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Creating an Engaging Group
This Group gives you the know-how for engaging particpants in your group, especially for professional development purposes in sharing and building knowledge on e-learning. You can also share points about effectivley using the Group environment and tips for gaining and maintaining interest in your Group.
I gave an online Webinar las week to the Aus eLearning community about VET Reload through the Framework's eGems Webinar program. Responses from those attending have suggested that there may be some problems with learning objects created in VetReload and compatibility with Moodle. Is the Vetadata schema at fault? Please Read Tom worthington's blog at http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/05/reload-tool-for-creating-learning.html
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 17 May 2011 - 8:03am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Here is another free elearning content creation program from the UK. It comes as a downloadable program or as an online toolkit and makes learning objects much as eXe and Glowmaker do. However you do do need a little scripting knowledge for this one.
Take a look : http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 13 April 2011 - 3:18pm. - Helen Lynch's blog
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As people we have developed this skill of allowing our minds to see and believe the things we wish to be our reality.
Submitted by Angel Ofire on 7 April 2011 - 10:39am. - Angel Ofire's blog
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Apple Mac internet browsers such as Safari are often set to automatically unzip (or decompress) zipped files as they are downloaded. This applies when you are downloading a learning object from LORN or the Toolbox Learning Object Repository (TLOR) - since these are .zip files - and can cause problems for those of us who then want to upload them to our LMS. The problem is that the Apple Mac unzipping process seems to make the learning object currupt in some way affecting the manifest.xml file - which tells the LMS how to display the learning object.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 7 March 2011 - 12:18pm. - Helen Lynch's blog
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There is an interesting UK learning object project funded by the higher Education Council for England to help university academic staff design, develop and use of learning objects. Partner institutions involved in the project are London Metropolitan University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Nottingham. The project is conducted by RLO-CETL (Reusable Learning Objects, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) and partners have developed a repository of learning objects in a range of subject ares that can be utilised by non partner institutions.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 2 February 2011 - 7:23am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Is anyone out there trying to use VET Reload on a Mac? We in the ACT have been having trouble getting it to work on a Macintosh computer. BUT... Marita Mahoney, who is working on a Framework Innovations project came to my Reload session today. She had taken the time to install the original UK Reload Editor on her Macbook and got it working well. If you try this just remember once you have unzipped the file click on the .jar file to make the software work.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 3 November 2010 - 10:24am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Greetings,
A free networked learning event online and happening over the next three days......lots of mobile learning related presentations including Ewan McIntosh.
Looking forward to your registrations (FREE) and your attendance !
Submitted by Alexander Hayes on 19 October 2010 - 2:45pm. - Alexander Hayes's blog
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There are a few points to consider when discussing the who, what, when, how and why of learning objects. Impressions are that teachers need the following in order to confidently use LO...
1. Technical skills in ICT...this might mean being familiar with web pages and their institutions OLE/VLE for example.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 25 August 2010 - 9:32am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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We have a number of Framework projects this year using Streamfolio in learning, teaching & assessment.
We have begun in earnest updating FAQ's based on peoples experience of using Streamfolio and have also recently updated our Wordpress site to a Squarespace site which provides us with a far greater scope of assisting anyone who needs private forum support.
FREE trial accounts in Mahara are still available.
Submitted by Alexander Hayes on 19 August 2010 - 10:18am. - Alexander Hayes's blog
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eLearning tips for managers and team leaders about how to engage their teaching staff in ICT for teaching and learning are few and far between. However there are some learned folk out there in academic land who are thinking about the issue and proposing some strategies that should offer the support needed to develop attractive processional learning experiences for trainers/teachers who need to use ICT to enhance student learning.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 20 July 2010 - 9:23am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Although I've written about this in the past objecting to the term 'newbies' I've coined it here today in the following context.
We are offering all newcomers to the use of point-of-view technologies the opportunity to engage in an affordable way with POV technology. Camera Glasses are the first step in that first person documentation journey.
We are offering these at a heavily reduced price via the EDUPOV website - http://www.edupov.com/shop/specials/camera-glasses/
Submitted by Alexander Hayes on 18 May 2010 - 10:39am. - Alexander Hayes's blog
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Is anyone out there using eXe for authoring elearning content? If not then I'd urge you to have another look at this free software from New Zealand. Funded by the New Zealand Government and developed within the University of Auckland and others it is a pretty slick and versatile product. However it is not without some flaws. The limitations are in the user support area not with the software itself. at least.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 5 May 2010 - 12:52pm. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Sue McShane the ACT E-Learning Co-ordinator has created a neat ARED learning object using the decision tree design to help teachers and trainers discover the many resources on the Framework site addressing getting started in elearning.
Check it out at http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/file.php/75/Webventure/default.htm
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 22 April 2010 - 9:53am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Those clever CETL folk (Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning - UK) in partnership with London Metropolitan University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Nottingham have software called GLO Maker which uses the concept of reusable learning design to create learning objects. Calling this the "Bookmark this item
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 31 March 2010 - 8:29am. Incorporating web 2 into web based learning objects is extremely easy using a combination of embeding, iframing, linking or rssing (Yes, one knows that iframing is EVIL!@!!). Ipadio is an interesting web2 tool to whack in your LO. It is podcasting to the web via phone.... what fun...Here is what Crunchbase has to say about it..."
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 15 March 2010 - 1:49pm. - Helen Lynch's blog
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As some people would be aware of a little while back we offered some practising professional educators the opportunity to secure a years free use of the Streamfolio.com platform - 1 Advanced plan (60 GB ) and ten beginners plans ( 6 GB per account )
We are happy to annouce that we now have 5 trials groups underway and from a rich array of teaching disciplines which very heartening to note.
Submitted by Alexander Hayes on 17 February 2010 - 10:51am. - Accessibility
- AQF
- ARED
- Assessment tools
- Bandwidth
- Blended learning
- Blogs
- Community
- Content management systems
- Delivery strategies
- Digital storytelling
- Distance learning
- ePortfolios
- eStandards
- Forums
- Indigenous
- Interoperability
- Learners with disabilities
- Learning management systems
- Learning objects
- Mature aged
- mLearning
- Podcasting
- Prior learning
- RFID
- RSS
- Simulation
- Social networking
- Software
- streamfolio video portfolio e-portfolio richmedia live teaching streaming remote presence
- Virtual classrooms
- Virtual conferencing
- Virtual worlds
- Vodcasting
- Web 2.0
- Web 3.0
- Websites
- Wikis
- Wimba
- Workplace
- Youth
- Learning resources
- Other
- Technologies
- Assessment
- Learner groups
- eStandards
- Training packages
- Industries
- streamfolio
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If you have noticed any problems working with learning objects and the VET Reload Tool when you moved to Windows 7 - your were right! It was not your imagination but the fact that Microsoft got the jump on everyone with the new windows OS and now everything has to be tweeked so it is compatable. Compatabiity is a goal, it WILL happen - the folks from e-standards won't let us early adoptors languish without Reload for too long...
cheers
Helen
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 1 February 2010 - 2:37pm. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Submitted by Guest on 24 January 2010 - 11:49am. Peter Shanks' post about a course on ARED that he has built in Moodle reminds me that ARED can be used to create neat little learning objects that work very well in online learning environments (LMS, OLE, SMS...whatever). Please check out Peter's ARED course on: http://moodle.trainingo2.net/course/view.php?id=16 log in as a guest.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 7 October 2009 - 7:27am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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This forum topic enables you to ask questions about the Interest Groups environment and to get answers!
To see some examples of how others are using the Group's features visit:
This discussion forum has the purpose of initially sharing ideas on how to involve others in an online environment especially for the purpose of professional discourse.
To start the ball rolling, why don't we share just ONE TIP for doing so?! Something that has worked for you and which you would recommend to others?!!
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Are you NEW to e-learning and interested in:
- 'how to' workshops on e-learning tools?
- 'tips' for implementing e-learning training?
These series of online PD sessions were run during September 2007 using the synchronous 'virtual classroom' software, 'ElluminateLive!' For further information about these sessions visit
Submitted by Jyothi Jayaram on 9 July 2009 - 12:26pm.
17 sessions took place over 2008 as unique learning and networking opportunites for the VET sector. All of these web-conferencing opportunities used Elluminate web-conferencing software. To access any of the session details and recordings visit
http://pre2009.flexiblelearning.net.au/flx/go/home/pid/595
Submitted by Jyothi Jayaram on 9 July 2009 - 11:20am. Elluminate Help Documents
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This area is for e-Events participants to practice using ElluminateLive! virtual classroom.
Submitted by Jyothi Jayaram on 8 July 2009 - 3:40pm. - Jyothi Jayaram's blog
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Submitted by Cathy Baxter on 1 June 2009 - 1:52pm. 