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If you haven’t booked for the Learning Technologies Conference on the Sunshine Coast 14-16 November, then I suggest you do it this minute because Early Bird closes this week.
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Teaching and learning are about to be radically changed due to the advent of a range of technologies that bridge time [...]

Videoconference meetings can be the worst sort of meetings to attend if they are not conducted properly. This is usually NOT the fault of the equipment - it’s inadequate meeting management skills. For example: How does the Chair manage multiple sites? Does it matter who is being seen on-screen?
This tips sheet will help you to [...]

This report, by Hannah Green, Celia Hannon, draws on qualitative research with children and polling of parents to counter the myths obscuring the true value of
digital media.
Approaching technology from the perspective of children, it tells positive stories about how they use online space to build relationships and create original content. It argues that the skills [...]

Collaborations Around the Planet is a global large scale directory and professional network of educators for videoconferencing project collaboration. TWICE, in partnership with Polycom, created this tool on the new registration database for Read Around the Planet.
“The more people you know, the more videoconferences you can do!”
This directory will connect educators to increase videoconferencing utilization, [...]

Cisco Telepresence system

More on telepresence…..
John Dickinson of ComputerWorld in the UK has recently published a two part series on this topic. The two parts have been combined by the Human Productivity Lab.
He talks about the systems on offer & trials a couple of them. In case you don’t want to read the whole article, [...]

I’m sure you’ve endured a videoconference where the presenter has shown a series of slides that you have no hope of reading. You can make your slides look and read much better with a few simple tips. For example: using the right colours, shapes and sizes.
This tips sheet will ensure that your videoconference visuals are [...]

For those of you still wondering how Second Life can be used for education, take a look at a joint project between colleagues at Plymouth University, UK & Thomas Jefferson University, USA.
Their sexual health SIM provides regularly updated information, particularly for young people, on safe sex, contraception and pregnancy. (Yes, there really is a free [...]

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