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Tom Prebble comments that Ako Aotearoa are sponsoring a series of Taking the Lead workshops.

Bates' comments are something to take on board for us. Perhaps we need to create some briefing papers.

Easily insert YouTube videos into PowerPoint--Developer tab be gone!

This Work in Progress page contains a range of Mind Maps and Concept Maps created as part of the Learning Design and Module Design process.

"SNAPP is a software tool that allows users to visualize the network of interactions resulting from discussion forum posts and replies."

The VC at Salford blogs about Martin Bean's recent keynote at the JISC conference. Is this the way to communicate

Kobo eReader and eBook store

"Blanchard's and Moore's research finds that developmental milestones are changing as a new generation of young children approach learning and literacy in ways not thought possible in the past. According to this new report, digital media is already transforming the language and cultural practices that enable early literacy development, making possible a new kind of personal and global interconnectedness. The research reveals that: * Opportunities to engage with digital media increasingly prevail through the use of mobile devices-and in developing countries access to mobile devices is more commonplace than access to other technologies * Developmental milestones are changing as young people's access to mobile and digital technology grows. * Digital media positively impacts children's opinion of learning, providing engagement opportunities not always seen with print materials."

Great little app that lets you grap the license and other details from a flickr image.  Intended to be used when you link to an image and ensure you attribute it correctly. "With ImageCodr.org, there is no need to do all this manually, you simply enter in the URL of the picture page (as seen in your browser) you are interested in and ImageCodr.org will generate the ready to use HTML code. It will also display a brief and easy license summary, so you don't get in legal trouble because you missed something."

Cloud Browse - How to access Flash content / sites on Apple mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)

Tool to allow real time online brainstorming.  Looks quite clever but I need a real situation to try it properly. "Edistorm allows you to organize your ideas in a real time interactive wall. Each sticky can have it's own color and the users decide what the arrangement means to them. This freeform method of organizing ideas will feel familiar to anyone that has thrown stickies on their walls."

"This is an initiative from the University of Otago, the University of Auckland, Wellington Institute of Technology, the University of Canterbury, and supported by Telecom NZ.  It is an open access national virtual world grid based on open source software.  It operates on NZ-based servers hosted at Otago, Auckland and Canterbury Universities, and leverages other national investments in IT infrastructure through deployment on the high-speed KAREN (Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network). The grid has been set up with an academic focus and will be used for research and education, as well as for proof-of-concept application deployments and testing.  The objectives of the NZVWG initative are to: Undertake both experimental and routine use of virtual worlds in teaching and research;Develop engaging, interactive in-world content customised for NZ use; andDevelop new context-specific plugins enabling interaction between the virtual and real (non-virtual) worlds. "

Derek Morrison blogs about e-books and their place in Higher Ed.

Graphic showing library services during a persons life journey.

"Today I want to share some free or inexpensive ways to work with the audio in your elearning courses."

Guerrilla Pedagogy: A Hit-and-Run Guide to Mobile, Open-Source, Aggregated Course Design

"...if we properly trained instructors in post-secondary education, would we still need instructional designers?"

"In preparing for a Moodle workshop--where the Moodle Glossary is prominently featured--I ran across some wonderful ideas for using Moodle Glossary as a part of one's virtual classroom."

This page compares e-book reader devices that use e-paper. If you prefer Devices that use an LCD (TFT) display See: LCD E-Book Reader Matrix. For a general introduction to all e-book devices see: E-book devices. See also Web Tablets, PDA devices and Smartphones that may be used as e-book readers.

Create your own fonts and get the css code for them.

Poster summary of figures for books and ebooks.