The midden » online http://sumdy.edublogs.org education, technology, change Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:02:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Half an Hour: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On http://sumdy.edublogs.org/2008/11/21/half-an-hour-the-future-of-online-learning-ten-years-on/ http://sumdy.edublogs.org/2008/11/21/half-an-hour-the-future-of-online-learning-ten-years-on/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:56:01 +0000 Will Stewart http://sumdy.edublogs.org/2008/11/21/half-an-hour-the-future-of-online-learning-ten-years-on/

  • This posting by Stephen Downes provides a useful summary of where we are at now and how we got here. He re-visits a previous article written in 1998, noting that many of his earlier predictions have been remarkably accurate. The main areas he discusses include:

  • new technologies in education – the teaching process remains relatively unchanged despite more than 10 years of the Internet
  • online conferencing – becoming increasing important as a way of understanding communication in an online environment
  • personalised learning – the importance of informal learning in the online environment is being increasingly acknowledged, where students are not restricted by the constraints of the traditional classroom model
  • time and place independence – as small, lightweight wireless devices become the norm, online learning and mobile learning become the same
  • learning communities – the internet has developed into an enabler of communities within which individuals can learn

    Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

    ]]>     http://sumdy.edublogs.org/2008/11/21/half-an-hour-the-future-of-online-learning-ten-years-on/feed/ 0     Cloudo – more cloud computing http://sumdy.edublogs.org/2008/07/08/cloudo-more-cloud-computing/ http://sumdy.edublogs.org/2008/07/08/cloudo-more-cloud-computing/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:36:58 +0000 Will Stewart http://sumdy.edublogs.org/?p=119 Cloudo logoFollowing close on the heels of MobileMe from Apple, Swedish Startup Cloudo are in the process of developing the next generation of computing access – computers for the mobile generation. Their online computer means that you can access your data (files, photos, music, calendars, workspaces) and collaborate with friends and colleagues from any computer, mobile phone, PSP or other device that is connected to the Internet. Your desktop is no longer just on your home or work computer – it is online.

    Watch a guided tour with Emelie.

    ]]>     http://sumdy.edublogs.org/2008/07/08/cloudo-more-cloud-computing/feed/ 0     Education for a digital world http://sumdy.edublogs.org/2008/07/04/education-for-a-digital-world/ http://sumdy.edublogs.org/2008/07/04/education-for-a-digital-world/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:17:56 +0000 Will Stewart http://sumdy.edublogs.org/?p=111 Education for a digital worldThis book gives a detailed and comprehensive coverage of how digital technologies can be used to transform our present, outdated, industrial model of education. Co-published by BC Campus and the Commonwealth of Learning, it is available as a free download. As we are aware, despite the widespread availability of new technologies, their impact on teaching and learning, particularly in higher education, has been minimal. The only measurable impact of the use of technology in HE institutions has been on the administrative side, with admissions, registration and purchasing using new technologies in order to operate within a much more technological-aware, external business world.

    This failure to adopt new technologies in order to transform and enrich teaching and learning appears to be a global phenomenon. The book has been collaboratively written and edited by 50 HE practitioners from around the world and covers a wide range of topics on the use of new Information and Communication technologies to support and transform teaching and learning

    It is divided into 5 sections:

    1. The impact of instructional technologies
    2. Creating online course
    3. Implementing technology
    4. E-learning in action
    5. Engagement and communication

    Aimed at practitioners, administrators, managers, decision-makers, it provides valuable advice, case studies, resources, tools, ideas and reflections on creating socially engaging learning experiences within an online learning environment.

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