By Tony Bates, on March 31st, 2010
IRRODL (the International Review of Research on Open and Distance Learning) is now requesting contributions for peer review and possible publication in an upcoming special issue.
Special Edition: Connectivism: Design and delivery of social networked learning
Edited by George Siemens (Athabasca University) and Gráinne Conole (Open University)
The special issue will have its main [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 26th, 2009
The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education invites you to an online conference on 16 December at 1:00 P.M. Eastern on:
Social Networking in the Workplace
Stephanie Taylor, Manager of Systems Development Services at the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo hopes to better engage our citizens, champion innovation, [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 24th, 2009
Young, J. (2009) Teaching with Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart Chronicle of Higher Education, November 22
Interesting article on use of Twitter and Hotseat for providing backchat during lecture classes at Purdue University. Also includes a digital video interview with one of the professors using Twitter.
Again, an excellent example of using [...]
By Tony Bates, on September 2nd, 2009
Stansbury, M. (2009) Schools get help in using Web 2.0 tools eSchool News, Sept 2
This article discusses two recent papers from the the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN): “Social Networking: Personalized Content, Conversations & Communities,” and “How 2 B a Disruptive Technology Leader,”
Both reports are available only to CoSN members.(Individual membership: [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2009
Callan, V. (2009) How organisations are using e-learning to support national training initiatives Canberra: Australian Flexible Learning Network
This project, funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, has investigated how organisations are using e-learning in innovative ways that support national initiatives by providing more responsive, flexible and effective approaches to training, particularly in the [...]
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