I was awake at 1am (irrigating my property.its an Arizona thing) when I heard about the death of Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter. Why simply read a text book when I can watch someone like Steve and immediately engage in an online conversation with other passionate animal enthusiasts via blogs, wikis, forums, flickr, or the hundreds of other online social networks capable of facilitating conversations and learning. My kids call it Animal Chanimal, but Animal Planet is where my children have learned just about everything they know about animals. But its more than that. No way! MORE >>

link] December 2-7, 2012 Executive Leadership Institute , sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College, Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. link] January 29-February 3, 2013 National Teacher of the Year Program Conference, organized by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Hotel Valley Ho, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. link] February 6-8, 2013 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration , Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Clayton R. Wright has done his 28th version of his amazing list of conferences again this year. https://metah.imag.fr/alpine-rendez-vous/home/?lang=fr MORE >>

Wikis and Learning – 60 Resources - eLearning Technology , July 13, 2010 I’m involved in several discussions around how to use Wikis as part of learning solutions. Here’s some of what I found: Why a Wiki? About 40 years ago I read a tremendous book by Earl Forrest about a feud that took place in Navajo County, Arizona in the 1880s. Best of eLearning Learning. July 2010. Great stuff again this month.  The following are the top items based on social signals. Here are some games based on Nobel Prize winning research. Thanks to everyone that took time out to answer. MORE >>

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link] conf2009 February 4-6, 2009 Campus Architecture and Middleware Planning (CAMP) Workshop: Delivering, Sourcing, and Securing Services Throughout the Student Identity Life Cycle , sponsored by EDUCAUSE, Internet2, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), and the National Science Foundation, Tempe Mission Palms, Tempe, Arizona, USA. jsp February 9-11, 2009 BbWorld Commerce ’09 , Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. link] February 16-20, 2009 EDUCAUSE Management Program , Tempe, Arizona, USA. link] com.au./sb_clients/iog/bin/ MORE >>