Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Wimba Connect 09: Bringing the world into the university and bringing the university into the world.

One of the big themes that came out of Wimba Connect 09 which has just finished in Phoenix AZ was that of how live web conferencing can move out of the classroom and into the world outside, both in terms of the internal communications of the academic institution, but also in terms of the relationship [...]

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

How long is too long for synchronous sessions?

An interesting post on Clive on learning:  Synchronous e-learning myths #1: An hour’s enough for anyone
The accepted wisdom is that webinars need to be short and sharp, but my experience so far on delivering our online masters in photojournalism and documentary photography at the LCC suggests otherwise.
Clive notes 2 presentations at an elearning network seminar Thinking [...]

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Distinguished lecture at Wimba online

I’m giving a Distinguished Speaker lecture at Wimba online tomorrow wed sept 24th at 16.00 BST/11.00ET about blogs in postgraduate education as an aid to reflective practice.
you can register here 
the abstract is here
Blogs form a vital part of the collaborative space in which postgraduates interact with each other and with tutors and industry professionals; operating [...]