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Welcome
Thanks for stopping by. I'm Carol Daunt Skyring & this is where I talk about videoconferencing.
Jun
28
New Blog
June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
My interests are moving in different directions and I felt I was ‘contaminating’ (or maybe confusing) this blog with information that didn’t belong here. So I’ve started another blog (On the Nodes) where I’ll put bits & pieces about any topic that interests me at the time. Most of it will be about technology - [...]
Jun
27
Project Uganda
June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Project Uganda is a 10-part video conferencing series connecting more than 25 schools throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom to interact with students in Uganda over videoconferencing to increase awareness and understanding of Ugandan culture and examine the challenges youth face living in a conflict zone.
This marvellous project has been made possible [...]
Jun
27
Apologies
June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Apologies for the downtime over the past week. Edublogs have been upgrading us to a new server so we have an even better blogging service. All is now back on track & I’ll be posting again later today.
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Jun
15
In today’s globalised world, organisations often have to search far and wide to find top-class employees. As a result, videoconferencing has become an important recruitment tool, helping organisations to save time, effort and money, by conducting lifelike interviews with remotely located candidates. Polycom have printed my tips for conducting video interviews with a “just-like-being-there” impact [...]
Jun
14
Serendipity 2.0: Missing Third Places of Learning
June 14, 2007 | 1 Comment
I’m at the EDEN conference in Naples, Italy & will post snippets of information. The Plenary session has opened with Teemu Arina, CEO, Dicole Oy, Finland on the topic: Serendipity 2.0: Missing Third Places of Learning
He started his company at age 16 because the education system didn’t support his learning and started his own personal [...]
Jun
12
A quick reminder that Learning Technologies Conference Call for Papers closes this Friday (15 June). Speakers enjoy a reduced delegate rate.
The Learning Technologies Conference is held 14-16 November on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
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Links to My Other Stuff
Recent Posts
- ELEVATE 2008: Conference on Videoconferencing
- Videos on videoconferencing
- Birth by Videoconference
- ‘Green’ Reports Call for More Telepresence
- Learning Resources
- New Blog Page: Articles
- Telepresence Article
- Learning Language by Videoconference
- Telepresence Solutions from Polycom
- More Singing via Videoconference
