Elearning Stuff

Recorded during the height of the snow at the beginning of February 2009 the panel discuss the role that learning technologies and communication tools can have in supporting colleges and schools that get closed because of the snow.

This is the eleventh e-Learning Stuff Podcast, Mobile Learning. In this show, James talks about what he believes mobile learning is all about.

So what is it about Google Docs and Evernote and other online office type applications? Why are they useful for learning? What can we use them for. This is the tenth e-Learning Stuff Podcast, Let’s take a note. In this show, James is joined by Dave Foord and Nick Jeans. Shownotes * Google Docs * Google Gears * Evernote * BBC news item on pupils bypassing web filters * Mac OS X Spaces * Flip Mino Video Camera

So is the VLE the future for e-learning, the past or just a temporary solution? Are they fit for purpose or a compromise? What about the learners? This is the ninth e-Learning Stuff Podcast, The VLE Debate. In this show, James is joined by Steve Wheeler, Rob Englebright, Dave Foord and David Sugden. This show is a result of two blog posts one by Steve Wheeler and one by James Clay. Shownotes * Steve Wheeler’s Monkey Business blog post which started off this whole debate. Since this was recorded Steve has written a follow up post: The Emperor’s new clothes? * James Clay’s response “A bad workman always blames his tools”.

This is the eighth e-Learning Stuff Podcast, Forcing the windows open! In this show, James is joined by Nick Jeans, Kev Hickey, Dave Foord and David Sugden. In this the eighth episode of e-Learning Stuff they discuss the pros and cons of forcing links to open in new browser windows. In that discussion they cover accessibility, usability, links, legal implications, frames and then some… Shownotes * My original blog post on new browser windows. * BBC News article on the Shetland Internet “squabble”.

This is the seventh e-Learning Stuff Podcast, We’re not negative! In this the seventh e-Learning Stuff podcast, James is joined by Nick Jeans, Kev Hickey, Dave Foord, David Sugden and Lilian Soon. Today we discuss teacher training and e-learning.

This is the sixth e-Learning Stuff Podcast, You say Asus and I say Asus… In this show, James is joined by Nick Jeans, Kev Hickey, Dave Foord, David Sugden and Lisa Valentine. The discussion starts off looking at the role of the Asus EeePC and other netbooks on e-learning on colleges across the UK. The discussion also looks at the variety of presentation software now available from PowerPoint to Keynote, Open Office to Google Docs. Then there is other stuff as well… Shownotes * The Asus EeePC is one year old. * Case Study: Using Mobile Technology to Encourage Independent Study (John Leggott College). * The ZoomStorm FizzBook which has a handle like the OLPC. * ZuiPrezi is a zooming presentation editor which allows you to easily create stunning presentations. With the help of ZuiPrezi you can create dynamic and visually structured zooming maps of texts, images, videos, PDFs, drawings. ZuiPrezi has a very intuitive interface and support for online sharing. * Create professional video for

This is the fifth e-Learning Stuff Podcast, it’s because he’s from Sheffield… In this show, James is joined by Nick Jeans, Dave Foord, David Sugden and Lisa Valentine and they start to discuss podcasting, Skype, quality of Skype before moving onto LLW. Apologies for the poor audio quality of Nick which is because he’s from Sheffield (or so Dave says). Shownotes * Download Skype. * Dave Foord’s blog post on the Excellence in Inclusivity Event. * RSC Yorkshire and Humberside Excellence in Inclusivity Event. * The Excellence in inclusivity portal.

This is the fourth e-Learning Stuff Podcast, natives, immigrants, residents and visitors. In this show, James is joined by Nick Jeans, Dave Foord, David Sugden and Lisa Valentine and they discuss the concept of the digital native, the digital immigrant, resident and visitor. Apologies for the poor audio quality of Nick which we’re blaming on his Skype connection. Shownotes * My original blog post can be found here. * Marc Prensky on Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants. * Dave White’s blog a post about residents or visitors to the online world.

This is the third e-Learning Stuff Podcast, Mainly Phone Stuff. Shownotes * “Facebook a valid educational tool” – Have a look at the full report. * Nokia buys out Symbian. * LSN announce MoLeNET Conference. * 3G usage rises as prices fall.

This is the second e-Learning Stuff Podcast, Stuff. Shownotes * Asus may release a 10″ UMPC. * Alton Towers to “ban PDAs”. * Twittering from Mars. * Gordon Brown Twittering from 10 Downing Street. * The benefit of Virtual Worlds for children. * JISC Circular 7/08: JISC Institutional Innovation Programme

This is the first e-Learning Stuff Podcast, Podcasting Podcasting.