Nov

27

Podcast: eCollaboration in classes

November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’ve just caught up with a podcast interview I did earlier in the year about the use of eCollaboration in classrooms. You can listen to it here – my interview is about halfway through.
I talk generally about the use of simple tools like chat and instant messaging along with others like videoconferencing.
There’s one example of [...]

Nov

25

Now we can Vidyo

November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

At the Learning Technologies Conference a couple of weeks ago we saw a new videoconference solution that is small on price and pretty big on performance. Vidyo is doing things differently and the quality of picture from various sized endpoints across the public Internet is pretty amazing. They say:
VidyoConferencing solutions just work. Easily. Reliably. Inexpensively. [...]

Nov

23

Where Will We Go Today?

November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’ve just uploaded to Scribd a recent article (Where Will We Go Today?) that I wrote for Education Technology Solutions.
School excursions are taking on a whole new dimension with the advent of videoconferencing. You can now take your class to many places around the world without leaving the classroom!
This article overviews videoconference excursions and how [...]

Nov

18

Apologies – normal transmission has resumed!

November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Apologies for my recent absence without explanation. We’ve been mad crazy organising the Learning Technologies conference – which is now over so I can breathe again. I’ll start regular posts forthwith!
In the meantime here are links to the conference content – and a way for you to see some various tools in action. This blog [...]