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James Buckingham
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iPad in the Classroom
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James Buckingham's Discussions
Become a mentor - For the best professional development you've ever had - Tamas Lorincz
Presentation summary:In this talk I would like to convince you that by becoming a mentor you do yourself the biggest favour. Building, nurturing and sustaining a successful mentoring relationship is…Continue
Tags: PD, mentoring, 2013, Dubai, Lorincz
Started Apr 25
UAE High School Students’ Attitude towards Peer Response using Blogs - Arini Muntaha
Discussion thread for following up on Ms. Arini Muntaha's (MOE - Sharjah) presentation on the same subject (27 April 2013).Presentation summary: An exploration into how UAE high school students feel…Continue
Tags: Muntaha, high_school, blogs, Dubai, 2013
Started Apr 25
iPad app - educreations - It sings and it's free! - Catherine Hill
Discussion thread for following up on Catherine Hill's (HCT - Ras Al Khaimah) presentation on the same subject (27 April 2013)Presentation summary:I would like to show some of the types of lessons…Continue
Tags: Hill, educreations, iPad, Dubai, 2013
Started Apr 25
Delivering Feedback on Written Projects by Screencasting - Dr. Dean Sheetz
Discussion thread for following up on Dr. Dean Sheetz's (HCT - Dubai) presentation on the same subject (27 April 2013).Presentation summary Screencasting is a method of recording which captures what…Continue
Tags: 2013, Dubai, writing, feedback, screencasting
Started Apr 25
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James Buckingham might attend Vance Stevens's event
Michael Coghlan and Vance Stevens live in Melbourne Talking VTE with Stephan Ridgway, Alexander Hayes, and friends in Hangout at Streamed hangout from http://webheadsinaction.org/live
April 10, 2013 from 2pm to 3pm
Vance is in Melbourne. Not that I have to fly all this way to connect, but Michael is dropping by on his way back from Tasmania, and while in the neighborhood why not connect with other Australian friends and colleagues. We'll talk informally on topics that may or may not range from/toWhat's the latest (like this week) in veillance and wearable technologiesAlex's …See More
Dima Yousef is attending James Buckingham's event
TAEDTECH Sig / TA Dubai Chapter event - theme TBD at TBA
April 27, 2013 from 9am to 12:45pm
Details to be finalizedFor more information on the status of current planning efforts go to http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/214See More
James Buckingham replied to James Buckingham's discussion TACON 2013 - Keynote speaker - Dr. Price - Learners in the 21st Century: Are They Any Different?"Re: A listing of other citable materials
Hi Vance
Check out the listing that she provides on her own Open U profile page. Heres' the link
http://iet.open.ac.uk/people/l.price"
Vance Stevens replied to James Buckingham's discussion TACON 2013 - Keynote speaker - Dr. Price - Learners in the 21st Century: Are They Any Different?"Thanks to Jim for putting this up. I listened to the talk on a flight yesterday and am examining it more closely today. In particular I'm looking for written work by Dr. Price and am surprised to find at first glance that not much…"
James Buckingham's discussion was featuredTACON 2013 - Keynote speaker - Dr. Price - Learners in the 21st Century: Are They Any Different?
The following slide presentation and recording was made by Dr. Linda Price (Open U, UK) on Saturday, 16 March 2013 at TACON 2013 in Dubai.Please note: Slides and Audio are syncedLinda Price - Learners in the 21st Century - are they any different? from…See More
James Buckingham posted a discussionTACON 2013 - Keynote speaker - Dr. Price - Learners in the 21st Century: Are They Any Different?
The following slide presentation and recording was made by Dr. Linda Price (Open U, UK) on Saturday, 16 March 2013 at TACON 2013 in Dubai.Please note: Slides and Audio are syncedLinda Price - Learners in the 21st Century - are they any different? from…See More
TAEDTECH Sig / TA Dubai Chapter event - theme TBD at TBA
April 27, 2013 from 9am to 12:45pm
Details to be finalizedFor more information on the status of current planning efforts go to http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/214See More
Jessica Essary might attend James Buckingham's eventMOOC - Open Education (Open University, UK) at online
March 16, 2013 at 6pm to May 4, 2013 at 7pm
There are many different 'flavours' or interpretations of what openness means in education. This study unit is an example of a massive open online course (MOOC) and spans seven weeks. Like all the free materials in the OpenLearn Try section, this unit is open to the wider world but, uniquely, it also forms part of the module for students who are studying The Open University course H817, 'Openness and innovation in elearning'.After studying this course, you will:understand the issues in open…See More
James Buckingham's video was featuredTACON 2013 - Learners in the 21st Century: Are They Any Different? (Dr. Linda Price)
New TAEDTECH podcast. 42:35 min
An excellent "evidence based" presentation by Featured Speaker Dr. Linda Price.
Key conclusion?
While technology makes a valuable contribution to supporting student learning, it is not the technology itself that is…
James Buckingham posted a noteTACON 2013 - Learners in the 21st Century: Are They Any Different? (Dr. Linda Price)
Podcast from Dr. Linda Price .. presented Saturday, 16 March 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dubai, UAE.
James Buckingham left a comment for Troy Priest"Hi Troy
Great to see you on board. Welcome your views on any of the topics that are listed here.. but would especially welcome more information on the leadership role many of you are taking within Zayed University's ABP to advance mobile…"
James Buckingham's discussion was featuredMultitasking on laptops gets in the way of Learning
Fascinating study out of York University, Canada. From the press release Laptops are increasingly taking the place of writing tools such as pen and paper, especially among postsecondary students. However, using a laptop to browse the internet while listening to a lecture can be intrusive, a recent York University study reveals.“The results of our experiment confirm…See More
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Quality Online & Distributed Learning is ...
My notes from my review of
http://moodlemeets.learnnowbc.ca/mod/wiki/view.php?pageid=36
Quality / Effective Online learning has the following
- clear assessment
- rubrics for marking made transparent to students
- clear and responsible / realistic deadlines
- clear outcomes
- need to be made clear to the learner from the start what the course aims to…
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 8:01pm
The increasing importance of connected / networked learning .. with peers - Peeragogy(?)
Very insightful summary from Verena Roberts @verenanz The Peeragogy Handbook (K - 12 peeragogy)
ContinueTeachers have a reputation of working in isolation, of keeping their learning to themselves and on their own islands. They are also known for generously sharing resources with one another. It is this latter trait that is becoming increasingly important as the role of the…
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 5:30pm
My own PD journey - restarted
Became perhaps a bit too ambitious of late .. but am trying to realize the following 2 things at the same time.
Quality in Online Learning
One is to learning more about how to realize Quality in Online Learning and I've opted to visit the LearnNowBC site to take in an already closed course "Ensuring Quality in Online Distributed Learning" but still populated with…
ContinuePosted on February 9, 2013 at 4:52pm
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- At 5:55pm on December 13, 2010,
Rimmi Maahin said… - Hello ...Thanks a lot ! Feeling proud to be a member of Tesol !
- At 6:02pm on September 2, 2010,
Heather Maria Baba said… - Brill - thx Jim.
Re Vance, yes, that was going to be my next q - have u got other 'administrators'?!
I am not overly familiar with Nings, but am wondering if possibly TA SIG business should maybe be discussed back on the edtechteam Google group rather than here, unless a 'closed' group can be made? Back to you ...
- At 11:17pm on September 1, 2010, Heather Maria Baba said…
- Hi Jim,
Thanks!
I checked the tailearn one and it is still there and working! Wonder why? Anyway, it had 'Groups' and 'Forum' and maybe a Calendar - should we add those features here?
Cheers!
- At 7:03pm on September 1, 2010,
Cindy Gunn said… - Enjoy the rest of your holiday! I'm sure we will have a lot of work to do once we are all back in UAE!
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