Month: August 2012

New e-learning mentor projects underway

Michael ChalkLeave a commentace, e-learning

Exciting news. The next round of Victorian ACE / LearnLocal e-learning mentor projects (aka “e-mentor”) have begun. Projects are conducted according to adult education regions around Victoria**. And because each regional mentor team has their own online presence such as a blog or wiki, we’re looking for ways to tie all the headline threads together. So i’m conducting an experiment with a Yahoo RSS joiner called “Pipes”. Here’s a scrolling feed of the latest headlines. Now to see if i can display multiple headlines without scrolling… [rss-news-display setting=”1″]   I’ve Read More …

Let’s start at the very beginning – new projects!

Michael Chalk1 CommentUncategorized

Great news everyone. There’s a new round of e-learning projects about to be underway in the North-West LearnLocal region. Some organisations are returning, while others have been participating at the edges, and a few are complete newcomers to our network. Welcome one and all. Here’s the list of starters: Australian Multicultural Community Services Community West Inc Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre Jesuit Social Services trading as Jesuit Community College Lalor Living and Learning Centre Laverton Community Integrated Services Inc. Richmond Community Learning Centre South Kingsville Community Center Yarraville Community Centre It’s Read More …

Blogging for English as a second language (ESL), with “intro to blogger” (visual guide)

Michael ChalkLeave a commentUncategorized

Kate M, one of the brilliant English as a second language (ESL) teachers at PRACE is thinking about using a blog to connect with her students. We talked about a few different ways to approach the idea: (NB: You can find these ideas also in a larger document over here at google docs.) Start with a single blog in broadcast mode. Put the teaching and learning activities up and send students to read or listen there. Dale Pobega’s ESL Club is a great example of this. Embed a video into Read More …

Jane Hart’s top100 technologies for teachers

Michael ChalkLeave a commentresearch, Uncategorized

Jane Hart has been researching teachers’ favourite technologies for teaching and learning for the past 5 years (UK). Here’s a slideshow of the world’s top 100 tools for learning (2011). What are your top 5 tools for learning? You have around 15 days to vote in the 2012 poll, via this link here. What do you think of the list? Please add your comment below. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011 from Jane Hart

Email with students – Help File!!

Michael Chalk2 CommentsUncategorized

I wrote before how Chris Mooney was trialling some email activities with her English as a second language (ESL) group. And i’d promised to make an easy-to-read visual guide to creating a google / gmail account. So here it is: Link to the PDF document in google docs  (..where you can download and print a copy – i’ve printed it in booklet form on A3 paper). The guide is licensed creative commons (cc-nc-sa) feedback very welcome.  I tried to embed the file directly here: it works, but then the page Read More …

Brad Beach on Online Facilitation (15Aug)

Michael ChalkLeave a commentace, e-learning, professional development

Here’s one that’s too good to miss: via the TDC (Tafe Devt Corp), Brad Beach from GippsTafe talks about Online Facilitation. Brad has been one of the truly significant leaders in this field for some time, and GippsTafe have run great workshops in online facilitation. Online facilitation is one of the major skillsets that i think people often overlook as they get into setting up online communities and networks. Whether it’s real time web-conferencing (synchronous) or round-the-clock discussion forums (asynchronous), there are many strategies you can collect and develop to help Read More …