008 – 9:10 am

so… not much to post about today but here’s a few reflections. My iPod Touch is getting better all the time - the release of the iPhone has resulted in a steady stream of new apps that can be installed on the iPod too and with its networking capability its just getting better and […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, social networking, iPod, Apple, Twitter, facebook | Comments (0)

Catchment Detox

August 18, 2008 – 10:52 am

Over the last few months I have been spending a bit of time looking at various games platforms, particularly web-based games. Here’s a new initiative from the ABC called Catchment Detox supporting learning about environmental issues and management of catchments. From the website:
It’s an online game where you’re in charge of the whole […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, game technology | Comments (3)

SIFA and ADL partnership

August 12, 2008 – 9:03 am

The Schools Interoperability Framework Association (SIFA) and Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) have officially announced a partnership looking at the development and implementation of SCORM into school software applications. SIF is a specification that enables interoperability between applications that you will find in a school system while ADL’s SCORM defines learning content. The […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, standards, SIF, SCORM | Comments (0)