listed a few ideas for uses in the classroom or educational settings in my post QR Codes: In the Classroom which included; lectures and lecture slides, hand outs and printed materials, surveys, textbooks, libraries (linking to eBook versions), assignments, induction activities, campus tours, etc. YouTube video(s) of the demonstrations to illustrate a point; Google Maps of where the demonstration happened; copy of Lecture slides hosted on Institutional VLE or somewhere like SlideShare; The list of applications go on. When I got over the initial “huh?&# MORE >>

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It stimulated a lot of dialogue (exactly what a lecture should do), during the talk on Twitter, and afterwards, both on Donald's blog post and elsewhere (eg. Donald's been debating the merits of lectures for years, it's probably a good idea to look at these posts to get some background: [link]. Some key points to take away from the discussion: The lecture is the default - so we need to abolish the job description: "lecturer". We don't need lectures, we need performers who turn learning into a live and enjoyable experience". Doug Belshaw's. link]. link]. MORE >>

Ray was addressing the topic of creating 'Lecture free Webinars'. However, boring lectures kill webinars. Hence the topic of no-lecture webinars makes sense, huh! Introducing Medusa The lecture in webinars is 'Medusa'. How do deal with the lecture in Medusa? This evening I attended a TrainingMag Network webinar by Ray Jiminez - Chief Architect at Vignettes Learning. Webinars are great. They save time and accelerate learning. Most webinars are extensions of talking heads clicking their PowerPoints to death. No wonder many learners multi-task and drop out. MORE >>

I just read George Siemens post Will online lectures destroy universities? He makes the point that despite articles like Why free online lectures will destroy universities – unless they get their act together fast : Statements like “universities are obsolete” or “universities are dying” are comical. And this is something that I’ve been thinking (and writing – see Physics Lectures ) about for a long time. Here’s the point: It’s incredibly easy to capture and distribute lectures. Instead, we should be looking for the Best Lecture and work our specifics around that. MORE >>