Digital Dialogues

The Net Generation in Innovate

The current issue of Innovate (April/May 2007) is now available online - you need to register (for free) to access the articles.
The entire issue focuses on the Net Generation and examines how educators and educational systems can respond to the challenge and leverage the opportunity.
Looks like a great selection of articles to read over the Easter break with topics ranging from the learning styles and preferences; social networking and children's responsible use of technology; differences and similarities between traditional and non-traditional students in regards to attitudes about learning; Web2.0 discussions that address the learner as both a producer and consumer of information; and Stephen Downes reflects on the Net Generation and uses of Google as a changing approach to traditional forms of media.

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Knowledge Tree # 10

The latest edition #10 of the Knowledge Tree has been published online.
This edition is all about "Going Aural" - so it's staying with the podcasting theme that seems to be the centre of attention at the moment!

A variety of articles and contributors including:
Dr Michael Thomas, Nagoya University: iPods in Education: Innovations in the Implementation of Mobile Assisted Learning.
Jim Plummer of TAFE South Australia describes ‘podvocation’ strategies for shifting time and bending space, to increase student engagement in Environmental Management.
Stephan Ridgway discusses innovations in podcasting and vlogging for teacher development and learner engagement, including Talking VTE.

Plus....there's a live conversation with Dr Michael Thomas about his article on Tuesday 25 July at 2pm Australian Eastern Standard Time - use this link to participate:
https://www.elluminate.com/mtg.jnlp?password=348143572
Unfortunately, my system will just not let me access Elluminate - so - I miss out on this one....bummer! :-(

Advanced Technology for Learning - call for papers

2 special editions of the Advanced Technology for Learning (ATL) international journal (ISSN: 1710-2251):

Special Issue on Technology for Collaborative Learning

Guest Editor: Dr. Ekaterina Prasolova-Forland (Norway)
(Email: [email protected])

This Special Issue is expected to contain a collection of top quality papers addressing advanced technology for Collaborative Learning (CL), software and hardware systems for CL, communication and collaboration technologies for CL, 3D learning environments for CL, technology for virtual learning communities, best cases, practices and uses of technology in CL area.

Details are available at http://www.actapress.com/specialissue.aspx?JournalId=1

Useful links for authors are also available at http://www.interlabs.bradley.edu/ATL/

IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for a full paper submission: March 15, 2006

Special Issue on Technology for Mobile Learning

Guest Editor: Dr. Pascal Lorenz
Technical Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine


This Special Issue is expected to contain a collection of top quality papers addressing various issues and aspects of applications of mobile technology for learning: advanced technology for mobile learning (ML) and mobile training (MT), ML/MT content development technology, advanced software and tools for ML/MT, applications of handheld devices and equipment for ML/MT, advanced
hardware and software/hardware systems for ML/MT, advanced services for innovative ML and MT, best cases, practices and uses of technology in ML/MT areas.

Details are available at http://www.actapress.com/specialissue.aspx?JournalId=2

Useful links for authors are also available at http://www.interlabs.bradley.edu/ATL/

IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for a full paper submission: April 1, 2006

The Knowledge Tree goes mobile...

The Knowledge Tree edition 8 is out - AND - you can now access it via your mobile or handheld device!

Here's what's inside:

Edition 8 focuses on tensions in the convergence of e-learning and e-business.

Technology change management and design specialist Professor Ann Majchrzak, and colleagues from the University of Southern California, consider the role of improvisation and shifting leadership in the management of global business projects, in the lead article, ‘Managing Emergent Work: Revisiting Jazz Lessons’.

Voice technology specialist Michael Coghlan commentates on social software for e-business in the age of connectivism (in a timesaving podcast format) while e-learning strategist Margaret O’Connell critiques how businesses use and can use e-learning, and how it is perceived as a business.

Short industry-focussed video interviews feature e-business and e-learning experts, including

Ghent University’s ‘Instructional Sciences’ Professor Dr Martin Valcke, with hints on corporate-education partnerships. Others offer insights on the e-business supply chain, new directions in mobile learning, induction by e-learning and practical approaches to e-learning.

Articles question when social interaction in corporate e-learning is necessary, investigate the gap in e-learning readiness between enterprises and training organisations, challenge the need for flashy multimedia and reflect on networking as a driver of e-learning.

Current research features a selection of useful e-business RSS feeds.

Details of how to set up and configure your particular mobile device are available from the Mobile Learning Practitioners Network forum. Free registration is required (it's one of the Edna groups). Any feedback from mobile device users on this experiment is be very welcome.

There's also a live conversation that looks like a must join...just watch out for firewalls! I can't access Elluminate from my insitiution, so it might be a work from home day!

Read the lead article 'Managing Emergent Work: Revisiting Jazz Lessons', and join the live online conversation with international co-authors Ann Majchrzak, Dave Logan, Mathias Kirchmer and Ron McCurdy on the role of improvisation and shifting leadership in the management of global business projects.

Time: February 28th, 2006 at 2pm Australian ESST (Daylight Saving),  28/2 at  4 pm New Zealand, 2/27 7p PST, 2/27 10p EST - United States.

Location: The Australian Flexible Learning Framework's virtual office in Learning Times Australia at http://home.learningtimes.net/lta?go=z1035514

Innovate - Special Issue call for papers

The Innovate journal is preparing a special issue on open-source software (OSS) and are calling for article submissions.

"Cost reductions and commoditization have figured largely in technology adoption. The PC revolution gained momentum when original equipment manufacturers began offering inexpensive hardware. Toll-free access and reasonable service provider fees prompted the rise of the Internet, and free browsers and access to an almost infinite number of sites have fueled the expansion of the World Wide Web.

"Comprehensive, Web-based administrative/instructional software is on the same path. Expensive proprietary programs, available only to licensed users and limited in their functions, once were the only option. Now, a significant number of educational institutions have developed, independently or through institutional collaborations, open-source software that promises to transform the market. The result is a global open-source cooperative dedicated to sharing OSS with others and encouraging customized applications.

"The “Open” movement that promotes open source software and an open architecture, based on open standards is catalyzing a reconsideration of the rules for software development and distribution.

"We seek manuscripts that cover the following topics: (1) developments in open-source programs around the world, (2) challenges related to the development, deployment, and adoption of open source programs, including how specific software is being used, (3) the advantages and disadvantages of open source and proprietary systems, and (5) the future of the OSS movement. We expect authors to take full advantage of Innovate’s multimedia capacity; supplementary files that illuminate the text are welcome, and we are especially interested in the possibility of hosting “Try it!” sites that would offer readers hands-on experience with particular OSS features.

"If you would like to submit a manuscript on this topic, please review our submission guidelines and send your manuscript to the guest editor of this issue, Vijay Kumar ([email protected] ), and to the editor-in-chief, James Morrison ([email protected] ) no later than March 30, 2006.

Knowledge Tree Journal launch

Edition 7 of the online journal - The Knowledge Tree - has been published today - and there's a live launch on Thursday 3rd November from locations around Australia.

Here's what the editorial says about the latest edition:

"The launch of Edition 7 of The Knowledge Tree, the journal of the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework, by the Vocational Education and Training (VET) E-learning International project, positions this e-journal of learning innovation in the international arena. Contributions from e-learning practitioners the world over, offer readers the chance to share global research and practice in learning innovation.

Edition 7 contains contributions, from schools, higher education and vocational education and training practitioners, which explore challenges and opportunities in the convergence of pedagogy and technology.

These contributions share a focus on the notions of connection and disconnection: between people inside and outside of the Web, between people and technology through literacies, between teachers and learners in relationship, between organisations' management and staff, between international and local learners across cultural differences, between generations, between businesses in joint ventures.

On the tensions between pedagogy and social software, Ulises Mejias, author of ideant, (Columbia University, New York), has written our lead article, 'A Nomad's Guide to Learning and Social Software', about new ways of learning and participating in society. "

Here are the details of the live event:

Thursday, 3 November 2005 4 - 5pm Australian Eastern Standard Summer Time [AESST - daylight saving]

In partnership with the Elearning Network of Australasia (ElNet), The Knowledge Tree: an e-Journal of Learning Innovation (the journal of the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework) is launching its seventh edition with a concurrent online and face-to-face Multiple Venue Presentation (MVP).

The event will feature Ulises Mejias, author of ideant, (Columbia University, New York), in conversation with James Farmer of Incorporated Subversion, Anne Bartlett Bragg of Learning Technologies and Digital Dialogues, Leigh Blackall of Teach and Learn Online and instructional designer Barry Gordon of e-learning company Savv-e.

The panelists will be discussing the Knowledge Tree Edition 7 theme of Tensions in the Convergence of Technology and Pedagogy related to the rise and use of social networking software.

Live webcast locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Riverina or Hobart - or you can join from your own desk!

Online location: http://home.learningtimes.net/lta?go=z1035514, within the Australian Flexible Learning Framework Virtual Office. Instructions to access can be found at the Knowledge Tree site, please complete these steps at least two days before the event. You will need to become a member of the Learning Times community to access the site. The event is free.

Face-to-face locations [allow an extra hour after the presentation for discussion and networking]:

Sydney: Room 460, Level 2 [Ground level from Jones Street], Building 10, UTS, 235 Jones Street Broadway (I'll be hosting this one - ABB :-) )
Melbourne: e-Works, Level 25, 150 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Riverina: E block, TAFE NSW Wagga Campus - cnr of Macleay and Coleman Streets, Wagga.
Hobart: OPCET Boardroom, 1/99 Bathurst Street, Hobart
Please contact us if you would like to host your own [Jo Murray at [email protected] or Sarah Crozier at [email protected]]
RSVP:

There is no need to RSVP for the online event - but make sure you have run through and tested all the steps below at least two days before and are ready online and connected into the meeting room at 4pm AESST on Thursday 3 November 2005.

For the face-to-face events, please RSVP to the following contacts (there is no charge to attend the event):

Sydney: Jeff Saul at [email protected] or (02) 9448 2316
Melbourne: Clint Smith at [email protected] or (03) 9661 8712
Riverina: David Wurtz at [email protected] or (02) 6938 1206
Hobart: Elisabeth Todd at [email protected] or (02) 6233 4617

Hope to see some LTUGgers there!!! ABB

Innovate - Online Journal

The current edition, August/September,  of Innovate (the journal of online education)is focusing on video game technology in educational settings AND the journal has partnered with ULiveandLearn to create Innovate-Live - webcasts that provide you with an opportunity to synchornously interact with the authors from the current edition - or if you miss the live session they are available in recorded format too!

This week's sessions: - ** you'll need to convert the time if you're not in the US East Coast** 

Epistemic Games
David Williamson Shaffer
September 20th, 2005 - 12:00pm ET (That's Wed 21st at 2am on the Australian East Coast!)

What Can K-12 School Leaders Learn from Video Games and Gaming?
Richard Halverson
September 20th, 2005 - 2:00pm ET (This is 4am Wed 21st on the Australian East Coast!)

Changing the Game: What Happens When Video Games Enter the Classroom?
Kurt Squire
September 20th, 2005 - 4:00pm ET (This is 6am Wed 21st on the Australian East Coast - much more achievable!)

You need to register to with Innovate to read the articles and join the webcasts - so, what's stopping you!