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edna’s first online conference day

June 20, 2008 – 3:38 pm

After months of planning our first online conference day happened on Wednesday. We began with an early, over-breakfast-for-some, session on me.edu.au, followed it up two hours later with a session on Creative Commons and finding resources, particularly images, for use in multimedia.
Then came Digital Literacies, followed by Learning without Borders. In the evening 20 […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, online technologies, web conferencing | Comments (0)

edna, me, & the digital world go online, June 18

May 12, 2008 – 2:33 pm

edna, me, and the digital world goes online with free online workshops
Workshops: Wed. 18 June 2008 - times are AEST

8-9 am - social networking with me.edu.au
10-11 am - Finding resources for embedding in Multimedia
1-2 pm - Digital Literacies
4-5 pm - Learning without Borders
7.30-8.30 pm - Education in Other Worlds

All sessions will use Wimba Live Classroom, […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, professional development, web conferencing | Comments (0)

In the company of critical friends

May 2, 2008 – 5:50 pm

I have just spent 2 days with colleagues Pru Mitchell, Cecily Wright, and Kim Edgar delivering edna workshops in Brisbane. There were 60 people yesterday and just over 40 people today. The keynote speaker was QSITE ICT Leader of the year, Dr. Margaret Lloyd from QUT, and she hit just the right spot. Her topic […]

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Engaging the other 80%

March 20, 2008 – 10:48 am

Figures I have recently heard from a number of sources, mainly anecdotally, is that if you look at any gaggle of educators in the Western world, engagement in using ICT tools is at about 20%. What is occupying a lot of attention is how to engage the other 80%.
One of the frustrations continues to be […]

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edna and me tour 2008

January 30, 2008 – 2:53 pm

Now is the time to register for edna and me workshops planned for the next few months across Australia.
Presented by a team of people, edna’s hands-on workshops provide training in the use of online services and collaborative tools. Each one day mini conference will include guest speakers, hands-on sessions and presentations about technologies transforming education. […]

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Where are we going in 2008 - edna workshops

January 4, 2008 – 9:06 am

This morning I was pointed by an article in the OLDaily (Stephen Downes) to Gary Woodill’s blog titled Ten Learning Technologies to Transform Training in 2008. Gary lists the technologies that he will attempt to make the focus of his 2008 workshops and webinars. The first that he lists is Technologies of collaboration. Gary thinks […]

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