Category Archives: e-learning

Sending Audio Feedback: Audacity and gMail

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

Sometimes it quicker and/or more personal to send recorded audio messages. As a teacher, I’ve sent emails using audio apps on my iphone, but it takes a long time to send and it’s a bit tricky to add email addresses. Today I tried using the free, downloadable audio software, Audacity, and the free richly-featured web View Post

 View Post
Posted in e-learning, email, gmail, howto, Internet_use, learning 2.0, mobile_learning, Skitch, tips, web2.0, webtools | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

The Web is a Bottomless Toy Chest

Posted on July 29, 2009 by joanvinallcox

I like to play on the web, and my biggest problem is my “I-can’t-catch-up” anxiety. There is always more to explore. And for free, either for the basic version or for a month. I can never try everything out. I can’t catch up. Ever. I make things even more intense by following people who suggest View Post

 View Post
Posted in communication, e-learning, howto, Internet_use, Jane_Hart, learning, PLE, reading_online, Steve_Rubel, tips, Top10Tools, webtools | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Social Bookmarking – Diigo

Posted on June 18, 2009 by joanvinallcox

Social bookmarking is one of the most useful aspects of the web. You can use it to create your own online library, organized to your own interests by using tags. Although I’ve been using some form of social bookmarking for years, every so often I want to review what I can do with the social View Post

 View Post
Posted in blogging, bookmark, delicious, e-learning, howto, references, research, Search, share, socialmedia, social_bookmarking, tagging, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Always Beta, Never Done

Posted on April 27, 2009 by joanvinallcox

The most fascinating thing about the web is that there is no end; there is always more and new. The most frustrating thing about the web is that there is no end; there is always more and new. Everything is always changeable. My website – jnthweb.ca – is not the same now as it was View Post

 View Post
Posted in communication, computers, e-learning, Internet_use, laptop, learning 2.0, PLE, printing, social_web, Twitter, web2.0 | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Higher Education's Survival

Posted on November 27, 2008 by joanvinallcox

Sometimes you find someone saying what you have been thinking about. I think the future of higher education is in danger, and I would hate to see the loss of something so precious. Through Stephen Downes wonderful newsletter, OLDaily, which can be linked to here - http://www.downes.ca/, I found David Wiley’s 2008 ELearn presentation - http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/660 – View Post

 View Post
Posted in communication, e-learning, education, learning, learning 2.0, technology, video, web2.0, webtools | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

For Teachers to Pay Attention To

Posted on September 21, 2008 by joanvinallcox

I have two questions related to this video: What do you think of the message? What do you think of how it’s presented?

 View Post
Posted in communication, e-learning, education, learning 2.0, technology, video, web2.0 | Tagged , , | Comments Off

udutu – Free, Easy, and Perhaps Unnecessary

Posted on August 28, 2008 by joanvinallcox

udutu – The price is right, free if you don’t use their server. It’s fairly straightforward to use – You can put it up on Facebook and learners can access it there – The teacher’s view above and the learners’ below – I like udutu’s encouraging course creators to use the assessment tool for learners View Post

 View Post
Posted in communication, e-learning, education, learning, learning 2.0, technology, web2.0, webtools | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

MERLOT 2008, Web 2.0, Part 2

Posted on August 15, 2008 by joanvinallcox

I’m home again from the MERLOT Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and found it exciting for a number of reasons, especially as it was the first academic conference I’ve ever attended that had a strong focus on the importance of web 2.0 for teaching and learning. I think the MERLOT members are ahead of many other View Post

 View Post
Posted in communication, e-learning, education, learning, learning 2.0, technology, tips, web2.0, webtools | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

MERLOT 2008 – Web 2.0

Posted on August 9, 2008 by joanvinallcox

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is an interesting organization, made up of people from a variety of disciplines, focused largely on distance learning. It is the first academic conference I have attended with a strong focus on the use of Web 2.0 in teaching – something I’ve been looking for. So View Post

 View Post
Posted in communication, e-learning, education, learning, technology, web2.0, webtools | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

MERLOT Presentation on PLEs

Posted on August 5, 2008 by joanvinallcox

I head out tomorrow for the MERLOT International Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesoda where I will be presenting on Web2.0, the Social Media, and Academia: Using Personal Learning Environments to Expand Teaching and Learning.  (The description is second from the bottom here.) I am asking for some help in proving my point – that creating your View Post

 View Post
Posted in communication, e-learning, education, learning, learning 2.0, technology, web2.0, webtools | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off