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Entries from October 2006

Evaluating the podcasting online course

October 30th, 2006 · No Comments

Course title: How to create your own podcast – A step-by-step tutorial
Course provider: About Radio
http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a.htm
Stated course objectives or outcomes:
1. How to record your audio and save it to an .mp3 file.
2. How to create an RSS file which holds the “directions” for sending your file when a user’s program like iPodder requests it
3. How to [...]

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Mobilise-this!

October 30th, 2006 · No Comments

Last Friday I participated in one of the online workshops for “Mobilise-this!” (See 2 posts ago). I sat in on “Podcasting in Education” through Breeze an online meeting room. It took me some time to get the hang of what was happening by sitting in on an earlier session. I was really aware of the [...]

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Searching for e-learning courses

October 25th, 2006 · No Comments

This assignment required an online search for a free short online course we could complete. Initially I googled different key words which was quite time consuming and unsuccessful. I began to think “What do I really want to learn?” and I decided on podcasts. This narrowed the search and one of the first sites I [...]

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e-learning network event

October 25th, 2006 · No Comments

Byron Youth Services and EYE C Media Arts, in partnership with other e-learning networks including NSW LearnScope and SAE LearnScope 2006 will be hosting a second e-learning network event involving a number of international organisations and guests. The focus of this event ( virtual and physical ) will be to bring groups of learners and educators together in [...]

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Online course reflections

October 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Well here it is my first podcast – Huzah! Very basic but a beginning…
On-line course reflections.mp3

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Online short course – Objectives and Expectations

October 18th, 2006 · No Comments

To support my particular area of interest in e-learning I decided to find a course on podcasting and have chosen the follow course to complete and comment on:
“How to create your own podcast – a step-by-step tutorial” by Corey Deitz from “About:Radio”
http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a.htm
The tutorial outlines what a podcast is and takes the learner through the following [...]

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Learning style and e-learning

October 11th, 2006 · No Comments

Personal learning style: I do enjoy a diverse range of learning strategies but probably prefer a discussion based activity and have also feel the need to take notes from class, from readings etc. I prefer a content-based class over  a simulation but when given a practical task I can become quite task focussed and object to [...]

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