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MQUncon 09 unconference for educators

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Conference, Emerging Technology, Second Life, jokaydia | No Comments »

The MQUncon 09 is a FREE event for educators to connect and share ideas and solutions around using educational technology in learning and teaching. It is hosted being hosted by Macquarie University and the Islands of jokaydia. An unconference is a ...

edublogs awards 2008

Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in Networked Learning, Second Life, Social Media, Social Networking, blogging, jokaydia | No Comments »

The 2008 edublogs awards have become somewhat of an annual event for educators working with social networking tools to support their teaching and learning. Hosted by the educational blogging service edublogs it has since 2004 been an opportunity for online ...

ANT Showcase 2008: TAFE Libraries Second Life Project

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in Conference, Elearning, Emerging Technology, Hot Topic Conversations, Podcast, Second Life, jokaydia | No Comments »

image by sridgway Synopsis Podcast of the special edition of Hot Topic Conversations which streamed live the presentations to the Access to New Technologies (ANT) online showcase in  in Adobe Connect from on December 12 2008. This presentation was made by the ...

Hot Topic Conversations: Second Life Library Project

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Hot Topic Conversations, Podcast, Second Life | No Comments »

image by sridgway Synopsis This session will explored the work of the 2008 Second Life Library project. Topics included: Overview of the project The role of libraries in virtual worlds Sydney Institute on the Islands of jokaydia Project building works Links Project Wiki http://jokaydia.com/

A Special Audience with Glyph Graves in Second Life

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Second Life | No Comments »

image by jokay Interested in Second Life and Art, why not check out the special event being held in world on Jokaydia this week (8:30pm AEST on Thurs 17 July 2008) showcasing the work of SL artist Glyph Graves. For more information ...

Technologies: blurring the line between marketing and educational content

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Emerging Technology, Podcast, Second Life, Social Media, blogging, wikis | No Comments »

image by sridgway Synopsis Jenny Williams from Ideagarden presentation titled "Technologies: blurring the line between marketing and educational content" to the TAFE NSW - Sydney executive meeting: Using Technologies to do Business, Ultimo college, 1 July 2008 Links Session PowerPoint Presentation Ideagarden

eLearning07 LearnScope Annual Confernce

Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted in Conference, Elearning, Emerging Technology, Second Life | No Comments »

image sridgway Last week I attended the NSW LearnSope 2007 two day showcase, here in Sydney on the 1 & 2 Nov 2007. eLearning07 drew together representatives from all 2007 Australian Flexible Learning Framework projects to share their outcomes and insights via ...

Hot Topic Conversations: Second Life

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 Posted in Emerging Technology, Hot Topic Conversations, Podcast, Second Life | No Comments »

image by Jo Kay and Sean FitzGerald Synopsis Hot Topic Conversations session with Jo Kay and Sean Fitzgerald about the emerging virtual world of Second Life, and how it is being used in online education. Links Second Life in Education wiki Jo Kay ...