Since it is USB it bypasses any sub-standard laptop audio circuitry so giving you a great portable studio, even on a netbook. It's the digital equivalent of a training ground as you can set up all sorts of fun things in it, like your own version of every FOSS LMS you care to mention, all at the same time, or a CMS or wiki, and bugger around until you break it, without fear of annoying anyone or having to pay a web host for the privilege. So, here they are: 1. have Google on almost permanent standby, especially so now (see 10). iGoogle (Personal) This is my blog reader of choice. MORE >>

We can use text, audio or video in a number of modes and through a mind dazzling range of technologies. Wikis, blogs, podcasts, social bookmarking, RSS feeds, microblogs, social networking. Tags: cyborg blog Memes wiki social enzymes learning rhizome Twitter Learning has rarely been a solo activity. can count on the fingers of one hand the times I have learnt something significant without the help or influence of others (and counting on my fingers wasn't learnt without help, believe me). Conversation is of course often technologically mediated in this digital age. Right. MORE >>

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Audio in eLearning: When Rough Around the Edges is Better At our seminar today on using Articulate and Moodle and "Doing More for Less" , the conversation turned (as it always does) to using audio in eLearning. They had the SME record the audio for the slides. So heres to more guerilla audio recording! Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:24 PM Labels: audio , guerrilla , instructional design 14comments: Steve Howard said. have also had SMEs, and myself, do the audio piece and the authenticity does help. For now, this is all heresay. Focus! MORE >>

The use of wikis in group learning to promote collaboration and make a record of what has been learnt is becoming more popular in all sectors of education. Podcasts, normally in the form of the audio recording of an event, are also a means of projecting and sharing content to others so that they can listen at a time and in a place (usually on the move) of their choosing. video Personal Learning Environment blog PLE tagging content creation wiki podcast digital literacyThe blog content allows me perhaps to view a problem from a different perspective. Unported License. MORE >>

Adding Audio to Adobe Captivate - Michael Hanley in E-Learning Curve Blog. Besides giving detailed instructions and hints for adding audio to Adobe Captivate projects, Michael, also writes of why we need to add audio in our elearning platforms. The Modality Principle: Present words as audio narration rather than onscreen text. The Redundancy Principle: Presenting words in both text and audio narration can hurt learning. These guidelines are: The Multimedia Principle: Use words and graphics rather than words alone. Blogging Your Way Into A Job - Forbes. MORE >>